Responsable de transfert des technologies/ Technology Transfer Manager
- Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area, QC, Canada
$92,150 to $138,150 CAD / year · Temporary
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Original job description
English section of this bilingual listing.
Are you passionate about innovation, scientific research, and technology commercialization? Join McGill University and help transform promising scientific discoveries into real-world solutions that drive economic and social impact.
Co-funded by Axelys, a Quebec-based organization dedicated to advancing innovations emerging from public research, this position offers an exciting opportunity to play a strategic role within the innovation ecosystem.
Reporting to the Associate Director of Technology Transfer, you will work closely with researchers, industry partners, investors, and entrepreneurs to maximize the commercial potential and impact of university innovations.
Key Responsibilities
- Innovation Development: Identify and assess scientific discoveries with strong commercial potential and support researchers in advancing their innovations.
- Intellectual Property Management: Manage a portfolio of inventions, patents, and licenses, coordinating intellectual property protection strategies with external patent professionals.
- Commercialization and Business Development: Conduct market assessments, identify commercial opportunities, and establish partnerships with industry stakeholders, particularly in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.
- Negotiations and Partnerships: Draft, review, and negotiate licensing, collaboration, and commercialization agreements, including intellectual property provisions.
- Entrepreneurship Support: Facilitate the creation of university spin-offs by connecting researchers with mentors, investors, and entrepreneurial resources.
- Collaboration with Axelys: Serve as a key liaison, communicate funding opportunities, participate in relevant activities, and provide progress reports and updates.
- Strategic Advisory: Provide expert guidance to researchers and university stakeholders on technology transfer, intellectual property, and commercialization strategies.
Education and Professional Background
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience in technology transfer, intellectual property management, licensing, commercialization, or business development. (Master's degree, PhD, MD, or equivalent advanced training in a scientific, technical, or health-related discipline is considered an asset).
- Strong expertise in life sciences and medicine.
- Experience in a university, hospital, research institution, or innovation ecosystem is considered an asset.
Key Skills and Competencies
- Strong understanding of intellectual property, patents, licensing, and commercialization strategies.
- Demonstrated experience negotiating agreements and developing strategic partnerships.
- Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building, and communication skills, combined with strategic thinking and business acumen.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a dynamic, complex environment.
- Full professional proficiency in both English and French, written and spoken.
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*Description du poste en anglais à suivre / English job description to follow*
En tant qu'un des meilleurs employeurs de Montréal, voici ce que nous offrons :
- Ensemble d'avantages sociaux compétitifs (santé, dentaire, assurance-vie)
- Régime de retraite à cotisations déterminées (avec contribution généreuse de l'employeur entre 5 % et 10 % (selon l'âge))
- Congés compétitifs :
- Deux (2) journées personnelles
- Neuf (9) jours de maladie accidentelle dont trois (3) peuvent être utilisés pour prendre soin d'un membre de la famille
- Neuf (9) « Vendredis d'été » – congés payés entre les jours fériés de la St-Jean Baptiste et la Fête du travail
- Congés payés pendant la période des vacances de décembre
- Crédit pour frais de scolarité pour les employés permanents et leurs personnes à charge.
- Lorsque le poste le permet, la possibilité de travailler jusqu'à deux (2) jours à distance.
Vous êtes passionné(e) par l’innovation, la recherche scientifique et la commercialisation des technologies? Joignez-vous à l’Université McGill et contribuez à transformer des découvertes scientifiques prometteuses en solutions concrètes ayant un impact économique et social.
Cofinancé par Axelys, un organisme québécois dédié à la valorisation de la recherche publique, ce poste offre l’occasion de jouer un rôle stratégique au cœur de l’écosystème de l’innovation.
Relevant de la directrice adjointe au transfert de technologie, vous collaborerez étroitement avec les chercheurs, les partenaires industriels, les investisseurs et les entrepreneurs afin de maximiser le potentiel commercial des innovations universitaires.
Vos principales responsabilités
- Valorisation des innovations : identifier et évaluer les découvertes scientifiques présentant un fort potentiel commercial et accompagner les chercheurs dans leur développement.
- Gestion de la propriété intellectuelle : superviser un portefeuille d’inventions, de brevets et de licences, et coordonner les démarches de protection avec des experts externes.
- Commercialisation et développement des affaires : analyser les marchés, identifier les opportunités commerciales et établir des partenariats avec des entreprises, notamment dans les secteurs pharmaceutique et biotechnologique.
- Négociation et partenariats : rédiger, examiner et négocier des ententes de licence, de collaboration et de commercialisation, ainsi que les clauses relatives à la propriété intellectuelle.
- Soutien à l’entrepreneuriat : accompagner la création d’entreprises dérivées (spin-offs) et faciliter l'accès des chercheurs aux mentors, investisseurs et ressources de l’écosystème.
- Collaboration avec Axelys : agir comme personne-ressource, diffuser les occasions de financement, participer aux activités et assurer les suivis et rapports nécessaires.
- Accompagnement stratégique : conseiller les équipes de recherche et les intervenants universitaires sur les meilleures stratégies de valorisation et de transfert technologique.
Profil recherché
Formation et expérience
- Baccalauréat ainsi que 5 ans d'expérience pertinente en transfert de technologie, propriété intellectuelle, octroi de licences, commercialisation ou développement des affaires. (Maîtrise, doctorat, diplôme en médecine ou formation avancée équivalente dans un domaine scientifique, technique ou lié aux sciences de la santé considéré comme un atout).
- Expertise dans les domaines des sciences de la vie et de la médecine.
- Expérience en milieu universitaire, hospitalier, de recherche ou au sein d’un écosystème d’innovation : un atout.
Compétences essentielles
- Solide compréhension de la propriété intellectuelle, des brevets et des stratégies de commercialisation.
- Expérience démontrée en négociation d’ententes et en développement de partenariats.
- Excellentes aptitudes relationnelles, esprit stratégique et sens des affaires.
- Capacité à gérer simultanément plusieurs projets dans un environnement dynamique et complexe.
- Excellente maîtrise du français et de l’anglais, à l’oral comme à l’écrit.
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Are you passionate about innovation, scientific research, and technology commercialization? Join McGill University and help transform promising scientific discoveries into real-world solutions that drive economic and social impact.
Co-funded by Axelys, a Quebec-based organization dedicated to advancing innovations emerging from public research, this position offers an exciting opportunity to play a strategic role within the innovation ecosystem.
Reporting to the Associate Director of Technology Transfer, you will work closely with researchers, industry partners, investors, and entrepreneurs to maximize the commercial potential and impact of university innovations.
Key Responsibilities
- Innovation Development: Identify and assess scientific discoveries with strong commercial potential and support researchers in advancing their innovations.
- Intellectual Property Management: Manage a portfolio of inventions, patents, and licenses, coordinating intellectual property protection strategies with external patent professionals.
- Commercialization and Business Development: Conduct market assessments, identify commercial opportunities, and establish partnerships with industry stakeholders, particularly in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.
- Negotiations and Partnerships: Draft, review, and negotiate licensing, collaboration, and commercialization agreements, including intellectual property provisions.
- Entrepreneurship Support: Facilitate the creation of university spin-offs by connecting researchers with mentors, investors, and entrepreneurial resources.
- Collaboration with Axelys: Serve as a key liaison, communicate funding opportunities, participate in relevant activities, and provide progress reports and updates.
- Strategic Advisory: Provide expert guidance to researchers and university stakeholders on technology transfer, intellectual property, and commercialization strategies.
Education and Professional Background
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience in technology transfer, intellectual property management, licensing, commercialization, or business development. (Master's degree, PhD, MD, or equivalent advanced training in a scientific, technical, or health-related discipline is considered an asset).
- Strong expertise in life sciences and medicine.
- Experience in a university, hospital, research institution, or innovation ecosystem is considered an asset.
Key Skills and Competencies
- Strong understanding of intellectual property, patents, licensing, and commercialization strategies.
- Demonstrated experience negotiating agreements and developing strategic partnerships.
- Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building, and communication skills, combined with strategic thinking and business acumen.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a dynamic, complex environment.
- Full professional proficiency in both English and French, written and spoken.
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Responsibilities
Identify and assess commercially promising university discoveries, manage intellectual property portfolios, and develop commercialization opportunities and industry partnerships, particularly in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Negotiate licensing and collaboration agreements, support university spin-offs, coordinate with Axelys, and advise researchers and university stakeholders on technology transfer strategies.
Requirements
A bachelor's degree and at least five years of relevant experience in technology transfer, intellectual property, licensing, commercialization, or business development are required; advanced scientific, technical, or health-related education is an asset. Candidates should have expertise in life sciences and medicine, strong negotiation and partnership skills, and professional fluency in written and spoken English and French.
Skills
- Technology Transfer
- Patent Strategy
- Technology Commercialization
- Licensing
- Market Assessment
- Business Development
- Agreement Negotiation
- Strategic Partnerships
- Entrepreneurship Support
- Life Sciences
- Medicine
- Project Management
- Strategic Advisory
- Business Acumen
- English-French Professional Proficiency
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Personal Days
- Sick Leave
- Paid Summer Fridays
- Paid December Holiday Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Remote Work Up To Two Days Per Week
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- Management & Leadership
- Science & Research
- Education
- Legal
- Sales
Keywords
- Technology Transfer
- Intellectual Property
- Patents
- Licensing
- Technology Commercialization
- Life Sciences
- Medicine
- Pharmaceuticals
- Biotechnology
- Market Assessment
- Business Development
- Commercial Opportunities
- Licensing Agreements
- Collaboration Agreements
- Intellectual Property Provisions
- University Spin-Offs
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic Partnerships
- Research Commercialization
- Innovation Ecosystem
- Axelys
- Investor Relations
- Mentorship
- Project Management
- English
- French