Innovation Commercialisation Manager needed at University of Cape Town

Minimum qualifications NQF 9 in a scientific or engineering discipline
Minimum experience
(type and years)

• 5 years’ relevant working experience ideally in a new product development environment or technology
• commercialization environment.
• Formal training in project management or experience in managing large, multi-disciplinary and multiparty projects, in the new product development / innovation space.
• Ability to control project budgets and expenditure, use of financial systems and associated reporting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of bringing products to market, hurdles faced in different sectors, regulatory
• requirements, etc.

Skills

• Ability to assessment early stage technology for commercial viability
• Ability to develop commercialisation strategies and compile business plans.
• Ability to make presentations to a wide variety of audiences.
• Strong collaboration skills for working with inventors, industry, governmental organisations, investors, and entrepreneurs.
• Good written and oral communication skills and appropriate IT skills – e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel,
• Access, MS Project (or other project management software).
• Able to supervise and mentor staff
• Assessment of technology opportunities for commercial viability

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the commercialisation of early stage intellectual property
• Technology development project management to mature technologies towards commercialization
• Marketing and positioning of technologies for commercialization
• Management of multi-stakeholder relationships in the commercialization of technology

Professional registration or license requirements 

• None

Closing date

09 Jan 2026