Managing Director; In-house Patent Services

Job description

• Leading and managing the patent department as an autonomous service organization
• Defining and implementing the department’s strategic vision aligned with Group innovation objectives
• Managing the department’s budget, ensuring financial sustainability and cost-efficiency in a self-financed model
• Developing internal costing structures, billing practices and performance indicators
• Optimizing resource allocation and workload planning across patent attorneys and support staff
• Driving continuous improvement of processes, tools and service quality
• Building strong partnerships with internal stakeholders, promoting the value of intellectual property services within the Group
• Instructing, monitoring and benchmarking external providers and competitors to ensure competitive positioning
• Mentoring, developing and recruiting team members to ensure long-term expertise and performance
• Ensuring compliance with legal, ethical and professional standards
• Providing intellectual property services for patents to all companies of the Group
• Protecting the innovations made in the various companies of the Group
• Drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications in various countries throughout the world
• Oppositions, infringing risk and validity assessments
• Licence agreements and patent enforcement
• Reporting to the Extend Management Board member