Business Analyst (Associate Director, Commercial Engagement)

Reporting through to the relevant Senior Director Commercial Engagement, the ADCE will focus on the technical and business analysis of innovative technologies for their commercial potential. The ADCE will assist Directors and Senior Directors within their respective team to identify, evaluate, prioritise and promote early stage innovative technologies which have the potential to create commercially valuable intellectual property solutions for industry problems.

UniQuest commercialises innovative research of The University of Queensland (UQ) through 4 channels to market: (1) engineering, materials and ICT, (2) health, (3) science and (4) social enterprise. The incumbent will have a dominant focus in one of the channels to market and is expected to be able to work across the channels if required, for example, for cross-disciplinary projects.

Responsibilities:

In order to support intellectual property protection and commercialisation strategies you will be responsible for:

Searching the literature and patent databases, mapping the competitive landscape, identifying potential commercial partners and relevant historical commercial deals

Completing preliminary due diligence reports (PDDs) for new invention disclosures
Undertaking technical due diligence on innovative technologies including an assessment of the technical, market and commercial potentials

Raising awareness of research staff to identify, protect and manage the University’s intellectual capital and realise new business opportunities

Developing partnerships with UQ researchers to seek and qualify invention disclosure with commercial potential

Building and maintain strong relationship with relevant people and organisations to enable the realisation of research commercialisation opportunities

Supporting the patenting of innovative technologies

Calculating valuations for technologies to support investment applications

To be successful in your application, you will need to demonstrate knowledge and experience in the following areas:

Tertiary qualifications in a field relevant to the above identified technical expertise and industry knowledge

Analytical approach to problem solving demonstrating where possible business analysis skills
If possible, technology commercialisation such as evaluating technologies from technical, financial, competitor and market perspectives

Supporting the conversion of academic science into commercial solutions for industry problems through various communication and marketing mediums

Intellectual property principles and procedures

Applying communication skills to reach successful outcomes in written and verbal modes including presentations

Managing your workload related to a complex and challenging portfolio of projects
The ideal candidate will be driven, organised, have a commercial mindset and be able to support a large and varied portfolio of commercialisation projects.

This position offers outstanding personal and professional development experiences along with the opportunity for your work in a team to make a difference globally.