Senior Licensing Associate - Business Development and Licensing

The Broad Institute is an amazing place - we exist to apply our deep knowledge of human genetics to empower a revolution in biomedicine and accelerate the pace at which the world conquers disease. The Broad community includes professional scientists from many disciplines, software engineers and computational biologists, administrative staff, and students, as well as renowned researchers from partner institutions. We seek to cultivate an interdisciplinary, innovative, goal-oriented work environment that unleashes scientific creativity and empowers Broadies to pursue ambitious and critical projects.

The Office of Strategic Alliances & Partnering (OSAP) focuses on industrial partnerships, material transfer agreements, confidentiality agreements, IP strategy, patents, and licensing to start-ups and industry partners. Reporting to the Senior Director, Business Development and Licensing, the Licensing Associate plays a key role in managing communications, inquiries, and activities in a fast-paced, high-volume business development environment. The role supports the Senior Director in evaluating, protecting, and licensing intellectual property, and works collaboratively across OSAP to establish industry collaborations. Responsibilities include case triage, market research, partner outreach, and handling the business side of patent case management — coordinating with stakeholders to help move faculty inventions toward commercialization.

For this role, Broad seeks an energetic individual with relevant experience, strong business sense and demonstrated skills to join a collaborative team. The position offers an opportunity to have substantial exposure and contribution to the vibrant technology driven innovation ecosystem at Broad, work closely with leading research scientists, entrepreneurs, and partner with BD professionals, transaction attorneys, and patent attorneys on matters related to patents and collaboration and licensing agreements. 

Key Responsibilities

●Evaluate and assess technologies and new inventions, research outputs, and assemblecommercially viable technology portfolios to make recommendations to the business development team.

●Identify potential licensees and commercialization opportunities.

●Triage and respond to initial business development inquiries; research and evaluate company information relevant to licensing and collaboration opportunities. Make recommendations on next steps to advance partnership opportunities.

●Work with other members of the BD team to market intellectual property assets.Initiate and build relationships with industry partners and faculty.

●Support role in educating and advising academic researchers on collaboration and licensing matters

●Support role in drafting correspondence, term sheets, license/collaboration agreements, and marketing materials

●Collaborate with the contracts team and transaction counsel on agreements

●Work across internal teams to ensure compliance with licensing practices; project management with stakeholders(faculty, sponsors, joint owners)

●Monitor research collaborations and licensing transactions to ensure compliance

●Support senior BD team members with additional tasks as needed

QUALIFICATIONS

●MS or Ph.D in science or engineering required or equivalent work experience.

●At least one year of related experience in a university technology transfer office or equivalent fast-paced, high-volume organization is preferred.

●Entrepreneurial, self-starter, and highly independent.  Intellectually curious about translational research.

●Experience with legal agreements, terms and conditions, and document negotiation is highly desirable.

●Understanding of the primary forms of intellectual property: patents, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets highly desirable.

●Ability to independently multitask, prioritize, manage time effectively, and work in a fast-paced, complex environment.

●Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills (both verbal and written) and ability to quickly, clearly, and succinctly communicate complex issues with internal and external stakeholders.

●Strong project management skills.  Good judgment and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to quickly communicate complex issues clearly and succinctly.

●Detailed and deadline-oriented self-starter who enjoys working both independently and collaboratively and thrives in an environment that encourages strategic thinking.

●Excellent people skills and ability to work in a team environment. Ability to interact with a wide range of people and personalities.Ability to communicate with both scientists and commercial entities.

●Demonstrated skills working with Excel and data/database management systems as well as AI/ML tools such as Claude and Gemini.

●A passion for the Broad’s mission of propelling the understanding of disease forward and working with a diverse group of professionals.

The Broad Institute will not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity.