The plant biotechnology Innovation center of Bayer in Ghent is part of Bayer CropScience NV in Diegem. The Ghent site has 350 employees and is an important research and development center of the CropScience Seeds division of the Bayer group. Bayer CropScience – Seeds is a leading international player in the research, development and marketing of agricultural and vegetable seeds with added value traits. The innovation and product development in Ghent is focused on agricultural crops such as oilseed rape, cotton, rice and wheat. Bayer CropScience - Seeds has more than 2700 employees worldwide. The headquarters of Bayer CropScience are in Monheim, Germany. The company has more than 20.700 employees in more than 120 countries. In the Ghent Innovation center, the innovation and commercialization process of improved plant varieties are being streamlined by integrating plant biotech research and global business support functions – such as legal, intellectual property, quality analysis & control and regulatory.
Technology Licensing Manager (m/f)
Job description
As a Technology Licensing Manager you collaborate with the Head of Emerging Research and Program leaders to seek for, evaluate and access new opportunities of external innovation enhancing the company’s ability to early on understand and capture new technologies and establish innovative and strategic research collaborations. You improve, expand and foster a network within the scientific communities in both business and academia and promote interaction with relevant institutes and companies. You are responsible for agreement negotiations on identified technology and collaborative research projects (incl. publicly funded research consortia) providing leadership and support to the multidisciplinary team and coordinating the required actions and intermediary evaluations. You manage the 3rd party collaboration contracts post signature, ensuring that all mutual obligations are met and future additional negotiations run smoothly. Furthermore you ensure full transparency in the third party spending and forecasting.
Your qualifications
The successful candidate holds a PhD in Life Sciences (plant biology, molecular biology, agro sciences). At least 3 years of relevant experience in Seed & Trait - Biotech are required. An MBA or advanced business training would be an additional asset. For this position strategic thinking, a good scientific network and the ability to overcome complexity is necessary. The candidate should possess strong negotiation and advanced communication skills, empathy, inter-cultural and leadership skills.
Required language skills: English fluently; Dutch, French or German is an additional asset.
Your application
We offer a competitive salary with benefits package in an innovative and international environment. Our teams are amongst the best in the industry. Teamwork, entrepreneurship, drive, a passion to learn and to share knowledge, respect for sustainable development and integrity are our most precious values. “Life” summarizes our core values: leadership, integrity, flexibility and efficiency. Our international and interdisciplinary work environment offers a range of possibilities to motivated, qualified people with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
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