As Senior Business Development Associate, you will be required to work as part of the ICR’s Business & Innovation Office, to support a portfolio of academics by protecting and commercialising their research, supporting them in securing translational funding and providing support to researchers in their efforts to collaborate with industry partners. You will promote projects to potential ‘customers’ who could be industrial partners, industrial sponsors or venture capitalists, and support colleagues in producing marketing materials as appropriate.

The role will include drafting, reviewing, negotiating and agreeing a range of commercial contracts including collaboration agreements and licensing agreements, working within agreed financial and legal frameworks, ensuring obligations to external funders are met and closing deals with Line Manager’s approval.

Key Requirements

The successful candidate must have: 

A first degree in a discipline relevant to the ICR's broad research scope (including bioscience, biomedical engineering, physical sciences). A higher degree (Ph.D., MBA or equivalent) is also required. A demonstrated developing understanding and knowledge of commercial contracts, intellectual property management and exploitation.Significant experience of working at the industry:academia interface. Experience in business development, technology transfer or project management. Well-developed analytic and problem-solving skills, ability to interpret contract terms and to advise on their impact appropriately.Good interpersonal skills at all levels; ability to negotiate and influence effectively. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present arguments in a clear and concise way.Meticulous attention to detail.Excellent organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to multi-task, prioritize tasks effectively and manage workloads. Understanding of the medtech and biopharma industries. Direct practical experience of drafting, negotiating and closing deals with external partners.

Directorate Information

The ICR’s Business and Innovation Office (BIO) is vital in meeting our goals for impact. It is our aim as an organisation to change the lives of people with cancer. We are committed to working across academia, government and industry to ensure our findings have benefits for society and the economy, and to grow our funding for research so we can achieve even more in the future.

We have ambitions to grow our impact even further over the next period to maximise the chances that our findings will change the lives of patients. This part of our strategy has three goals:
• Amplify our research impact
• Strengthen our partnerships
• Increase commercial income for our research
Our approach to KE – and the licensing of intellectual property for our research – is guided by our aim to realise benefits for people with cancer as rapidly as possible and to ultimately defeat cancer. See the ICR webpages on Industry Partnerships for more information: https://www.icr.ac.uk/industry-partnerships