Job Description

To gear **** up for the innovation-driven economy set out by the Research Innovation & Enterprise 2025 Masterplan, a new Enterprise Division (“Enterprise”) is being established in late-2020. Enterprise will further strengthen **** in generating economic and societal impact for Singapore. Importantly, Enterprise Division will provide coherence to ****’s RCA, licensing, and venture creation efforts. It will drive ****’s companies strategy and companies portfolio management. Enterprise will also play a national role in terms of grants administration, over-watching national platforms like DxD Hub, and the Aerospace Programme, among others. It will be the focal point to drive Innovation & Enterprise (I&E) within ****, as well as actively support I&E efforts in the wider ecosystem.

As part of the Chemical, Materials and Energy team, you will: Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for review of technologies, prioritization and commercialization **** intellectual properties in the area of chemicals, materials energy. It would require Business and Partnership development to commercialise technologies out from research labs and to build the value chain, establishing the value chain with various key stakeholders.
• He/She is expected to be proactive in scoping/ supporting specific projects to develop initiatives in innovation, IP management creating an impact, including acquiring industrial grants and contracts through meetings with researchers and external entities. The key would be the interest to engage researchers and key decision makers in companies to build relationship and understand the technology landscape, highlighting key trends to accelerate spin-out, licensing, and provide leadership and oversight to achieve desired success.
• Manage, encourage, support the development and protection of intellectual property and establish IP and business strategies to assist in assessment of inventions, identification of potential markets and competitive technologies
• The ability to grasp quickly new scientific concepts and technologies and to identify the commercial potential would be required
• Negotiate licenses and research collaboration agreements

• Strong background Preferably 3-5 years of working experience in Energy, Materials science, Materials engineering or chemical industries
• Having entrepreneurship experience would be desirable
• Experience in product development and commercialization in industry or startup preferred.
• Knowledge in handling intellectual property and management including identification, due diligence and protection of IP
• Experience in handling commercial negotiations, project management skills to handle multiple projects efficiently
• Effective oral, written communication skills and power point skills would be important.
• Passionate with cutting edge technologies and creative problem-solving skills and ability to demonstrate imitativeness