Assistant Director of Business Development, Physical Sciences

About the role

The anticipated salary range is $120k - $135k. Final compensation will be based on the candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity.

Responsibilities

• Establish relationship with faculty and develop high level of understanding of faculty interests and accomplishments.
• Identify and evaluate commercial potential of technologies invented at Yale.
• Develop strategies for the commercialization of technologies.
• Negotiate licenses and collaborative R&D in the execution of strategies.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in science or related field and a minimum of three years of experience in industry; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• High energy, outgoing, enthusiastic sales and marketing orientation.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects.
• Ability to work closely with academic investigators and Yale Ventures team.
• Excellent listening, oral presentation, and writing skills.
• Ability to understand scientific presentations and publications, and the process of moving academic discoveries to the private sector.
• Ability to understand the process of intellectual property management.
• Ability to evaluate market potential for projected products - revenue, expense, and return on investment analyses.
• Ability to develop and recommend commercialization strategies for academic inventions.
• High level of ethics and integrity in professional matters; sensitivity for confidentiality and scrupulous commitment to the best interests of Yale University.
• Strong software application skills, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), web-based information retrieval, Salesforce and other information/database management.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in engineering or physical sciences strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more scientific disciplines.
• Three or more years experience in licensing, corporate business development, or technology investments.
• Industry experience; Ph.D, JD, or MBA.

Skills

• High degree of knowledge of physical sciences, engineering and technology developments.
• Advanced degree in engineering or physical sciences strongly preferred.
• Ph.D, JD, or MBA.

Benefits

Salary offers are determined by a candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education in relation to the position requirements, along with the role’s grade profile and current internal and external market conditions.

Pay

$68,000.00 - $120,500.00

Schedule

Full time

Benefits

Health Requirements Certain positions have associated health requirements based on specific job responsibilities. These may include vaccinations, tests, or examinations, as required by law, regulation, or university policy.