University of Texas at Austin Staff

University of Texas at Austin Staff

Licensing Specialist, Life Science

AUSTIN, TX · Contract

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About the role

  • Through fostering strategic partnerships with corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs, we ensure that the University's innovations transition from labs and studios into services, solutions, and products that profoundly benefit society.
  • Join us in our quest to change the world, one innovation at a time.
  • Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, negotiate, and manage life science agreements, including license, option, evaluation, material transfer and biological material, confidentiality, inter-institutional, data use, and technology validation agreements, along with amendments, letters of support, and other commercialization-related contracts.
  • Manage a pipeline of agreements toward execution, coordinating with inventors, companies, startups, legal counsel, and university stakeholders to resolve issues while preserving UT Austin's long-term interests.
  • Portfolio and Team Support
  • Support the Licensing team in managing agreement workflows, portfolio activity, partner communications, and commercialization priorities, with a primary emphasis on life science technologies.
  • Intellectual Property, Business Development, and Commercialization Support
  • Coordinate with the Intellectual Property and Business Development teams on invention disclosures, patent portfolio decisions, market feedback, licensing strategy, potential partners, and startup opportunities.
  • Build relationships with UT Austin faculty, licensees, startups, investors, and industry partners, and serve as a responsive point of contact for agreement-related questions.
  • The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
  • The role will help move UT Austin technologies to market through industry partners and startups that can develop them into products and services.
  • The Licensing Specialist will balance the interests of inventors, licensees, partners, and internal teams to negotiate agreements that bring UT research to market.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in life sciences, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, pharmacy, chemistry, biology, neuroscience, molecular biology, biochemistry, or a related field.
  • Strong ability to understand and communicate life science concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write clearly, summarize complex issues, and communicate professionally with faculty, companies, startups, attorneys, and internal stakeholders.
  • Ph.D. or other advanced degree in a life science, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, pharmaceutical science, medicine, business, law, or related field.
  • Experience reviewing scientific publications, patent materials, business plans, investor materials, diligence plans, or early-stage technology summaries.
  • Required Materials
  • Then, any additional Required Materials will be uploaded in the My Experience section
  • you can multi-select the additional files or click the Upload button for each file. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
  • The application is one page and you will need to click the Upload button multiple times in order to attach your Resume, References and any additional Required Materials noted above.
  • Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.

Nice to have

  • (candidates need not have all of these qualifications to apply)

Compensation

  • $85,000+ depending on qualifications
  • The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Benefits

  • https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards.
  • Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
  • Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
  • Generous paid vacation (8 hours/month), paid holidays (10+/year), sick time (8 hours/month), and longevity pay
  • Teacher Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with 8.25% employer matching funds
  • Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
  • Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities

Equal opportunity

  • The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action.
  • The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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