Posting Description

CONTRACTS AND IP ADMINISTRATOR, Media Lab, reports to the Director of Finance and is responsible for managing consortia membership agreements, industrial sponsor contracts, and intellectual property (IP) functions; coordinating with Institute contracts representatives, drafting and preparing industrial sponsor contracts, managing member research agreements, no-cost collaboration agreements between research groups and third parties, NDAs/CDAs and DUAs; completing pre-award administration of grants/contracts activities; advising on strategic plans to engage with sponsors, resolving issues concerning sponsorships, memberships, IP, technology licensing, public relations, and billing procedures; negotiating with current and prospective members, communicating MIT/Media Lab policies, developing new contract processes, and managing member company invoicing and aged receivables; processing TLO disclosures, advising inventors on the patent decision process, and working with the Media Lab's internal IP committee; advising on IP matters, including the IPIA form, events, royalties, patents, etc.; and tracking and implementing IP exceptions on an as-needed basis.

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