Senior Manager / Manager, Chemical, Materials and Sustainability, Innovation

Senior Manager / Manager, Chemical, Materials and Sustainability, Innovation & Enterprise

To gear A*STAR up for the innovation-driven economy set out by the Research Innovation & Enterprise 2025 Masterplan, a new Innovation & Enterprise Division ("Enterprise") is being established in late-2020. Enterprise will further strengthen A*STAR in generating economic and societal impact for Singapore. Importantly, Enterprise Division will provide coherence to A*STAR's RCA, licensing, and venture creation efforts.

It will drive A*STAR's companies' strategy and companies' portfolio management. Enterprise will also play a national role in terms of grants administration, over-watching national platforms like DxD Hub and the Aerospace Programme, among others. It will be the focal point to drive Innovation & Enterprise (I&E) within A*STAR, as well as actively support I&E efforts in the wider ecosystem.

As part of the Chemical, Materials and Sustainability team, you will:

Job Responsibilities

• Be responsible for review of technologies, prioritization and commercialization of A*STAR intellectual properties in the area of chemicals, materials and sustainability (which may include decarbonization and electrification). The candidate will need to host companies, market and commercialize technologies out from research labs and assist in establishing the value chain with various key stakeholders.
• Be proactive in scoping/supporting specific disruptive projects to develop and support initiatives to spur innovation. This may include working closely with both companies and the scientific community to apply for grants and contracts and foster local ecosystem partnerships.
• Build and understand the emerging technology landscape, identifying key trends to accelerate spin-out, licensing, and provide leadership and oversight to achieve desired success related to project management.
• Assess, manage, encourage, support the development and protection of intellectual property and establish IP and business strategies.
• Quickly grasp new scientific concepts and technologies and identify the commercial potential and business models.

Requirements

• Strong background with preferably 3 to 5 years of business development experience in the energy, oil & gas, materials or chemicals sector.
• Materials engineering or Chemical engineering, Chemistry or Biochemistry background with MBA or past business/technical experience.
• For electrification, candidates with Electrical engineering background with understanding of battery value chain and/or grid solutions are also encouraged to apply.
• Project management for product development skills are required.
• Effective oral, written communication skills and proficiency in PowerPoint are important.
• Passionate about working with cutting-edge technologies and possess critical thinking skills to solve issues.