Senior Corporate Engagement Officer

About the role

The Senior Corporate Engagement Officer will be responsible to identify, pursue, execute, and steward funded collaborative research opportunities and industry partnerships for life sciences, health, biotechnology related fields fields at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). This may include industry sponsored research, identifying and marketing of UCR intellectual property (IP) to prospective industry partners for licensing commercialization, philanthropy, and access to UCR core facilities, student engagement, and other university assets, as needed.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement an industry alliance program.
• Initiate, maintain, and expand partnerships by developing mutually beneficial strategic collaboration plans between industry partners and relevant stakeholders at UCR.
• Support the Southern California Opportunity to Advance Sustainability Innovation and Social Inclusion (SoCal OASIS(R)) initiative to drive regional economic development through solutions-driven applied research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and workforce development around sustainability, clean technology, and social inclusion.
• Work to support the OTP team in identifying meaningful opportunities for corporate investment, support, and collaboration, while maintaining strong internal relationships with university faculty, staff, and administrators who carry out UCR’s mission.
• Communicate effectively and plan, organize, and prioritize assignments and work independently to complete assignments.

Requirements

• Experience 4 - 7 years of related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in business development and/or development of industry and academic partnerships as a relationship manager in related field.
• Strong communication skills; includes active listening and critical thinking.
• Highly developed political acumen skills and social perceptiveness.
• Skilled business development tactics to persuade and influence.
• Ability to work with a diverse group at all levels of the organization including faculty, staff, students and industry partners.
• Strong sense of ethical conduct that will inspire confidence and motivation.
• Ability to perform all commonly applicable functions in the Microsoft Suite.
• Effectively uses Industry Alliance's application programs.
• Ability to break down complex concepts and communicate them in an understandable way.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a customer-service oriented individual who will be responsive to the needs of faculty, students, staff, entrepreneurs, and industry partners.
• Demonstrated energy, enthusiasm, and willingness to make and utilize new contacts.
• Precise attention to detail, well organized, follow-through to conclusion of actions, with ability to identify errors, offer resolution, and to meet strict deadlines.
• Self-starter with strong work ethic who can work well with others.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize assignments and work independently to complete assignments, responding appropriately to competing requirements and changing priorities.
• Ability to perform market research and business analysis.

Qualifications

• Required Degree: Degree in life sciences, health, or biotechnology field.
• Preferred Degree: Master's degree in related field and/or MBA.
• Preferred Experience: Experience working with artificial intelligence (AI) tools and emerging technologies.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Political acumen
• Business development tactics
• Interpersonal skills
• Market research and business analysis

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$67,300.00 - $132,500.00 annually.

Schedule

Not specified.