Description

The Senior Innovation Licensing Specialist will lead the full technology transfer lifecycle, including:

• Manage invention disclosures from initial evaluation through commercialization
• Assess patentability, commercial potential, and appropriate intellectual property protection strategies
• Coordinate with outside patent counsel on patent prosecution and portfolio management
• Develop commercialization, market-entry, and partnering strategies
• Identify, cultivate, and engage industry partners capable of advancing innovations toward market adoption
• Structure and negotiate licensing, co-development, and other technology commercialization agreements
• Coordinate legal review and internal stakeholder engagement throughout transactions
• Manage innovation databases, reporting, and portfolio tracking
• Administer active licensing agreements, including royalty collection and compliance
• Develop educational programs related to innovation, intellectual property, commercialization, and entrepreneurship
• Help strengthen innovation policies and best practices across the organization
• Build productive relationships with physicians, researchers, executives, external partners, and innovation stakeholders

Requirements

Successful candidates will bring many of the following:

• Demonstrated success originating and executing technology licensing or commercialization opportunities
• Experience evaluating inventions and developing commercialization strategies
• Strong knowledge of intellectual property, licensing, technology transfer, and innovation management
• Sound judgment navigating institutional IP, data rights, legal, IT, and procurement considerations
• Credibility working with physicians, researchers, senior administrators, and external business leaders
• Excellent negotiation, communication, relationship-building, and project management skills
• Commercial creativity combined with thoughtful institutional stewardship

Experience in commercializing healthcare technologies, medical devices, digital health solutions, diagnostics, software, AI, or data-driven innovations is highly desirable.