Job no: 0063320
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time, Continuing
Centre: Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics (CGCPT)
Salary: Senior Manager 1 - An attractive remuneration package to be negotiated; plus 17% super pa
- Build world-class research and industry partnerships
- Senior commercialisation role with global impact
- Support groundbreaking innovation and discovery
About the organisation
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne is a leading international university with a tradition of excellence in teaching and research. With outstanding performance in international rankings, the University is at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific region and the world. Within the University of Melbourne and supported by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (the Doherty), the Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics (CGCPT) is a newly created mission-driven, global research centre to enable rapid design and development of therapeutics for future pandemics.
About the role
The Business Development Director CGCPT will provide full lifecycle research commercialisation leadership to the CGCPT, identifying and pursuing strategic partnerships and commercialisation avenues for the Centre’s newly developed research and IP assets. This includes working collaboratively to develop and drive business development strategy, identifying opportunities for growth, collaboration, and commercial partnership between researchers and external partners, and negotiating and closing transactions to the mutual benefit of the stakeholders and within the mission of the CGCPT. As a newly created, senior role within the CGCPT, the Business Development Director will work to set up the CGCPT’s commercialisation function, leveraging the capabilities and resources of the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) and the University’s Research, Innovation and Commercialisation (RIC) Group to set the CGCPT up for a bright future as the world’s leading specialist pandemic therapeutics research centre.
About you
You are a highly regarded research commercialisation professional, with deep expertise in leading and negotiating major life science deals, particularly in relation to industry partnerships, contracts, licensing, start-ups and spinouts. You have strong life science industry experience, sector knowledge (including a thorough understanding of drug development pathways) and networks, and you have enjoyed considerable success in securing funding to support research translation and commercialisation, including from relevant grant schemes, and both commercial and venture funding. Highly credible across both industry and academia, you are collegiate and collaborative builder of strategic relationships, and a naturally empathetic and supportive leader of people. With an entrepreneurial mindset and deep, sector-wide knowledge of how industry works, and know the levers and challenges of industry well enough to be able to consistently guide major business into the CGCPT. For the right individual, this role represents a career-defining opportunity to set up a new commercialisation function within a well-resourced, rapidly growing research institute with the potential to have significant global impact.
This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!
Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.
We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.
For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring
How to apply
PLEASE NOTE: We have engaged SHK Asia Pacific Pty Ltd as our sourcing and selection partner on this role.
For more information, please contact Matthew Belleghem at SHK on +61 402 740 665. To apply, do not click on ‘Apply now’. Instead, please submit a cover letter and your resume (in Microsoft Word format) via the SHK website at https://www.shk.com.au/job/business-development-director-cumming-global-centre-for-pandemic-therapeutics. Direct and third-party applications will be forwarded to SHK.
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