Business Development Executive - Livermore, United States - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States' security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is essential to innovation and creativity for continued success of the Laboratory's mission.

Pay Range

$159, $204,636.00 Annually

Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. Many factors are taken into consideration when setting starting pay including education, experience, the external labor market, and internal equity.

We have multiple openings for a Business Development Executive. This position represents LLNL in all aspects of intellectual property management, technology transfer, and industrial partnering via CRADAs (Cooperative Research and Development Agreements). You will work closely with other Business Development Executives, scientific and technical staff, principal investigators, program managers and IP attorneys to promote Laboratory inventions for commercial applications in diverse markets and will generate industry leads for a number of technology portfolios.

Specific technology portfolios we have openings for include the following: optics/lasers, advanced manufacturing, microelectronics, and defense/national security technologies.

You will take the lead in the creation and maintenance of informational materials related to technology portfolios. This position is in the Innovation and Partnerships Office (IPO) within the Director's Office.

You will

• Evaluate advanced technology and systems concepts in areas such as semiconductors, MEMS, additive manufacturing, instrumentation, lasers, optics, AI/ML, quantum computing, energy technologiesor other related areas.
• Develop technology portfolios, marketing, and partnering/licensing strategies for the highest priority cases.
• Represent the Laboratory in its dealing with the commercial sector in both licensing and partnering agreements.
• Engage with commercial stakeholders and identify areas for potential new partnerships in the technology portfolios managed.
• Lead the negotiation and preparation of complex partnership and licensing agreements that may require significant technology and business expertise, including, developing negotiation strategies and recommending business and other contractual terms and conditions; and providing strategic business advice to Laboratory management, Principal Investigators and others on industrial partnering issues including invention disclosures, patenting, portfolio management, copyright, foreign filing, joint ownership of intellectual property, license royalties, and identification and selection of industrial partners.
• Serve as key IPO representative to the institutional committee charged with evaluating invention disclosures, make recommendations for patenting or other disposition of inventions.
• Manage assigned intellectual property portfolios, in cooperation with Directorates(s), Programs, and other stakeholders.
• Oversee activities of licensees and research partners.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Advanced degree in the physical sciences related to semiconductors, MEMS, additive manufacturing, instrumentation, lasers, optics, AI/ML, quantum computing, energy technologies or other related areas or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Experience and proficiency in constructing research relationships with and intellectual property licensing to entrepreneurs, commercial firms, and industrial consortia as a member of a technology transfer or business development team.
• Experience and demonstrated skills in managing relationships with the business community on behalf of a university, national laboratory, or other research entity.
• Understanding of current trends and business practices as they relate to technology transfer and experience with materials transfer agreements, inter-institutional agreements and issues involving joint inventorship of inventions and multi-party research collaborations.
• Knowledge of and experience with patenting and copyright rules and processes.
• Experience in effectively handling multiple priorities and complex problems simultaneously, determining priorities and resolving problems independently with short deadlines.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate in a team environment and present and explain technical information and provide advice to management.
• Experience and demonstrated ability to lead independent work in a project or team environment.

Qualifications We Desire

• Advanced degree in semiconductors, MEMS, additive manufacturing, instrumentation, lasers, optics, AI/ML, quantum computing, energy technologies and related areas or equivalent industrial experience.
• MBA, J.D., or registered Patent Agent.
• Commercial business development experience in a high-tech industry.

Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.

Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?

• Included in 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor
• Flexible Benefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
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Security Clearance

This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance. If you are selected, we will initiate a Federal background investigation to determine if you meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. Also, all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.

Pre-Employment Drug Test

External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.

Pre-Placement Medical Exam

A job related pre-placement medical examination may be required.

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