Commercialisation Senior Executive – Faculty of Medicine

About the role

Would you like to be part of a successful team commercialising Imperial’s discoveries? Join us and contribute to generating major impact across one of the World’s leading universities supporting commercialisation of inventions and novel technologies.

Imperial values collaborative research that combines real-world business challenges with academic curiosity and research rigour to deliver tangible benefits for society. Working in partnership with industry to increase academic engagement in collaborative research and commercialisation lies at the heart of the College’s enterprising ecosystem.

Imperial is a leader in industry-university collaborations and technology transfer and you will be an integral member of Imperial’s Enterprise Division, working with leading global companies and our world class researchers to develop research and technologies through collaboration, licensing and spinout formation.

Come and join the Commercialisation team and play a key role in helping Imperial’s researchers develop their ideas, technologies and inventions into opportunities that are attractive to industry.

What you would be doing

As a service provider to the Faculty of Medicine supporting academics in their commercialisation activities, your main duties will include:

• Promoting College’s capabilities and licensing portfolio
• Securing commercialisation and collaborative research income
• Assessing research ideas and discoveries, evaluating, and advancing those technologies through towards commercialisation and market adoption via collaboration with industry, access to translational funds, licensing, or spinout formation

What we are looking for

You are a good fit for the role if you:

• are a highly motivated individual with a passion for research and technology
• would like to further develop your career in business development, relationship management and technology transfer
• have significant experience in commercial deal making or licensing in a biomedical business environment (e.g. pharma, biotech, etc).

This post requires a wide range of skills and aptitudes including diligence, patience and determination to see projects through. More specifically, the position requires an ability to understand the science involved in a range of new technologies in a wide variety of disciplines relevant to the Faculty of Medicine’s research. It also requires an appreciation of how new technology creates customer value, can have wide market scale and how Imperial and its stakeholders could realise that value.

The candidate will need to demonstrate significant experience and ability in a wide range of competencies including relationship management, intellectual property protection, project management, engagement with commercial partners/customers. Ideally, the candidate will have worked in a licensing role in a Technology Transfer Office or relevant Industry setting and had significant experience of commercialisation of early-stage technologies and a good understanding of HEIs.

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution and be part of our mission to advance science for humanity
• Benefit from sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 39 days off a year and generous pension schemes)
• Get access to a range of workplace benefits including a flexible working policy from day 1, generous family leave packages, on-site leisure facilities and a cycle-to-work scheme
• Interest-free season ticket loan schemes for travel

Further information

Closing date: 15^th March 2026 (midnight BST)

Please apply with an application form via the online system.

CVs without a completed application form will not be considered.

Type of contract: full time

This role is for a fixed-term contract for 24 months.

If you require any further details on the role, please contact: Eunice Anderson – eunice.anderson@imperial.ac.uk

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