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Head of Commercial Partnerships – Institute for Chronic Disease Research

Hamilton, Waikato💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-10 → 2026-09-28

Core

Lead commercial partnerships for a new interdisciplinary research institute tackling chronic disease challenges in Aotearoa and globally.

Role type

Head of Commercial Partnerships

Builds

Strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, digital health, and clinical research organizations

Domain

Health research and life sciences

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

partnership structuring, proposal development, pricing, contract negotiation, IP and licensing, commercial acumen, stakeholder management

Preferred skills

university or research institute experience, clinical trial partnerships, health AI, digital health, medtech, technology commercialisation

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver the ICDR's commercial partnership strategy, identify and secure strategic partnerships, grow commercial revenue, create pathways from research to impact through industry-funded research and licensing, connect the institute with the university's wider innovation ecosystem

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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