Commercialisation Manager

The opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled project manager to play a key role in the expansion of our commercialisation activity at University of the Arts London (UAL).

This is a new role which reflects our ambitions to significantly grow our industry-academic collaborations through, for example, contract research, consultancies, social ventures, licences or spin outs.

Leading on the development of commercial opportunities will require managing internal and external stakeholder engagement, as well as working with colleagues across UAL and with industry partners to embed commercialisation support into the different stages of our research and knowledge exchange, impact and innovation cycles.

This is a challenging role which offers the right candidate the opportunity to help shape an emerging area within our research and knowledge exchange strategies.

About you
You will be educated to degree level with a successful track record of project development and management, as well as experience of structuring an effective business case for funding or investment. The role will require excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, and the demonstrable ability to use initiative and lateral thinking to find successful outcomes.

You will have strong commercialisation experience, including opportunity appraisal, gained either within industry or an innovation/research environment. Highly organised and self-motivated, you will be capable of working autonomously and of managing a varied project portfolio.

Direct experience of I.P. management and protection or commercialisation in the SHAPE disciplines would be advantageous.

We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 12^th September 2024, 23:55.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Jo Ennis, Head of R&D and Innovation / j.ennis@arts.ac.uk.

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Christine Crouch, Resourcing Advisor / jobs.ccw@arts.ac.uk.

Our culture
UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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