Chief Technology Officer

• Source scientists, inventors, patents, research programmes, university spin-outs, and early-stage companies aligned with investment focus.
• Build and maintain relationships across universities, research institutes, technology transfer offices, founders, incubators, venture funds, and corporate innovation teams.
• Maintain an opportunity pipeline spanning initial screening, diligence, investment decision, and commercial follow-up.
• Evaluate scientific evidence, technology differentiation, intellectual property ownership, platform requirements, route to market, scalability, and principal risks.
• Coordinate scientific, intellectual property, regulatory, technical, and commercial diligence.
• Formulate investment, licensing, partnership, acquisition, incubation, or company formation recommendations.
• Establish clear scientific and technology screening criteria and map priority networks for direct outreach.
• Introduce standardised initial reviews covering evidence, IP ownership, commercial potential, and risk factors.
• Assess commercial potential and recommend whether to invest, licence, partner, or form new ventures.

• Proven experience sourcing scientific technologies, intellectual property, university spin-outs, or early-stage companies.
• Established, credible network across universities, research institutes, technology transfer offices, founders, or investors.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse technology and platform requirements to determine investment or business development viability.
• Working knowledge of patents, licensing, inventorship, and intellectual property ownership.
• Sound commercial judgement with the ability to engage credibly with scientists, founders, investors, and corporate partners.
• Sound judgement on confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and ownership of work product.
• Cross-border availability to participate in calls across Asian and United States time zones.
• Experience in biotech, pharma, life sciences, medtech, diagnostics, deep tech, or another science-led field.
• Background in technology transfer, external innovation, venture capital, corporate venturing, or venture building.
• Experience supporting university spin-outs and progressing research towards commercial products.
• Business growth and development experience distinguishing scalable potential from market-constrained opportunities.

• Independent contractor engagement offering scheduling autonomy subject to agreed deadlines and deliverables.
• Fully remote working arrangement.