"Associate Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship"

Job Details

Company Description:

Founded in 1919, AUC is the region's premier university. It is Middle States accredited with many of its programs having further accreditations for the different programs they offer. In 2008, AUC moved to a new 270-acre state-of-the-art campus in New Cairo. It continues to operate in its historic downtown facilities, offering cultural events, graduate classes, and continuing education. AUC is an English-medium institution, where most courses are taught in English. The AUC Libraries contain the largest English-language research collection in the region and are an active and integral part of the University's pursuit of excellence in all academic and scholarly programs. Faculty salary and rank are based on qualifications and professional experience. According to AUC policies and procedures, faculty are entitled to generous benefits.

Job Description:

The Office of the Associate Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at AUC is a new venture. The office promotes collaboration between researchers, students, and industry, both locally and globally. Our mission is to enhance AUC's research impact by fostering industry partnerships and entrepreneurial activities across various sectors, including, but not limited to, sustainability, climate and water, energy, urban studies and smart cities, biomedical sciences, artificial intelligence, and data-driven research. The office will be in charge of leading and managing the Technology, Research, and Innovation Laboratory (TRI-LAB).

Main Responsibilities:

1. Knowledge Translation Ecosystem:
   • Ecosystem Development and Navigation: Establish, lead and manage AUC's Technology, Research and Innovation Lab (TRI-Lab) to be the central hub for translation of research, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
   • Develop an ecosystem that promotes university-industry collaboration, nurtures young entrepreneurs, and incubates startups.
2. Commercializing AUC Innovations
   • Research Translation: Promote the practical application of AUC's research discoveries and intellectual property, moving research output into commercial products.
   • Intellectual Property Leadership: Oversee AUC's intellectual property licensing strategy, ensuring a transparent and inventor-friendly process that maximizes returns and global impact.
   • Knowledge Transfer: Organize training courses, workshops, seminars, and student projects to transfer knowledge.
3. Entrepreneurial Culture:
   • Entrepreneurial Integration: Integrate entrepreneurial elements into research and education, fostering partnerships between AUC and various sectors.
4. Inter and Intra Collaborations:
   • Collaborations: Foster strategic partnerships with international and national companies, facilitating research collaborations, technology transfer, and industrial presence on campus.
   • Synergy Building: Create synergies across AUC's innovative research programs to benefit faculty and students.
   • Resource Alignment: Align and integrate existing innovation activities to ensure resources are available for students and faculty to develop their ideas.
   • Partnership Strengthening: Strengthen partnerships among offices and units to improve the experience of AUC's innovators and reduce redundancies.
   • Community Support: Assist the AUC community in launching companies, managing intellectual property, filing patents, and securing investors.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Maximize Returns to AUC: Develop strategies to maximize returns to AUC, supporting its public mission.
• Team Leadership: Lead a dynamic team focused on knowledge transfer, innovation, commercialization, and economic development.
• Senior Management Interaction: Engage with senior management on intellectual property, patent negotiations, and other high-level discussions.
• Fundraising: Work closely with AUC entities and individuals, as well as sponsors and donors, to raise funds for the TRI-LAB activities and operations.
• Other duties as assigned by the provost.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• Significant experience in knowledge translation and moving ideas to market.
• Expertise in business development and financial investment models that drive innovation and industry transformation.
• Experience in intellectual property management.
• Experience as an entrepreneurial executive in private industry or a combination of industry and academia.
• Advanced skills in strategy development, systems planning, and change management.
• Ability to establish and align mission and goals at the macro level.
• Strong collaboration skills with diverse faculty in a top-tier academic setting.
• Effective leadership and motivational skills for various stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge of administrative management theory and its practical application.
• Ability to establish metrics for departmental and employee goals.
• Conflict management and persuasive communication skills.
• Demonstrated supervisory skills.
• Ability to navigate complex organizational structures and policies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced degree in a related area or equivalent experience/training.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Entrepreneurial experience in a revenue-generating organization.
• PhD in a STEM field, and/or MBA.
• Experience in research-focused higher education institutions.

Additional Information:

• Maximize Returns to AUC: Develop strategies to maximize returns to AUC, supporting its public mission.
• Team Leadership: Lead a dynamic team focused on knowledge transfer, innovation, commercialization, and economic development.
• Senior Management Interaction: Engage with senior management on intellectual property, patent negotiations, and other high-level discussions.
• Fundraising: Work closely with AUC entities and individuals, as well as sponsors and donors, to raise funds for the TRI-LAB activities and operation.
• Other duties as assigned by the provost.