Senior Technology Licensing & Commercialization Manager

The Senior Technology Licensing & Commercialization Manager is a key member of UNH Innovation who advances University of New Hampshire research, inventions, and intellectual property toward practical use and public impact. The position independently manages a portfolio of university technologies from invention disclosure through commercial assessment, intellectual property strategy, market engagement, licensing, startup formation, and post-transaction stewardship.  Working closely with faculty inventors, researchers, entrepreneurs, companies, investors, patent counsel, and university partners, the Senior Manager creates and executes commercialization opportunities.

The role requires an entrepreneurial, proactive approach: identifying prospective partners, developing relationships, structuring transactions, and moving opportunities toward market adoption rather than relying primarily on inbound interest.  The Senior Manager operates with substantial independence while partnering with the Director of Technology Transfer on portfolio priorities, complex or high-risk matters, major corporate relationships, and high-value negotiations. The position is intended to be commercially focused, with administrative work supporting, rather than displacing, licensing and business-development activity.  

The Senior Manager will directly report to the Director of Technology Transfer at UNH Innovation.  
** Duties and Responsibilities
** Technology Assessment and Commercialization Strategy
* Evaluate invention disclosures for commercial potential, market need, competitive position, technical maturity, intellectual property considerations, development requirements, and feasible commercialization pathways.
* Conduct or oversee market, industry, customer, competitor, and patent-landscape research; synthesize findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
* Develop commercialization assessments, strategies, milestones, and resource recommendations for technologies being considered for intellectual property protection or further investment.
* Identify opportunities suited to licensing, startup formation, sponsored research, translational funding, industry collaboration, or other pathways to impact.
* Regularly review assigned technologies and recommend active commercialization, further development, licensing outreach, partnering, maintenance, or discontinuation based on evidence and portfolio priorities.  Licensing, Transactions, and Intellectual Property Strategy
* Lead or materially support the negotiation and execution of technology licenses, options, amendments, material transfer agreements, confidentiality agreements, inter-institutional arrangements, and other commercialization-related transactions, as assigned.
* Develop deal structures that appropriately balance university and inventor interests, licensee needs, market realities, diligence expectations, risk, and long-term commercialization potential.
* Work with the Director, outside patent counsel, inventors, and internal stakeholders on patent filing, prosecution, maintenance, and foreign-filing strategy.
* Coordinate internal review and approvals with legal counsel, research administration, finance, compliance, and other stakeholders; maintain clear decision records and transaction documentation.
* Monitor licensee performance, reporting, milestones, diligence, sublicensing, financial obligations, and other material contractual requirements; identify and resolve issues or escalate them appropriately.
* Manage external counsel and service-provider relationships for assigned matters, including clear instructions, budget awareness, deadlines, and strategic alignment.
* Escalate significant, precedent-setting, high-risk, or unusually complex matters to the Director while independently resolving routine portfolio decisions.  Industry Engagement and Business Development
* Proactively identify, prioritize, and cultivate prospective licensees, strategic partners, entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and commercialization collaborators.
* Develop target-company lists and tailored outreach plans for high-priority technologies; conduct direct outreach and sustain disciplined follow-up.
* Prepare nonconfidential summaries, presentations, opportunity briefs, and other commercialization materials that translate complex research into a compelling value proposition.
* Represent UNH Innovation at industry conferences, partnering events, technology showcases, investor forums, and relevant meetings.
* Develop…