Technology Transfer Manager

Job Details

Category: Professional

Department: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Partnerships

Location: Binghamton, NY

Posted: Sep 25, 2025

Closes: Open Until Filled

Type: Full-time

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Position : 193119

Binghamton University is a premier public R1 research institution in the State University of New York (SUNY) system that unites more than 130 broadly interdisciplinary educational programs with some of the most vibrant research in the nation. Our unique character - shaped by our mission, outstanding academics, facilities, and community life - promotes extraordinary student success, research, and service;
Binghamton University is where our students, faculty and staff thrive.

Working at Binghamton University is more than about having a great job - it is about having the opportunity to flourish in an exciting, engaging environment. Our faculty and staff appreciate Binghamton's collegial and inclusive culture and its commitment to excellence, education, innovation and civic engagement. Our diverse campus community contributes to our success.

Binghamton merges rigorous academics, distinguished faculty who value cutting-edge, and community-engaged research, teaching and service, exceptional staff, and ultramodern facilities to engage and challenge its 18,000+ students. Our high-achieving student body represents diverse experiences from first-generation college-goers to international students. Beyond their talent, these classmates share a desire to shape the future through technology, insight, intellectual exploration, and community service.

We are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and in keeping with this commitment, we welcome all to apply, including veterans and persons with disabilities.

Budget

Title:

Staff Associate (SL-4)

Salary: $87,000 - $90,000

The Binghamton University Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships (EIP) manages economic development, intellectual property rights, and technology transfer activities for Binghamton University, including through technology licensing, business incubation programs, entrepreneurship training and support, and innovation initiatives.

The Technology Transfer Manager is a key member of the EIP technology transfer unit responsible for advancing Binghamton's physical science and information technology assets from intake to assessment through to securing intellectual property rights protection, marketing, licensing, and translation. The role includes supporting the launch and growth of university spinout companies, including through campus and partner technology commercialization and business incubation resources.

• Work with campus inventors to encourage and facilitate submission of New Technology Disclosures
• Assess inventions and creative works relative to potential to patent or copyright and to license to company development partners; design and support pathways for commercialization, including via campus spinout companies
• Advise and educate Binghamton creators regarding intellectual property law, funding agency regulations, and SUNY policies as they apply to ownership, revenue sharing, and management of conflicts of interest
• Prepare marketing materials and undertake campaigns to present physical science inventions, software, and creative works to potential company commercialization partners
• Coordinate inventors in working with RF SUNY and outside counsel on patent filings and copyright registrations
• Guide faculty, staff, and students to resources helpful in translating and commercialization of their inventions and in launching spinouts, including through support from institutional, state, and federal grant programs, as well as university and external technology commercialization and business incubation resources
• Participate in deploying and delivering EIP programs designed for educating and supporting university inventors in the process of technology translation and commercialization
• Build and foster relationships with corporate business development teams
• Draft and negotiate agreements, e.g., options and licenses, nondisclosure, material transfer, intellectual property, and…