Division Head, Partnerships and Technology Transfer

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About the Role: 
Fermilab is seeking a Division Head for the Office of Partnership and Technology Transfer.  This position will report directly to the Associate Laboratory Director for Science, Innovation, and Technology Partnership and Outreach (SITPO) and with limited supervision, develops, implements, maintains and directs the Laboratory’s partnership agreements and intellectual property management systems.  Assures compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, requirements and standards and Department of Energy (DOE) prime contract requirements.  Partners with the Office of Sponsored Programs and Corporate Accounting and the Office of the General Counsel to execute these responsibilities.  This person will assist the Associate Lab Director with identifying issues, preventing problems, and mitigating impacts.

What your day-to-day as a Division Head, Office of Partnership & Technology Transfer at Fermilab will look like:

• Develops strategies and formulates short and long-range plans with subordinates, peers, and senior management for executing the laboratory’s technology transfer mission.
• Develops and ensures deployment of Laboratory policies, protocols, procedures and guidance for the technology transfer/commercialization process and the management of intellectual property; serves as the Management System Owner for the Partnerships Management System within the Laboratory.
• On behalf of the Directorate, establishes and oversees the processes for securing funding from external sources, including providing letters of support, securing DOE Contracting Officer approvals, and coordinating with the Office of Sponsored Programs and Corporate Accounting to ensure compliance with the proposal requirements and the prime contract.
• Establishes and manages the processes of forming, reviewing, and approving all institutional-level Partnership Agreements with external entities, including but not limited, to Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Strategic Partnership Projects (SPPs), Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), Non-Proprietary User Agreements (NPUAs), licensing agreements, or other such agreements that may be approved for use at the Laboratory by DOE.
• Executes (signs) legally-binding agreements on behalf of the Contractor, as delegated by the Deputy Director for Administration.
• Performs the statutory functions of the Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA), as defined by the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (as amended); establishes and directs all processes for Intellectual Property Management, including but not limited to, records of invention, software disclosures, patent protection, copyright registration, non-disclosure agreements, licenses, option agreements, or IPrelated processes, in accordance with the prime contract and subject to approval by the Fermilab Office of General Counsel as to legal form.
• Together with the Head of Technology Development and Industry Engagement, guides the development, commercialization and transfer of impactful laboratory technologies. Sets patent-filing priorities and coordinates with inside and outside counsel on patent, copyright, and trademark filings.
• Develops and implements procedures for early identification of important laboratory innovations, record of invention evaluation, patenting prioritization and election, patent portfolio management, technology strategy development, license negotiation, license maintenance and royalty distribution.
• Assists the Deputy Director, other members of the Directorate, and DOE as requested to establish appropriate agreements with international partners in support of the Laboratory’s scientific mission; provides input to government-level agreements as requested by the Directorate or DOE; assists with the interpretation and application of government-to-government agreements at the Laboratory.
• Establishes and maintains the official repository for all Partnership Agreements and Intellectual Property Management records.
• Measures and reports on performance to laboratory leadership and DOE; performs assessments of the Partnerships Management System; identifies process improvements and corrective actions; works with Division/Section/Center Heads to implement improvements.
• Represents the laboratory with external stakeholders including ot