Head of Commercialisation – Life Sciences Full-time

Head Of Commercialisation – Life Sciences

Monash Innovation is seeking an accomplished and strategic leader to join its high-performing team as Head of Commercialisation – Life Sciences. This pivotal role leads the commercialisation of a diverse and exciting portfolio of life sciences technologies, spanning medicine, therapeutics, medtech and pharmaceutical discoveries. With deep expertise across intellectual property assessment, patent and commercial strategy development, deal negotiation and transaction oversight, the role drives the translation of world-class research into real-world impact through licensing, partnerships and the creation of spin-out companies. As a steward for science and innovation, the Head of Commercialisation plays a key role in shaping commercial strategy, advising senior stakeholders, and embedding entrepreneurial thinking across the University.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Commercialisation, the role provides leadership to a highly skilled team of commercialisation professionals, fostering excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will leverage their outstanding interpersonal skills to build and manage strong relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders across academia, industry, government and investors, leading complex negotiations and securing high-quality commercial outcomes and investment. This is a rare opportunity to influence the future of life sciences innovation at a global scale, while nurturing talent, strengthening industry engagement, and contributing to a vibrant and sustainable commercialisation ecosystem at Monash University.

At Monash, work feels different. There's a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen. We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That's why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed. Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy. In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world's top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Today, we have the momentum to create the future we need for generations to come. Accelerate your change here.

Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

To apply, your application should include a cover letter and CV. Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.