Job Description

Job Title Enterprise Executive

Description

Key Duties and Responsibilities
The post-holder will:

• Identify commercialisation opportunities across Heriot-Watt University
• Promote enterprise opportunities for staff & students across the university and interact with key stakeholders including investors, corporate partners and government/economic development agencies.
• Support development of an enterprise network across the university linking academic schools, professional services and external stakeholders as appropriate
• Support new industry-led innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives e.g. accelerators and incubators
• Provide support to staff and students of Heriot-Watt including:
• Lead/support the delivery of enterprise creation workshops, training and incubation
• Participate in networks of enterprise support activities in Scotland, Dubai and Malaysia
• Nurture a community of entrepreneurs, mentors and support agencies
• Develop content for internal and external audiences
• Support colleagues in collating KPI data that exemplifies the University delivery of enterprise activities
• Assist the Chief Entrepreneurial Executive and Head of Commercialisation to deliver strategic initiatives to further enterprise and entrepreneurship developments across the university
• Other duties as specified by the Chief Entrepreneurial Executive to support enterprise delivery and wider commercial objectives

Education, qualifications and experience
Essential Experience

• Proven track record of working within a start-up environment
• Commercial experience, operating in an innovation-centred environment
• Financial management, business planning and writing funding proposals
• Ability to work in partnership across public and private sector organisations
• Good first degree in a relevant subject

Essential Skills

• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
• Set and meet joint objectives & deadlines
• Strong public speaker with experience of delivering training and workshops
• Co-ordinating activities across large organisations
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to plan workload and prioritise effectively
• A good understanding of and the ability to use a range of software applications and services (CRM, intellectual property management, word-processing, spreadsheets, databases, email, PowerPoint).
• Ability to understand complex ideas and help articulate them into a coherent value proposition

Desirable Skills

• Understanding of available business start-up support across UK, Malaysia and Dubai
• The ability to provide clear reports and advice for the different senior stakeholders within an entrepreneurial and academic ecosystem
• Ability to negotiate and sell opportunities
• Ability to secure funding in an early-stage innovation environment

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