Commercialisation Manager

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The opportunity

This is a new role which reflects our ambitions to significantly grow our industry-academic collaborations through, for example, contract research, consultancies, social ventures, licences or spin outs. Leading on the development of commercial opportunities will require managing internal, and external stakeholder engagement, and working with colleagues across UAL and with industry partners. This is a challenging role which offers the right candidate the opportunity to help shape an emerging area within our research and knowledge exchange strategies. 

About you

You will be educated to degree level with a successful track record of project development and management, as well as experience of structuring an effective business case for funding or investment. The role will require excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, and the demonstrable ability to use initiative and lateral thinking to find successful outcomes.

You will have strong commercialisation experience, including opportunity appraisal, gained either within industry or an innovation/research environment. Highly organised and self-motivated you will be capable of working autonomously and managing a varied project portfolio.

Direct experience of I.P. management and protection or commercialisation in the SHAPE disciplines would be advantageous.  

Interviews will take place on Friday 27 September 2024.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Jo Ennis, Head of R&D and Innovation / j.ennis@arts.ac.uk.

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your appication, please contact Christine Crouch, Resourcing Advisor / jobs.ccw@arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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