TITAN Marketing Director (Fixed Term)

Are you an experienced marketing professional with in-depth knowledge of IPR management? 

TITAN is one of the three UK telecoms hubs responsible for leading the governance functions for all three hubs and the Joint Open Infrastructure for Telecoms Research (JOINER) project. Together, these entities form the Federated Telecoms Hubs (FTH). The FTH has received a £40 million investment through the DSIT Technology Mission Fund (TMF). As part of its mission for translational research, the FTH develops intellectual properties and assets in line with the DSIT 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy. It will also create exploitation strategies and support the commercialization of UK telecoms technologies.

Based in the Electrical Engineering Division in West Cambridge, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of the FTHs day-to-day marketing, commercial, operational and logistical elements.  In order to achieve this, you will lead the strategic and operational decision-making of marketing and commercialisation of the FTH as well as provide a range of specialist services to support the Division and Cambridge Enterprise. You will also manage the FTH's relationships with partner universities technology transfer and PR offices, including FTH's Management Board and International Advisory Group.

The successful candidate will hold a degree in marketing, engineering, science, or relevant discipline and be educated, or have training or experience, in IPR management and marketing. The successful candidate will possess exceptional project management and organisational skills combined with a strong attention to detail.  Additionally, the role requires an individual with excellent budget and programme management skills  with experience of working on multi-institute research programmes.  You will possess excellent interpersonal, networking and communications skills, including high-level relationship management skills, combined with the ability to manage a complex portfolio of projects. Experience and knowledge of the telecoms industry and of working at the industry/academic interface would be advantageous. 

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 March 2025 in the first instance.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above. 

Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a covering letter in the Upload section of the online application.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 20 August 2024. If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact the HR Office at the Department of Engineering (hr-office@eng.cam.ac.uk, +44 (0)1223 332615).

Please quote reference NM42674 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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