Description

Under the supervision of the Director, the Technology Transfer Marketing Analyst will provide support for invention disclosure and marketing activities in Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

•  Internally assists faculty and research staff with assistance and support for submitting invention disclosures to the TTO.
• Performs initial analysis, including financial analysis and valuation of early-stage technologies; and recommendation on the disclosed to the TTO.
• Conducts market research and analysis to identify potential licensing or commercialization partners; inputs marketing activities and communication information into the internal database.
• Works with the Director to assess invention disclosures for marketing and commercial potential and develop and implement general and technology-specific marketing strategies.
• Responsible for writing non-confidential technology summaries, letters, and information packages for posting to the TTO website through the Inteum database, other websites such as iBridge, AUTM, etc…, or market to potential licensees.
• Interacts with inventors to ensure inventions at the Medical Center are disclosed and processed by the TVO; responsible for ensuring completeness of the invention disclosure forms.
• Works with Director to identify key topics, prepare flyers, invite speakers, and market educational events to key audiences within the Medical Center; responsible for organizing education sessions for inventors; presents and markets technologies at national and International meetings.
• Assists with negotiations for agreements to out-license technologies with identified partners and option agreements as applicable.
• Participates in the management of de-risking projects for selected technologies to improve market readiness.
• Identifies contract research organizations (CROs) to perform R&D work on selected inventions.
• Manages projects with regard to the legal framework, finance, timeline, and outcome including expectation communication between inventors and CROs.
• Secures potential new inventions or improvements over existing inventions through patenting.
• Participates in regular seminars and grand rounds at the Medical Center to enhance TVO presence and to help identify potential inventions.
• Performs other duties (e.g. prepare analysis, reports, meeting presentations, special projects) as assigned by the manager.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in the Sciences required
• Masters in the Sciences is preferred

Experience and Skills

• 1 -2 years of experience in managing early-stage life science technologies (medical devices, digital health, etc.) in academic technology transfer offices, life science companies, or life science-focused investment firms is required for master’s degree applicant, preferred.
• 2 years of experience in assessment and marketing of early-stage medical devices, therapeutic and diagnostic technologies in the area of Cardiovascular, Oncology, Gastroenterology, and Neuroscience preferred.