Business Development Manager (Sustainable Technologies and the Environment)

About the opportunity

The University of Sydney is seeking a Business Development Manager (Sustainable Technologies and the Environment) to lead and expand strategic industry partnerships, accelerating research translation and industry engagement across the Sustainable Technologies and the Environment portfolio. This role supports the University's high priority Collective Excellence 28 (CE28) initiative.

Based within the Research Pipeline and Pre Award team, this senior role focuses on translating world class research capability into funded, impact driven collaborations across energy, climate, sustainability and environmental sectors. Working closely with researchers, Faculty leaders and external partners, you will play a key role in advancing industry led research outcomes aligned to the University's strategic plan.

The Collective Excellence 2028 (CE28) Research advances the University's ambition to be a globally recognised leader in research with real world impact. CE28 aligns academic leadership, institutional investment and professional support to enable large scale, multidisciplinary research that addresses complex global challenges. Through focused Areas for Acceleration, streamlined research processes, and strengthened pathways to international collaboration and major external funding, CE28 empowers academics to lead globally competitive research programs, attract top partners and talent, and translate excellence into societal, economic and policy impact.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• drive industry engagement to identify, develop and secure collaborative research and funding opportunities aligned to CE28 priorities
• work closely with researchers and senior stakeholders to translate research capability into impact driven collaboration
• prioritise and manage industry and researcher requests, delivering high quality strategic business development support
• act as a key liaison, guiding stakeholders through collaborative research strategies and partnership pathways
• case manage complex engagements from opportunity identification through to delivery
• prepare engagement reports, briefings and materials demonstrating research capability and impact
• contribute to the development of engagement strategies within sustainability focused disciplines.

About you

• significant experience (typically 5-10 years) in business development, research commercialisation or industry engagement within a university, research or innovation environment
• a Postgraduate Degree in Science or a closely related discipline, or equivalent senior industry experience
• strong, existing industry connections, particularly across sustainability, energy, climate or environmental sectors
• demonstrated success securing R&D funding and managing complex, multi stakeholder engagements
• high level negotiation, influencing and relationship management capability
• confidence to operate independently in a senior role while contributing within a collaborative team
• willingness to travel as required to support stakeholder engagement and partnership activity.

3-year, fixed term opportunity. Located on the Camperdown Campus

Opportunity to leverage and grow industry relationships to deliver sustainability-focused research with real-world impact.

Base Salary $146,197 - $154,260 (HEO9) + 17% superannuation

How to apply

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For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or any documents in alternate formats, please contact Nicole Turle Recruitment Operations by email to nicole.turle@sydney.edu.au

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