Research Licensing and Commercialisation Principal
Posting Date: 24 Sep 2024
Function: Product & Propositions
Unit: Networks
Location: London or Bristol
Salary: Competitive Salary & Great Benefits
Why this job matters
We want to improve people's lives for the better and enable BT to deliver world-class services and networks. Creating new products and services and developing new underpinning technologies is central to helping BT connect for good.
This role plays a key strategic and operational function in realizing value from technology and intellectual property arising from BT's research activities and elsewhere across BT's business, with a particular focus on the generation of revenue, reduction of cost, or other strategic value for BT Group.
What you’ll be doing
- Contribute to the development and execution of an agreed research commercialisation strategy, working with the Senior Manager, Research Commercialisation, to define an effective evidence-based and value-focused strategy.
- Commercialising BT's research outputs and IP to generate value for BT Group, including revenue growth, through agreed commercialisation programmes.
- Perform ecosystem and opportunity analysis, proposing commercialisation options and securing support from internal BT stakeholders.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities for external commercialisation of research output and IP.
- Identify prospective targets, partners, and spinout opportunities in strategic jurisdictions.
- Study patent documentation to identify relevance to third-party products and services.
- Conduct defensive analyses to assess risks associated with commercialisation initiatives.
- Negotiate commercial terms to achieve beneficial outcomes for BT with a focus on revenue generation.
- Support outbound litigation strategy and actions internally and with outside counsels.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation and provide regular reports on the status of all commercialisation activities.
The skills you will need
- A graduate in STEM, Business Administration, International Relations, Law, Economics, or a related field, preferably with postgraduate qualification.
- Experience in relevant roles related to BT Group products, services, and technologies.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work with stakeholders across all BT Group lines of business.
- Strong analytical skills with a capability to analyse complex technical information.
- Ability to understand terms of legal agreements and their implications.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to anticipate issues and find effective solutions.
Experience
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
- At least 5 years' experience in a technical or business management role.
- Familiarity with telecoms, hi-tech, networking, or IT industry trends.
- Experience in coordinating cross-functional teams.
About us
BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet. We value diversity and celebrate difference, embedding diversity and inclusion into everything that we do.
This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.
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