About the role
This is a national role to build the commercialisation opportunity pipeline and deal flow at Massey University across all three North Island campuses. This position will bring expertise in market validation and a working knowledge of intellectual property rights, together with skills in business development, networking and pitching/presentation.
Key responsibilities
Advise and support diverse commercialisation opportunities from academic staff, students and commercial partnerships
Build, support and maintain new commercialisation opportunities
Help manage Massey Ventures' portfolio of intellectual property
Initiate contact with suitable/potential commercial partners and actively engage them in the review, evaluation and successful commercialisation of opportunities
Monitor and report on commercial opportunities
Support the management of Massey Ventures' portfolio of equity investments
Provide support in reporting to the Massey Ventures Board, including preparation of Board papers and follow-up actions
Manage a variety of projects from initial contact with inventors to successful commercialisation of their ideas
Develop, maintain and update office systems, processes and documentation
Develop and maintain Massey Ventures policies and procedures
About you
Postgraduate qualification in a science-related discipline (PhD preferred), or equivalent research, technical, or industry experience demonstrating comparable scientific expertise
Demonstrable experience with the commercialisation process
Understanding of intellectual property management processes
Knowledge of start-up business processes
Experience with communication of early-stage investment and commercialisation opportunities
Experience presenting effectively to external groups
Experience with legal contracts and other instruments, as relevant to good partnership management and project development
Conducts discussions in a respectful manner that is sincere and fully expressed
Develops a clear, complete understanding of needs and problems through careful listening, probing, reflecting, and summarising
Is able to coordinate and inform diverse groups of staff and students, partner agencies and audiences to provide clear, coherent and relevant messaging and processes
About us
Massey Ventures Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Massey University. Our role is to commercialise intellectual property and innovative research within the University. To achieve this, we work with Massey researchers and inventors to guide them through the commercialisation process and turn their innovative ideas into real-world commercial opportunities.
We also provide access to early stage investment to support the development of commercially promising ideas. Massey Ventures also holds equity in a range of companies that have been spun out of the University.