Job Summary
An Assistant Director of Commercialization's role at the Technology Licensing Office (TLO) at the University of Utah is to develop relationships with University faculty to promote innovation that has strong commercial potential with the ultimate goal of monetizing these innovations through licensing transactions, which generate downstream revenue through a variety of contractual obligations. The majority of their time will be spent meeting with faculty and developing relationships with potential licensees. Education of TLO's mission is a core theme of faculty interactions, the intent of which is to produce higher quality, curated invention disclosures across all University colleges, institutes, and departments. Based on their domain expertise and industry relationships, Assistant Director of Commercialization also provide awareness to faculty of technology solutions that are most valued by global markets to influence their research efforts.
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Responsibilities
The Assistant Director of Commercialization in this position will be responsible for:
- Developing relationships with faculty and actively engaging them in the commercialization process