IMPACT-IP Entrepreneur In Residence

About the programme

IMPACT-IP is an innovative programme with the ambition to harvest the collective capabilities across the commercialisation teams together with investors, entrepreneurs and professional services to transform how we support commercialisation and spinning out. We want to smooth the pathway, reduce the pain and speed up transaction timescales to enable our spin-outs to start delivering on their business plans faster. We want to get deals done.

We aim to achieve this by building a common understanding among all stakeholders and creating toolkits, playbooks, guidance, templates and standardisation to help streamline the process of commercialisation. The Entrepreneurs in Residence programme is built on a successful model, operating across a network of universities, curating relationships, driving process improvement and the adoption of innovation across the research, innovation and spinout support ecosystem.

We are recruiting up to five Entrepreneurs In Residence (EiRs) who will bring their extensive commercial acumen to support the programme.

More about the role

Supporting the IMPACT-IP programme, the role will involve:

facilitating mentoring to up to 16 SETsquared Commercialisation & Innovation Fellows in two or more cohorts
supporting the workstream groups, which are developing playbooks, templates and training to help drive through simplification and standardisation of approaches, policy, and procedures, helping to get to ‘deal readiness’
sharing state-of-the-art industrial research and development and the scientific challenges faced by industry with the Fellows
providing support and expert advice aimed at promoting innovation and the translation of research by universities
working across the partner universities, attending networking events, mentoring, and offering training.

The benefits for you

There are many benefits to taking on this varied and pivotal role, including:

using your extensive industry and/or entrepreneurial experience to make a tangible difference in university commercialisation

positively impacting the confidence and capabilities by mentoring Commercialisation Fellows

adding value to your own career

generating a wide network of new professional contacts across the SETsquared ecosystem.

Eligibility criteria

The programme is open to applicants of any nationality who are eligible to work in the UK for the duration of the fixed term period. This role is not intended to support a visa application or visa extension. Applicants must be able to demonstrate significant experience of working in an industrial context in one of the following areas, or if not, be able to explain why they feel they are eligible:

Sustainability/Green Tech

Deep Tech

Life Sciences

Arts & Humanities

Social Sciences

You must also have experience in one or more of the following:

managing university-business collaborations and the translation and commercialisation of research

entrepreneurship, such as company formation and growth, successful investment raises, etc

interest in training, coaching, or mentoring.

Successful applicants should be able to demonstrate a proactive approach, be engaging, and have a critical eye for how to add value to the programme.

Find out more key elements & practicalities

Applications closed

We are hoping to complete the process and start successful candidates as soon as possible after 16 September 2024.

For an informal discussion about the programme, please reach out to David Woolley, Head of Technology Transfer, University of Southampton, (& Impact-IP Project Co-Chair and Steering Board member): [email protected]