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About the Role
Cancer Research UK's Commercial Partnerships (CP) team is seeking an experienced Translation Manager to accelerate the translation of innovative research into treatments. This role focuses on the development and commercialisation of research by integrating CRUK's expertise with industry partners.
Responsibilities
- Responsibility for delivery of regional strategic objectives at specified Institute, Centre or University(s) to support the attainment of overall S&E targets.
- Accountability for opportunity sourcing and translation of CRUK-funded resource at allocated Institute, Centre or University(s).
- Play an active role in the management and development of regional translational project portfolio.
- Build and maintain strong, integrated relationships with senior management figures and CRUK-funded scientists at specified Centre/Institute/University(s).
- Develop a deep understanding of the research landscape at allocated CRUK site(s) and identify increased collaborative and translational funding opportunities.
- Provide appropriate technology transfer services and manage intellectual property protection for portfolio projects.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues from other S&E regions and CP core function teams to proactively seek collaborative interactions and deliver on CP’s overall operations, performance and strategies.
- Contribute to developing and implementing strategy to enhance and grow the entrepreneurial culture across CRUK-funded researchers.
- Support CP, (including Cancertools) and R&I management with cross department activities as required.
- Provide scientific translational advice to scientists, major centres and institutions through well-developed communication links.
Requirements
- PhD (or equivalent work experience) in a scientific or healthcare discipline, ideally oncology/technology-related.
- Experience in translating discovery research and pre-clinical science gained in sectors such as medical technologies, diagnostics, healthcare technologies and pharmaceuticals.
- Ideally, a working knowledge and experience of the patent filing and prosecution process.
- Ability to drive an entrepreneurial spirit and think creatively.
- Proven competence in driving to ensure that the best possible high standard of results is delivered to stakeholders.
- Proven competence in grasping technical concepts quickly, and translating these into commercially viable proposals.
- Proven competence in working effectively with key stakeholders, showing excellent influencing skills and where appropriate having tenacity and persistence.
- Proven competence in deploying excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbally and in writing with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships.
- Proven competence in identifying strategies for transferring technologies to industry.
- Proven competence in working collaboratively within a cross-functional team to deliver the scientific, commercial and operational objectives of the overall function.
- Proven competence in having knowledge and awareness of oncology drug/technology discovery, IP protection and development and associated science.
- Scientific judgement and project management skills, together with a talent for business acumen and operational delivery.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
Skills
- Oncology drug/technology discovery
- IP protection and development
- Associated science
- Scientific judgement
- Project management
- Business acumen
- Operational delivery
- Technology transfer
- Communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- Home-based
- University of Oxford
- Other universities in the region
Work Type
- Fixed-Term Contract
- Full-time
- 35 hours per week
Experience Level
- Experienced scientist
- Technology transfer specialist
Education Level
- PhD (or equivalent work experience)
Salary/Compensations
- £48,000 - £58,000
Benefits
- Generous benefits package
- Wide range of career and personal development opportunities
- High-quality tools
- Work-life balance policies and processes
About the Company
- Cancer Research UK exists to beat cancer.
- The Commercial Partnerships (CP) team is dedicated to the development and commercialisation of innovative research.
- The team accelerates the translation of new ideas into treatments by bringing together the expertise, capabilities, and resources of CRUK and its academic network with that of industry partners.
- Our organisation values are: Bold, Credible, Human, Together.
Equal Opportunity
- We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
- We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.