Innovation and Enterprise Executive

Role:
Innovation and Enterprise Executive Grade and Salary:
Grade7 (£37,694 - £47,389) FTE and working pattern:
Full-time (35 hours a week) Holiday Entitlement: 33days annual leaveplus 9 buildings closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday) Business and Enterprise at Heriot-Watt

Fascinated by the future and captivated by technology and innovation?

Want to work with a diverse range of organisations and help them explore the art of the possible?

Business & Enterprise (B&E) at Heriot-Watt has many dimensions.

It’sa place for learning, a way of thinking and a catalyst for collaboration.

B&E brings together globalexpertiseto tackle current industry challenges whilst pioneeringnew innovation to drive our future economies and companies of scale.

However, it is people that matter, and we are creating great spaces where creative and brilliant minds are encouraged to share ideas and explore new concepts – tapping intoworld classacademic resource to stay at the forefront of rapidly changing technology trends.

Through the B&Eteam, HWU is revolutionising the means of learning. Innovation,discovery and entrepreneurship are being placed at the core of learning.

The B&Eteamconnects our leading academics, high growth technologycompaniesand our research partners to build better products and services for future global markets.

As a key member of the Enterprise Team, the Innovation and Enterprise Executive  has a broad remit which includes growing our entrepreneurial culture; nurturing buddinginnovators andentrepreneurs,supporting thepromotionof entrepreneurshipand ideasinstart-up/spinout companies and contributing to the development and delivery of newinnovation and enterprise activities for the university.

The Enterprise team supports the University’s strategies through delivery of a wide range of Knowledge Exchange and Entrepreneurship activities that create real impact and value to industry and society.

The University has a strong track recordwithin innovation and enterprise and is originator and host of the leading pan-Scotland enterprise programme, the Converge Challenge.

As a student, academic researcher, collaborator or knowledge transfer partner, the Enterprise team provides professional advice andassistanceon:

• Spinout/start-up creation and enterprise
• Commercialisation and working with industry
• Knowledge exchange and technology licensing
• Research commercialisation and IP management

The post-holder will:

• Identifycommercialisation opportunities across Heriot-Watt University and develop them into successful commercial outcomes
• Promote enterprise opportunities for staff & students across the five campuses of the university and interact with key stakeholders including investors, corporatepartnersand government/economic development agencies.
• Support development of an enterprise network across the university linking academic schools, professionalservicesand external stakeholders as appropriate
• Support new industry-led innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives e.g. accelerators and innovation challenges
• Provide hands‑on businesssupporttostaff and students of HWU including:

• Lead/support the delivery of enterprise creation workshops and training
• Participate in networks of enterprise support activities in Scotland,Dubaiand Malaysia
• Nurture a community ofinnovators,entrepreneurs,mentorsand support agencies
• Developing content for internal and external audiences
• Support the University inleveragingappropriate fundingto support company creation & enterprise activity (e.g. SE High Growth,RSE,RAEng,ICURe,Converge etc.)
• Support colleagues in collating KPI data that exemplifies the University delivery of innovation and enterprise activities
• Assist theB&Eleadership teamto deliver strategic initiatives to furtherinnovation and enterprise developments across the university
• Connect and collaborate with the external enterprise ecosystemand signpostingentrepreneurs to relevant external opportunities
• Other dutiestosupport enterprise delivery and wider commercial objectives

• Proven track recordof working within a start-upor industryenvironment
• Commercial…