The GRAND Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) is a 5-year, $23M network supporting academic research at 24 universities across Canada exploring graphics, animation and new media. Its operations are headquartered at the Great Northern Way Campus (GNWC) in Vancouver, BC. GRAND has a mandate to foster innovative research and to help Canadian companies exploit that research.
GRAND is seeking a commercialization manager who will be responsible for rolling-out a newly developed commercialization program for the GRAND network. The commercialization manager will take ownership of the program and ensure it delivers real results to Canadian companies.
Duties include:
The position reports to the Director, Operations, of GRAND NCE, is based at GNWC and will initially be for a 2 year period. Initial activities will focus on BC, then expand to Alberta. Some travel is required.
The job will suit either a technologist with a passion for seeing new technology transferred to and used by companies, or a business-focused individual who excels at business development that leverages technology advances. In either case the preferred candidate will have experience running small but complex programs, will be comfortable setting directions and goals and then delivering measurable results against those goals and will have a passion for helping companies solve problems and grow through exploitation of advanced technology. Specific skills and experience that would benefit the applicant include:
Familiarity with high tech companies, especially SMEs - how they operate and their constraints.
Understanding of academic research, its constraints and the academic technology/knowledge transfer process* Exposure to startups and SMEs, preferable by working at or starting one
Salary is commensurate with experience. It is expected to start between $60,000 and $70,000 per annum and to be reassessed annually.
How to Apply
Review of the applications will start on July 11, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.
Please submit a CV and the names and contact details of three references to the following address:
Adrian Sheppard
Director, Operations
GRAND NCE
Centre for Digital Media
577 Great Northern Way
Vancouver, BC V5T 1E1
Canada
Applications can also be emailed to [email protected]
GRAND hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
