Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Innovation and Development, the Director of Technology Commercialization directs the activities of the Office to facilitate the exchange of technology between the institution and the for-profit sector. Assists UT Health San Antonio's community of innovators in achieving impactful outcomes from their research by guiding them through the complexities of intellectual property and commercialization.

Works closely with UT Health San Antonio faculty and institutional senior leaders to develop and implement a transparent, consistent process for the evaluation and marketing of institutional invention disclosures, patent protection, negotiation of license agreements and startup companies.
Provides leadership and management of business development and tech licensing staff with a strong emphasis on a team approach.
Implements and defines a strategy for educating faculty and staff on technology transfer.
Creates and develops opportunities for greater collaboration across the institution's colleges, departments, and community partners.
Creates and coaches others to develop paths to market for the many technologies at UTHSA.
Coordinates with inventors, tech writers, and licensing team to prepare summaries of the business opportunities for new inventions and works to advertise technologies available for licensing.
Assists with planning and executing strategic marketing activities (scientific conferences, business community initiatives, online promotion and licensing platforms, external marketing vendors, and industry events) to promote university technologies; directs technologies to selected promotional channels.
Liaises with industry, investors, and entrepreneurs, as well as academic and non-profit organizations.
Reviews external communication efforts among the licensing and business development teams to facilitate consistent communication with potential licensees and partners.
Manage a portfolio of projects.
Provides high-level strategic departments on their projects and portfolios of projects.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Critical Thinking - Ability to arrive at accurate conclusions and solutions by visualizing new potentials, and by identifying, defining and analyzing problems and situations using rational and intuitive processes.
Leadership - Ability to attract and mobilize energies and talents; to work towards a shared purpose in the best interests of the organization, the people comprising it and the people it serves.
Project Management - Ability to coordinate the diverse components of the project by quality project planning, execution, and change control to achieve the required balance of time, cost, and quality.
Teamwork - Builds and maintains positive working relationships, within individual work groups and across departments, through open communication and collaboration; works with others to accomplish goals and objectives.
Business Acumen - Demonstrates a clear understanding of all areas of the business (education, research, clinical care) – customers (students, trainees, faculty, community), resources, educational trends, new advances – and uses skills in planning, prioritization, decision-making, and resource allocation to drive desired results.
Entrepreneurial spirit – Capacity to assess risk as well as growth attributes to forward projects.
Creativity – Thinking beyond the next steps and being able to identify broader partnerships and opportunities for the team

This position may require the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT San Antonio and its infrastructure per Texas EO-GA-48.

Benefits Overview

UT Health San Antonio offers an excellent benefits package for its employees. Employees who work at least 20 hours a week, with an appointment of at least 4.5 months, are eligible for benefits.

Medical - UT SELECT Medical insurance is offered free for employees and administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. Family members can be added to the plan through payroll deduction. Employees and their dependents can also receive discounted copays and coinsurance when using UT Health Physicians, a network of 800 premier physicians including more than 100 specialists. Employees receive $50,000 of group term life insurance and $50,000 of basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance for free, with options to purchase additional employee and dependent coverage for both at group rates.

Dental - Three dental insurance plan options are available for employees and their families through Delta Dental Insurance Company, two PPOs and one dental HMO plan. Both PPO plans allow employees to choose any licensed dentist.

Vision - Fully insured Vision Care benefits are offered by Superior Vision Services. Two vision plan options that offer either standard or enhanced vision benefits.

Disability - Employees can enroll in the Disability Insurance which provides income if a non-work related illness or injury prevents you from working.

FSAs - Employees can enroll in flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to set aside money from earnings before taxes for qualifying dependent day care expenses or out-of-pocket health care expenses.

Retirement - Employees are eligible for either the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) or the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP). TRS is a defined benefit retirement plan which UT Health matches employee contributions. ORP is for eligible faculty staff employees. Voluntary retirement programs are also available to invest before- or after-tax dollars with the choice of five quality retirement plan providers.

Time Off - A generous leave program offers multiple paid leave options:

Front-loaded Paid Time Off: 128 to 208 hours (16 to 26 days) of Paid Time Off based on years of service, given at the start of each fiscal year. PTO may be prorated in year one based on date of hire.
Extended Illness Bank: 8 hours (1 day) accrued per month which can be used for illness or injury after one day of Paid Time Off is taken.
Paid Family Leave: Up to 240 hours (6 weeks) to care for a spouse, child, or parent after 6 months of consecutive employment.
Holidays: 12 set paid holidays each year.

Discounts - Employees enjoy a range of discounts on services, tickets, and gym membership.

EEO Statement

UT Health San Antonio is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. It is our policy to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

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