Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the liaison between the center and the university OTCs.
• Coordinate joint projects for patent identification, protection, and promotion.
• Align OTC activities with national research priorities.
• Build and maintain a centralized patent database that compiles inventions from all partner universities.
• Support patent filing, documentation, and renewal processes.
• Monitor patent readiness levels and categorize by application area.
• Develop networks and partnerships with local and international OTCs.
• Share best practices in technology transfer, marketing strategies, and IP management.
• Facilitate collaborative research-to-market pipelines across universities.
• Maintain digital repositories of patents and research results.
• Track utilization and commercialization status of patents.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of
• University research structures and academic collaboration models.
• Patent law, IP protection, and international conventions.
• Methods of technology assessment, valuation, and readiness evaluation.
• OTC networks.