Translation Manager - Search & Evaluation

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Translation Manager - Search and Evaluation

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 depending on experience plus benefits

Reports to: Regional Translation Lead

Department: ReSearch & Innovation

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week (Other flexible-working requests will also be considered)

Location: Hybrid with 2 days a week from home. On-site working primarily at the Crick Institute with regular visits to CRUK London offices.

Closing date: 31 March 2024.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.

Cancer Research Horizons

Cancer Research Horizons (CRH) is the innovation engine of Cancer Research UK (CRUK), translating cutting-edge innovations into effective treatments and diagnostics for cancer patients. With exclusive rights to CRUK's annual investment of over £300 million in world-class cancer research, we're a powerful partner in the fight to conquer cancer. We're currently the second largest oncology out-licensor globally, and to date we've played an instrumental role in forming over 60 startup companies with $2.8 billion raised, and bringing 11 new cancer drugs to market, with 6 million doses administered to cancer patients all over the world.

The Francis Crick Institute

The Francis Crick Institute (Crick) is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses. An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King's College London. The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

About the role

Search & Evaluation (S&E) is the front-line team of Cancer Research Horizons, working with researchers in the cancer field to identify and develop research discoveries that can be translated into innovations that will impact the lives of cancer patients. The S&E team is distributed geographically to provide highly visible and frontline support to all CRUK-funded researchers.

In this role, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of plans for translation of cancer research at the Francis Crick Institute. This will include working with oncology researchers to proactively identify projects and technologies with patient benefit potential, including setting the intellectual property strategy and driving project development by working with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.

What will I be doing?

• Establish and maintain relationships with oncology researchers at the Crick, while developing a deep understanding of the cancer research landscape within the Crick.
• Play an active role as member of the Crick Translation team and the Search & Evaluation team.
• Work with the Translation Executive/Business Manager based at the Crick to provide access at information and capabilities available with Cancer Research Horizons.
• Work with the Translation Executive/Business Manager based at the Crick and the Crick translation team to build and maintain strong, integrated relationships with oncology researchers at the Francis Crick Institute.
• Through interactions with researchers, proactively seek invention disclosures for technologies with the potential to impact the lives of cancer patients.
• Review and critique invention disclosures, performing appropriate due diligence and scientific/commercial evaluation, seeking input from colleagues and experts, as appropriate.
• Propose new technology development opportunities to internal governance boards to seek approval for their development and onward commercialisation.
• With colleagues and researchers, create and implement project plans to develop technologies into investable or licensable propositions, ensuring projects are fully funded and supported with clear milestones and decision points.
• Provide appropriate technology transfer services and manage intellectual property protection for portfolio projects in a timely manner, with support from line manager as needed.
• Support routine contract negotiation and management in liaison with Crick, BD and Legal colleagues
• Within the Crick promote the benefits of translation and provide translational research advice and support to researchers, including sign posting to potential funding mechanisms, as applicable.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues from Crick Translation team and Cancer Research Horizons to proactively seek collaborative and synergistic interactions.

What skills are you looking for?

• PhD (or equivalent) in a scientific or healthcare discipline, ideally oncology/technology-related
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in translating discovery research and pre-clinical science gained in sectors such as medical technologies, diagnostics, healthcare technologies and pharmaceuticals. This experience may have been gained in industry, healthcare, academia or in non-profit organisations.
• W working knowledge and experience of the technology transfer process especially the patent filing and prosecution process
• Ability to drive an entrepreneurial spirit and think creatively.
• A strong team player and with the ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to grasp scientific and technical concepts quickly and translate these into commercially viable proposals.
• Able to work effectively with key stakeholders, showing excellent influencing skills and, where appropriate, having tenacity and persistence.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbally and in writing, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships.
• Able to identify strategies for transferring technologies to industry.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a cross-functional team to deliver the scientific and operational objectives of the overall function.
• Knowledge and awareness of oncology drug/technology discovery, IP protection and development and associated science.
• Scientific judgement and project management skills, together with a talent for business acumen and operational delivery.

What will I gain?

Every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies, and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.