Deputy Director, Chemicals, Materials and Sustainability, Innovation

6 months ago


Singapur, Singapore A*STAR Full time

To gear A*STAR up for the innovation-driven economy set out by the Research Innovation & Enterprise 2025 Masterplan, a new Enterprise Division ("Enterprise") is being established in late-2020. Enterprise will further strengthen A*STAR in generating economic and societal impact for Singapore. Importantly, Enterprise Division will provide coherence to A*STAR's RCA, licensing, and venture creation efforts. It will drive A*STAR's companies strategy and companies portfolio management. Enterprise will also play a national role in terms of grants administrations. It will be the focal point to drive Innovation & Enterprise (I&E) within A*STAR, as well as actively support I&E efforts in the wider ecosystem.
 
As part of the Chemical, Materials and Energy team, you will:


Job Responsibilities

Responsible for review of technologies, prioritization and commercialization A*STAR intellectual properties in the area of electrification, decarbonisation and built environment. The candidate is required to manage, encourage, support the development and protection of intellectual property and establish IP and business strategies to assist in assessment of inventions, identification of potential markets and competitive technologies Candidate will be required to have strong networks and to also build business partnerships and technical collaboration opportunities to commercialise technologies out from research labs and to build new value chains, establishing the value chain with various key stakeholders. The candidate is expected to be proactive in scoping/ supporting and manage specific projects to develop initiatives in innovation, IP management creating an impact, including acquiring industrial grants and contracts through meetings with researchers and external entities. The candidate will need to demonstrate passion to work with scientists and industries to understand key challenges and find the right solutions to build relationship and understand the technology landscape, highlighting key trends to accelerate spin-out, licensing, and provide leadership and oversight to achieve desired success. The candidate should have strong negotiation skills. The candidate should have strong interests with technologies and demonstrate the ability to grasp quickly new scientific concepts and technologies and to identify the potential commercial viability To participate and support sustainability, decarbonisation events which may be hosted by the cluster or A*STAR

Qualifications

Strong background Preferably 5 years of working experience in Energy or Electrification, area involving fuel cells, grid management Qualifications of both technical areas such as Electrical Engineering, Materials / Chemicals engineering with MBA are preferred The candidate should have past experience in handling the commercialisation from bring inventions from the lab through the product development and commercialization into products, creating new business opportunities The candidate should have good understanding of intellectual property and management including identification, due diligence and protection of IP The candidate should be experienced and proactive in sourcing business deals, and in handling commercial negotiations and business contracts and project management skills to handle multiple projects efficiently Effective oral, written communication skills and power point skills would be important. Passionate in commercialising cutting edge technologies and creative problem-solving skills

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