Manager, Technology Transfer & Post-Award Compliance
$130,000–$130,000 year
On-siteRye, New York, United States
Job Summary
Manage and advance the NYBCe technology transfer function and enterprise intellectual property portfolio, including innovations from therapeutic research in infectious disease, hematology, cell therapy, and diagnostics. Provide post-award administration support to the Office of Sponsored Programs, ensuring sponsored research awards are set up, financially monitored, compliantly reported, and closed out in accordance with sponsor and federal requirements. Evaluate disclosures for technical merit and commercial potential, conduct prior art searches, and recommend patent filing strategies. Negotiate technology-related agreements, including NDAs, MTAs, and license agreements, while maintaining the enterprise patent docket and tracking key deadlines. Support award setup, budget monitoring, compliance reporting, and close-out activities for grants and contracts across federal, state, and industry portfolios. Serve as a go-to resource for intellectual property management and commercialization, organizing key meetings and preparing status reports for senior stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Research Administration, Business, Public Health, or related field
- Five or more years of progressive experience in technology transfer, intellectual property management, licensing, commercialization, business development, sponsored programs administration
- Experience should include exposure to post-award grants and contract administration, including award setup, financial monitoring, compliance reporting, and award close-out activities
- Advanced knowledge of technology transfer, patent practices, patent portfolio management, licensing, commercialization, and biomedical product development
- Strong understanding of the legal and business implications of contracts, licenses, patent management, royalty sharing, confidentiality, materials transfer, collaboration, and evaluation agreements
- Working knowledge of post-award grants and contracts administration, including the NIH Grants Policy Statement, OMB Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), effort reporting, subrecipient monitoring, and Federal Financial Report (FFR)/Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) submission requirements
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to use or learn IP docketing, CRM, contract management, and portfolio tracking systems
- Cultural competency and the ability to communicate effectively in a culturally sensitive manner with both individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds
- Strong scientific, analytical, interpersonal, negotiation, and project management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to prepare technology summaries, business presentations, recommendations, reports, and contract comments
- Ability to evaluate complex scientific and business information and translate it into practical patent, development, and commercialization recommendations
- Ability to communicate clearly and with authority with investigators, executives, outside counsel, industry partners, investors, and other internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to build trust with inventors and internal stakeholders, influence without direct authority, and obtain cooperation across departments
- Ability to manage multiple projects of varying complexity, prioritize competing demands, meet deadlines, and drive detailed, high-quality results
- Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, discretion, and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment; ability to identify operational gaps and implement scalable solutions
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a research institution, academic medical center, nonprofit research organization, healthcare organization or life science environment
- Knowledge of FDA-regulated product development, preclinical and clinical development, translational research, IND/IDE concepts, and the clinical trials process
- Familiarity with commercialization pathways including out-licensing, option agreements, sponsored research, strategic partnerships, spin-outs/start-ups, gap funding, entrepreneurial support, and private and/or public investment
- Familiarity with electronic research administration systems (eRA Commons, ASSIST, Grants.gov)
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