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About the Role

The Principal, Technology Transfer and Venture Building (TT&VB) is a matrix leadership role within UCLP’s Invention Unit, responsible for operationalizing and delivering the commercialization and venture-building strategy for innovations from the UCLPartnership. This role involves co-developing and integrating an operating model for technology transfer within Trusts, leading a portfolio of NHS-originated technologies, and making evidence-based portfolio decisions to translate innovations into sustainable products and ventures.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate growing independence within a high-performing, externally-facing team, leading initiatives and fostering an inclusive culture.
Build effective relationships across all levels of seniority within the external ecosystem.
Grow UCLP’s reputation as a tech transfer and venture building leader and strengthen collaboration across NHS, academic, industry, investor, and funding communities.
Maintain awareness of the TT&VB strategy, supporting its communication and rollout, and contributing to its development.
Lead the development and integration of the TT&VB operating model across one or more Trusts, maintaining consistency with core principles.
Contribute to setting objectives and KPIs for the capability within the remit, supporting the overarching TT&VB strategy.
Ensure KPIs are consistently met or exceeded on time, within budget, and with measurable value and impact.
Model excellence in execution, evidenced through strong stakeholder feedback and tangible results.
Ensure robust portfolio, programme, and project governance is developed and adhered to, managing risk and monitoring progress.
Enable accurate and timely reporting to the Executive Leadership Team, Board, partners, Trust leadership, and investors/funders.
Work closely with other UCLPartners teams to align priorities, share capability, and provide a consistent end-to-end offer.
Exercise sound judgement, professional maturity, and emotional intelligence in complex and ambiguous situations.
Deliver, support, and lead impactful technology transfer and venture-building strategies for a portfolio of NHS-originated innovations.
Contribute to the definition of clear portfolio entry, stage-gate, investment, and exit criteria.
Deliver commercial, market, and competitive assessments to determine the optimal route to impact.
Develop intellectual property strategy, overseeing protection, freedom-to-operate analysis, and risk management.
Support and lead the development, structuring, and negotiation of commercial agreements.
Deliver and lead venture-creation activities, including developing propositions, business models, and financing strategies.
Work with teams to identify promising innovations early, shape evidence and development plans, and resolve barriers to commercial progression.
Develop trusted relationships with industry partners, entrepreneurs, investors, funders, and professional advisers.
Ensure commercialisation is responsible, transparent, and aligned with patient benefit and NHS obligations.
Deliver and report measurable portfolio outcomes, including deals completed, revenue, investment secured, ventures formed, and patient or system impact.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (preferably in a health-related subject) and postgraduate qualification or equivalent senior professional experience.
Demonstrable applied knowledge gained through roles in technology transfer, life sciences commercialisation, venture building, investment, innovation funding, or a related field.
Evidence of continuing professional development.
A track record of delivering impact and commercial outcomes from early-stage health, life sciences, digital, or data-enabled innovations.
Experience of intellectual property identification, protection, commercialisation, licensing, strategic partnerships, and/or venture creation.
Experience assessing technologies, markets, business models, development risk, and routes to market, making robust portfolio-prioritisation decisions.
Experience successfully negotiating complex collaboration and commercial agreements with industry, academic, NHS, investor, or funding partners.
Experience building investment cases, securing external funding or investment, and supporting ventures through formation and early growth.
Demonstrated matrix leadership of multidisciplinary teams, including external stakeholders, and developing professional capability.
Experience operating credibly and with a high level of independence with senior stakeholders across NHS providers, universities, industry, investors, and funders.
Strong financial management capability, including budget oversight, forecasting, resource planning, and commercial performance management.
A record of representing an organisation externally and building productive networks within an innovation ecosystem.
Designing and implementing end-to-end innovation funding or investment processes is desirable.
Strong understanding of intellectual property strategy, technology transfer, venture building, and commercialisation pathways relevant to healthcare innovation.
Strong understanding of the development path(s) and regulatory landscape for early healthcare innovation development.
Knowledge of, and networks in, the innovation investor/funder ecosystem in the UK.
Strong knowledge of the ecosystems innovators and partners are working in, understanding different drivers, priorities, and challenges.
Strong commercial judgement, entrepreneurial thinking, and deal-making capability.
Ability to interpret complex technical, clinical, market, financial, and legal information and translate it into clear decisions and action.
Understanding of the health and care system, NHS innovation context, and requirements for responsible commercialisation of NHS-originated assets.
Strong strategic, portfolio, and programme delivery experience, including governance, risk, performance, and assurance.
Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to operate effectively under uncertainty, balance competing interests, and maintain momentum through complex decisions.
Ability to identify opportunities for partnerships, income, investment, and organisational growth.
Understands strategic priorities and how to translate them into effective operating models.
Demonstrates accountability, integrity, and a commitment to high-quality outcomes.
Builds trust with colleagues and brings partners together around shared decisions and goals.
Encourages constructive challenge, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Leads and mentors inclusively, champions equality, diversity, and inclusion, and develops others.
Remains adaptable and resilient in a changing environment while making timely, evidence-based decisions.
Alignment with the organisation’s mission, values, and commitment to better health for all.
Practical experience of embedding equality, diversity, and inclusion in leadership, decision-making, and delivery.
Willingness to work flexibly across the organisation and undertake responsibilities commensurate with the role and grade.

Skills

Technology transfer
Venture building
Commercialisation
Life sciences commercialisation
Investment
Innovation funding
Intellectual property strategy
Licensing
Strategic partnerships
Venture creation
Market assessment
Business model development
Risk assessment
Route to market strategy
Portfolio prioritization
Negotiation of commercial agreements
Investment case development
Securing external funding
Venture support
Matrix leadership
Stakeholder management
Financial management
Budget oversight
Forecasting
Resource planning
Commercial performance management
External representation
Network building
Innovation funding process design
Healthcare innovation pathways
UK innovation investor/funder ecosystem
Commercial judgement
Entrepreneurial thinking
Deal-making
Complex information interpretation
Health and care system understanding
NHS innovation context
Responsible commercialisation
Strategic planning
Portfolio management
Programme delivery
Governance
Risk management
Performance management
Assurance
Communication
Influencing
Relationship building
Adaptability
Resilience
Decision-making
Opportunity identification
Partnership development
Income generation
Investment sourcing
Organisational growth identification
Equality, diversity, and inclusion leadership

Location

London

Work Type

Permanent
Full-time
Hybrid
Flexible working

Experience Level

Principal
Senior professional experience
Demonstrable applied knowledge
Track record of delivering impact and commercial outcomes
Experience assessing technologies, markets, business models, development risk and routes to market
Experience building investment cases, securing external funding or investment, and supporting ventures through formation and early growth
Demonstrated matrix leadership
Experience operating credibly and with a high level of independence
Strong financial management capability
A record of representing an organisation externally and building productive networks

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree (preferably in a health-related subject)
Postgraduate qualification or equivalent senior professional experience

Salary/Compensations

Competitive depending on experience

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

About the Company

We are a health innovation company powered by a world-class ecosystem of founders, clinical innovators, leading healthcare organisations and universities.
We work across London and beyond, helping innovations move from promise to real-world impact.
Our work spans the full innovation journey: we forecast emerging healthcare challenges and opportunities, develop and prove breakthrough solutions, adopt what works in real clinical settings, and scale innovations so they improve and transform care.
By combining deep clinical insight with the ability to test, adopt and scale through our world-class ecosystem, we make health innovations work in practice, not just in theory.
Our vision is a world where innovation creates better health for all.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and a sense of belonging; and for our work to help tackle wider health inequalities.
UCLPartners is committed to equal opportunities and all people acting on its behalf must perform their duties in a manner that supports and promotes this commitment.
We welcome applications from candidates who are neurodiverse, have a disability or long-term health condition.