Senior Associate, Science Valorization
Pubblicato il 22-09-2026 - Alliance Of Bioversity International And Ciat in Roma
The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.
The Alliance works with local, national and multinational partners across Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and with the public and private sectors. The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.
About the position
Based in Rome and under the direct supervision of the Senior Manager Business Development and Diversification, the position supports the valorization and scaling of science-based innovations by strengthening the link between research, market opportunities, and industry partnerships. The position contributes to innovation programmes, lab-to-market initiatives,
and industry engagement activities, with the objective of improving the commercial readiness, sustainability, and impact potential of agri-food innovations supported by A4IP.
Key duties and responsibilities
- Support the valorization of scientific innovations by strengthening their commercial and market readiness.
- Coordinate implementation of assigned lab-to-market programmes/innovation challenges.
- Support the development of partnerships between innovation teams and private-sector stakeholders.
- Contribute to the scaling and positioning of science-based innovations within the agri-food innovation ecosystem.
- Support resource mobilization and programme visibility activities.
- Work closely with internal teams including programme, finance, legal, and HR units to support innovation and technology-transfer activities.
- Support engagement with innovation teams, startups, entrepreneurs, and researchers parti