Acknowledgement of Country CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation. Role highlights Lead meaningful partnering discussions that shape high-impact, strategic opportunities Play a key role in driving revenue growth & cross-organisational collaborations. Work with expert teams across CSIRO to influence & optimise a diverse opportunity portfolio About CSIRO As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge. Visit CSIRO.au for more information. The opportunity As the Business Development Manager Space and Astronomy (S&A) you will engage with early partnering conversations to clarify and align stakeholder goals, identify scaling opportunities, and build strong, effective relationships. You will support major impact and revenue initiatives within the Research Unit, while also contributing to cross-organisational opportunities developed through the broader research portfolio. Working closely with Partnerships and Business Development (P&BD) colleagues and Enterprise Units, the position helps coordinate and prioritise projects to ensure consistent, strategic approaches that strengthen CSIRO's overall opportunity pipeline. The key duties of the position include Your high-level duties will include: Actively contribute to influence and implement a Partnerships and Business Development (P&BD) strategy that drives impactful innovation and science. Through confident guidance, articulate the value of early engagement with partners to optimise the scope, scale, business model, and impact of research partnerships up to the level of ecosystem coalitions, in a way that crosses CSIRO boundaries and empowers the P&BD team and wider organisation. Act at the program on a page level, partner with researchers across boundaries to grow the scale of CSIRO's partnering and business development activities including research partnerships with universities, industry and government up to enterprise level coalitions. Represent CSIRO in engagements with relevant stakeholders and engage strategically with priority industry and government relationships. Working collaboratively with Research and Enterprise Unit colleagues, ensure optimised business and commercial outcomes are negotiated and managed for all relationships, including strategic partnerships and stakeholder engagement. Undertake activities that successfully support project ideation, development and execution. Implement programs and initiatives to improve how CSIRO engages with relevant stakeholders, industry, universities, and the broader innovation community. Develop and implement business development plans and partnerships that align with CSIRO short-term requirements and long-term strategy to drive business growth and research impact. Role particulars Location and office arrangements: All AU CSIRO Sites in Major Cities will be considered Salary: AU$135,571 to $158,863 (pro-rata for part-time) up to 15.4% superannuation Tenure & work schedule: Indefinite Reference: 101979
