Case Western Reserve University
Director of Therapeutic Translational Development
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, us, 44101
POSITION OBJECTIVE
Working independently, the director of therapeutic translational development is responsible for early-stage global business development, licensing, and start-up initiatives and has a critical impact on the success of Case Western Reserve University's therapeutic development strategy and portfolio. As a key member of the leadership team within the Technology Transfer Office, this position will work closely with campus translational programs to source, evaluate and support new therapeutic technologies, establish relationships within the pharmaceutical industry ultimately leading to the negotiation, and execution of licensing deals, and support where appropriate, the creation of investible start-up companies to carry therapeutic opportunities forward along the regulatory and commercialization pathway. This position will work with other senior leaders within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research as well as the School of Medicine's dean's office to define the opportunity for external and internal translational development to transform the university's capability to progress the University's therapeutics portfolio.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Establish and lead initial technical evaluation and formal diligence processes to drive the rigorous evaluation of potential assets and deliver clear recommendations to translational programs and senior university leadership. Develop, lead, and implement a strategic plan for the university's efforts in protecting, adding value to, and commercializing its therapeutic intellectual property, developed through research activities at Case Western Reserve University, in coordination with the leadership. Seek, develop, and maintain relationships with potential external licensing partners in industry, government, and the not-for-profit sectors. Identify and encourage corporate sponsorship that can help develop technologies and lead to eventual licensing partners. Foster and manage relationships, internal and external to the university relevant to disclosures and licensing. Build and maintain a strong external network and presence within the local innovation ecosystem. Engage with the life science investment and biotech community, alongside senior university executives, to represent the university strategic initiatives and business priorities to build relationships and industry-leading deal flow. (20%)
Assess and when appropriate, commercialize Case Western Reserve University inventions across a portfolio of therapeutic technologies; primary activities include technology evaluation, patent filing and prosecution decisions, pre-marketing, corporate communications, and complex negotiations. Handle or manage the prompt and competent completion of analyses, evaluation, handling, disposition, and commercialization of inventions by faculty, staff, and students, including the successful licensing or optioning of intellectual property rights. Work with university-approved patent prosecution legal services to construct and efficiently manage a portfolio of patents related to the university's therapeutic portfolio; set patent strategies for portfolios of technologies. Structure and negotiate complex licensing agreements for commercialization of university-developed technologies. Identify and create new start-up company opportunities at the university, including selection of company management, applying for external funding, and negotiating license agreements to the new company; assist and facilitate such start-ups to the extent practical and compatible with the university's mission, policies, and budgets; develop exit strategies about university ownership in such companies. (25%)
Serve as the technology transfer office's liaison to the School of Medicine's Council to Advance Human Health (CAHH), including assisting in the execution of this translational program (serving on its committee, suggesting translational prospe
Working independently, the director of therapeutic translational development is responsible for early-stage global business development, licensing, and start-up initiatives and has a critical impact on the success of Case Western Reserve University's therapeutic development strategy and portfolio. As a key member of the leadership team within the Technology Transfer Office, this position will work closely with campus translational programs to source, evaluate and support new therapeutic technologies, establish relationships within the pharmaceutical industry ultimately leading to the negotiation, and execution of licensing deals, and support where appropriate, the creation of investible start-up companies to carry therapeutic opportunities forward along the regulatory and commercialization pathway. This position will work with other senior leaders within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research as well as the School of Medicine's dean's office to define the opportunity for external and internal translational development to transform the university's capability to progress the University's therapeutics portfolio.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Establish and lead initial technical evaluation and formal diligence processes to drive the rigorous evaluation of potential assets and deliver clear recommendations to translational programs and senior university leadership. Develop, lead, and implement a strategic plan for the university's efforts in protecting, adding value to, and commercializing its therapeutic intellectual property, developed through research activities at Case Western Reserve University, in coordination with the leadership. Seek, develop, and maintain relationships with potential external licensing partners in industry, government, and the not-for-profit sectors. Identify and encourage corporate sponsorship that can help develop technologies and lead to eventual licensing partners. Foster and manage relationships, internal and external to the university relevant to disclosures and licensing. Build and maintain a strong external network and presence within the local innovation ecosystem. Engage with the life science investment and biotech community, alongside senior university executives, to represent the university strategic initiatives and business priorities to build relationships and industry-leading deal flow. (20%)
Assess and when appropriate, commercialize Case Western Reserve University inventions across a portfolio of therapeutic technologies; primary activities include technology evaluation, patent filing and prosecution decisions, pre-marketing, corporate communications, and complex negotiations. Handle or manage the prompt and competent completion of analyses, evaluation, handling, disposition, and commercialization of inventions by faculty, staff, and students, including the successful licensing or optioning of intellectual property rights. Work with university-approved patent prosecution legal services to construct and efficiently manage a portfolio of patents related to the university's therapeutic portfolio; set patent strategies for portfolios of technologies. Structure and negotiate complex licensing agreements for commercialization of university-developed technologies. Identify and create new start-up company opportunities at the university, including selection of company management, applying for external funding, and negotiating license agreements to the new company; assist and facilitate such start-ups to the extent practical and compatible with the university's mission, policies, and budgets; develop exit strategies about university ownership in such companies. (25%)
Serve as the technology transfer office's liaison to the School of Medicine's Council to Advance Human Health (CAHH), including assisting in the execution of this translational program (serving on its committee, suggesting translational prospe