Assistant Director, Operations at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in University of Maryland College Park

Job description

• UM Ventures is a joint initiative of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the University of Maryland, College Park, to commercialize technologies and expand industry collaboration.
• The Assistant Director, Operations leads, manages, and provides direction to the UM Ventures administration team responsible for: intake, triage, and disposition of all UMD intellectual property disclosures; ensuring compliance with all federal and non-federal funding obligations; ensuring license/agreement compliance by soliciting and reviewing licensee reports and coordinating timely payments with the finance team; processing and maintaining assigned agreements and amendments; ensuring intellectual property/patent formalities are prepared accurately and timely filed; maintaining and updating data for the foregoing; collaborate with the UM Ventures leadership team to develop, update, and implement office policies and procedures; oversee management/implementation of IP Management database and other software tools.

Responsibilities

• Leads, manages, and provides direction to the UM Ventures administration team
• Intake, triage, and disposition of all UMD intellectual property disclosures
• Ensuring compliance with all federal and non-federal funding obligations
• Ensuring license/agreement compliance by soliciting and reviewing licensee reports and coordinating timely payments with the finance team
• Processing and maintaining assigned agreements and amendments
• Ensuring intellectual property/patent formalities are prepared accurately and timely filed
• Maintaining and updating data for the foregoing
• Collaborate with the UM Ventures leadership team to develop, update, and implement office policies and procedures
• Oversee management/implementation of IP Management database and other software tools

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience: Seven (7) years of professional experience managing business operations. Two (2) years of experience supervising or managing professional staff.
• Knowledge of business acumen to understand key business drivers, organizational communications, and data.
• Knowledge of organizational and unit performances measures.
• Knowledge of the impact and implications of decisions on leadership objectives.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in data analytics and negotiation.
• Skill in the use of Microsoft Office and Google Suite products.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion.
• Ability to develop and administer new policies and procedures.
• Ability to interpret and apply policies, procedures, regulations, and laws.
• 7 years of progressively responsible technology transfer administrative/operations experience.
• 2 years of supervisory experience in a technology transfer setting.

Skills

Required

• Skill in oral and written communication
• Skill in data analytics and negotiation

Benefits

• For more information on Regular Exempt benefits, select this link.
• $118478 to $142173