Technology Transfer and Ipr Officer

Job Reference :

• 547_22_DIR_TT_TTO Position :

• Technology Transfer and IPR Officer Closing Date :

• Tuesday, 31 January, 2023 Reference : 547_22_DIR_TT_TTO Job title : Technology Transfer and IPR Officer About BSC

• The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a hosting member of the PRACE European distributed supercomputing infrastructure. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 770 staff from 55 countries.

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• We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. Context And Mission

• Reporting to the BSC Technology Transfer Manager, the BSC technology transfer officer will facilitate the exploitation of BSC’s research results by transferring knowledge and technology developed at BSC to the market. Key Duties

• Register and Protect BSC technology in the most appropriate way

• Promote and license BSC’s know-how and technology through agreements with companies and the foundation of spin-offs

• Be in contact with technology transfer ecosystem, European, Spanish and Catalan

• Responsibilities:

  1. Provide support on Intellectual Property Rights management, consisting on identify, register and protect BSC research project results in the most appropriate way
  2. Carry out the tasks described in the TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECT for Computer Science dept. including: a. Identify hardware and software computer science department research results b. Write and participate in exploitation plans for hardware and software computer science department research results c. Attend and organize, if needed, meetings and teleconferences d. Write and contribute to project deliverables Participate in the TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECT committees and follow the development of exploitable technologies
  3. Help on the creation of start-ups and liaise with BSC researchers, BSC legal staff, and external actors

Requirements :

• Education
• Law, business or science degree preferred.
• Master in innovation, IPR management or similar a plus.
• Specialized courses on IPR management, exploitation of research results etc.
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
• Experience in a similar position
• Experience in IP management and project management and commercialization of technologies
• Knowledge of the IT sector, especially Computer and Computational Sciences an advantage
• Experience in projects between non-profit research centers and private industry a plus
• Experience creating start-ups also a plus
• Competences
• Fluency in Spanish, Catalan and English is essential
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize and work under set deadlines and pressure
• Willing to travel

Conditions

• The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department
• We offer a full-time contract, a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, tickets restaurant, private health insurance, fully support to the relocation procedures
• Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
• Starting date: as soon as possible

Applications procedure and process - A full CV in English including contact details

• A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references - Applications without this document will not be considered

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• BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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