Chief Innovation and Corporate Officer

Job description

Description Responsible for leading the university’s offices and efforts in technology commercialization, corporate partnerships, and venture development for sponsored research and education, as well as building an institutional culture to support and incentivize innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development. Oversees the planning, development and implementation of strategic initiatives and programs that support the University's missions of research and creative and scholarly activity, knowledge advancement, and societal impact. Essential Duties/Responsibilities: - Ability to efficiently and effectively engage strategically with private sector companies interested in research and educational partnerships and accelerating private sector sponsored research at all three of OU’s campuses. - Collaborate with the Governor’s office, state, local, and community stakeholders to help attract new companies to the University - Identify and resolve institutional barriers to innovation, entrepreneurship, venture creation, external partnerships, and intellectual property creation. - Manage the Intellectual property and commercialization of technologies to scale corporate and private sect...