Partnerships Development Officer

3 weeks ago

Kingston, Canada Queen's University Full time

**About Queen's University**

Queen’s University is the Canadian research intensive university with a transformative student learning experience. Here the employment experience is as diverse as it is interesting. We have opportunities in multiple areas of globally recognized research, faculty administration, engineering & construction, athletics & recreation, power generation, corporate shared services, and many more.

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**Job Summary**

**JOB SUMMARY**:
Reporting to the Director, Research and Innovation Partnerships, the Partnerships Development Officer (PDO) plays a primary role in the business development continuum of knowledge mobilization: (i) identifying and driving partnerships, sponsored research and experiential learning opportunities, (ii) delivering technology transfer activities, and (iii) supporting entrepreneurs, startups and small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Eastern Ontario. Committed to equity, diversity and inclusion the PDO is responsible for enhancing the development of strategic collaborative relationships between Queen’s University, its faculty members and graduate students, and external organizations including the private sector, community entities, non-governmental organizations, and the public sector in supporting the University's research, intellectual property, technology transfer, and economic development activities.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Create and foster ongoing relationships with Partnerships and Innovation’s two-sided client base: (i) Queen’s faculty, staff, and students and (ii) government, industry, entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs, not-for-profit organizations, and community stakeholders.
- Provide research partnership support:

- Work with University researchers to:

- Identify interest in building collaborations with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and opportunities to engage specific organizations; market relevant research expertise and resources including infrastructure.
- Engage potential collaborators, with focus on developing partnerships with industry and industry consortia, as well as with other academic institutions, and prepare/deliver high level presentations to promote research and research expertise at Queen’s.
- Support proposal development to attract and leverage industrial or other sources of funding, and to engage Queen’s and its researchers in multi-institutional initiatives that are regional, provincial, or national in scope.
- Support or lead the negotiation of research partnerships term sheets.
- Act as a steward of relationships with specific partners, where appropriate.
- Stay abreast of industry trends and relevant, leading edge R&D being undertaken at Queen’s and other academic institutions; build inter-institutional alliances where appropriate.
- Respond to inquiries from companies (large and small), organize visits, and facilitate discussions with relevant researchers to advance the development of research collaboration projects.
- Proactively build relationships in sectors with high potential for collaboration with University researchers.
- Support the development of highly-qualified personnel via matching graduate student researchers with industry experiential learning opportunities - such as, research internships.
- Engage and collaborate with Faculty-based partnership development officers.
- Advance knowledge mobilization:

- Work with University researchers to identify existing or emerging intellectual property and commercialization opportunities, and to build research programs to strengthen the opportunity for commercialization.
- Evaluate invention disclosures from an intellectual property (e.g., patent searching, competitive landscape review) and commercial (e.g., identify value proposition, gauge industry interest, and market outlook) perspective.
- Seek funding opportunities to increase the level of technology readiness for potential out licensing and/or startup formation.
- Coordinate the filing of intellectual property protection.
- Create and execute a technology commercialization plan for invention disclosures, including intellectual property protection strategy, partnering/development strategy, marketing strategy for out-licensing and/or startup formation.
- Facilitate regional economic development and provide startup support:

- Utilize research partnership and knowledge mobilization business development skill sets to support, mentor and/or develop and deliver programs to eligible entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs in the Eastern Ontario region.
- Support the development and strengthening of strategic relationships with regional partners; engage in community and regional activities to strengthen the regional innovation ecosystem.
- Prepare briefing notes, complex reports and data analyses for the Director, Research and Innovation Partnerships, and-or for the Assistant Vice-Principal, Partnerships and Innovation.
- Represent Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation at conferences,

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