The Technology Manager works within the Research and Technology segment of the Safran Electrical and Power business to ensure the management of IP, technology roadmaps and strategic relationships with partner organisations across UK aerospace in a consistent, controlled manner in keeping with Safran strategic needs.
Their position is in place to ensure that SEP maintain a series of technology roadmaps that are in keeping with long term Aerospace strategy by engaging with critical partners inside and outside of the business, and that in the execution of these roadmaps the IP produced is suitably managed.
The candidate will keep a clear view of Aerospace strategy and the role that both SEP and other organisations play in it, retain a strategic view on likely partnerships, as well as flag and advise against strategic and IP overlap.
- Management of IP topics within R&T segment, including the creation of NDAs and the review of any topics of strategic overlap between companies.
- Creation and management of key strategic relationships with new and existing partners to operate on funded and joint research programmes
- Management of IP overlap and protection, utilising critical understanding of the Aerospace environment, including the relevant experience and perimeter of other organisations that we may work with or compete with.
- Support to new bids within ATI/IUK funded programmes – providing critical expertise for the creation of bid frameworks and content.
- Review roadmaps published by the R&T team to ensure the alignment between these and overall SEP and ATI/IUK strategy.
- Providing Value for Money (VfM) assessments against new bids, in order to create and validate business cases in front of IUK/ATI/DBT.
- Presentation of any perceived opportunities within the strategic relationships to the R&T management
- Provide assistance where required to other Safran sites in their bid reviews, facilitated by central R&T.
