Manager: Technology Transfer

**Job Title **:Manager: Technology Transfer**Employment Type **:Full Time**Experience **:3 to 5 years**Salary **:Negotiable**Job Published **:01 February 2024**Job Reference No. **:1391470746**REQUIREMENTS**
- B.Degree, (Masters is preferable) in Science or Engineering, or a Business-oriented qualification
- 3 years of relevant experience in
- Technology transfer and commercialization of innovations
- Evaluation of innovation and IP management
- Database creation, and data management
- Financial management (to include budgets, tracking costing and reporting)
- Project management experience

**PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES**
- Knowledge of IP laws and regulations, including the IPR-PFRD Act 2008, patenting, trademark, copyright and related legislation concerning IP and innovation
- Sound financial management
- Entrepreneurial focus
- Business experience and acumen are critical
- Project management experience is essential
- Knowledge of national commercial funding mechanisms
- Broad knowledge of the South African policy, law and regulations landscape concerning innovation and technology transfer
- Strong goal orientation/ results-driven and outcomes-focused approach
- Ability to think strategically and creatively
- Problem-solving skills: logical and analytical
- A strong track record of service delivery
- Ability to translate strategic imperatives into operating plans, policies and processes

**ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS**
- Thoroughness
- Risk management along with entrepreneurialism
- Ability to use judgment, check laws and precedents, and make decisions
- Excellent organizational skills, including planning, analysis and reporting
- Advanced computer literacy
- Sound numerical ability

**PEOPLE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS**
- Excellent English and writing skills
- The ability to communicate in other official languages will be an advantage
- Stakeholder relationship management
- A very strong service ethic and high level of integrity
- Sound interpersonal skills, and ability to interact collaboratively with a diverse range of individuals
- Ability to communicate difficult concepts persuasively, and in clear, simple terms
- Inspires confidence

**WORK BEHAVIOURS**
- Build university reputation in all dealings
- Maintain confidentiality
- Actively seek feedback, use helpful suggestions and continuously improve on results

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**STRATEGIC RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Work with the DVC: RI and SP to draw up an innovation and technology transfer strategy, programme, policy and processes
- Interact with businesses and communities to create an innovation landscape, and stakeholders wider than just the Company
- Implement strategy and the technology transfer program, policy and processes including the line management of the IP Administrator
- Assess trends and developments in technology transfer, identify and make recommendations to the DVC: RI and SP in respect of developing innovative new practices
- Develop a network of commercialization partners
- Work with the DVC: RI and SP, TT Steering Committee and relevant stakeholders to successfully create commercial revenue streams

**GENERAL PROCESS MANAGEMENT**
- Assist in all organizational, management and administrative activities to ensure optimal functioning
- Engage specifically with Science Councils, other Technology Transfer personnel at other companies, Science and Technology Parks and incubators to encourage collaboration
- Manage and/ or support the preparation of various submissions to NIPMO including disclosures, referrals, IP Fund rebate claims
- Manage audits and reports
- Develop and maintain a database of historical information and case studies
- Develop and implement systems, policies and procedures to screen, safeguard, streamline and support technology transfer endeavours

**CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT**
- Develop staff to ensure their growth
- Stay abreast of research and technology transfer capabilities
- Set up and manage a student activity programme to build technology transfer capability, as well as awareness of technology transfer careers

**EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES**
- Build networks and relationships inside and outside the Company so that innovation opportunities can be identified and matched to commercial requirements
- Build an up-to-date knowledge base of market leaders, trends, novelties and gaps
- Educate faculty staff and students on the importance of innovation and technology transfer, as well as the opportunities it represents
- Evaluation of innovations
- Scan the market to establish the commercial viability of innovations, using your market knowledge to back it up
- Consult with experts in the field for specialist input
- Hold discussions with R and D managers in commercial enterprises to establish external views on viability
- Evaluate, with a specially selected Steering Committee, the Company's innovations and make recommendations to the TT Steering Committee in respect of commercialization decisions. An up-to-date