Duties And Responsibilities Identify and evaluate MSU technologies with commercial and licensing potential. Solicit and facilitate IP disclosures from MSU researchers and coordinate closely with the MSU TTO IP Manager to ensure all materials and information are obtained in a timely manner to support patent filing and prosecution deadlines. Evaluate patent landscapes, competitive IP, and technology market opportunities. Select the most promising MSU technologies for licensing. Generate marketing collateral— typically, one-page technical marketing summaries of technologies available for license. Perform market and industry research to identify high-potential industry customers for selected technologies, including building compelling business cases as needed. Engage target companies through proactive outreach—including email, phone, professional networking platforms such as LinkedIn, and conferences—to present licensing and research collaboration opportunities (and, where appropriate, other technology transfer opportunities). Help MSU startups perform customer discovery, market research, develop technology commercialization plans, and perform other analysis needed to help MSU licensee companies find a path to translate MSU research innovations into real-world applications. Draft, review, negotiate, edit, and track agreements such as Licensing Agreements, Research Collaboration Agreements, Inter-Institutional Agreements, and Sponsored Research Agreements. Professionally communicate directly with federal, state, and private sponsors or collaborators in a timely and well-documented manner to complete contracts and agreements. Establish effective working relationships with staff across the university and MSU extension to ensure that contract transactions are completed in a timely and professional manner. Maintain and update records in the TTO database to ensure data is accurate and current. List any secondary duties assigned to this position: Assist with TTO communications and outreach efforts, including website and newsletter materials. Occasional travel for industry conferences, meetings with federal sponsors, and the like. Physical Demands To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.