IP Attorney

Join a global technology leader dedicated to securing the digital world. Our company operates across multiple industries, delivering cutting-edge solutions in digital security, financial platforms, and currency technology. We are an international organisation with a strong heritage, employing over 14,000 people across 40 countries.

We are currently seeking an IP Attorney to join our IP Operations department as soon as possible.

Your Responsibilities:

• Work closely with IP Portfolio Managers, R&D teams, product management, and other stakeholders to execute the company's IP strategy and contribute to the team's success.
• Assess ideas and concepts, drive invention disclosures, and oversee the filing, prosecution, and granting of intellectual property rights to build strategic IP portfolios.
• Ensure high-quality and enforceable IP rights through direct work and collaboration with external patent agents.
• Act as the company’s representative before patent and trademark offices during the filing and prosecution process.
• Conduct and oversee strategic risk assessments, including freedom-to-operate analyses, opposition/invalidation evaluations, and related recommendations.
• Assist in IP portfolio management, licensing, sales, acquisitions, and infringement analysis.
• Advise business, research, and development teams on technical and legal IP matters, while also contributing to internal IP education initiatives.
• Support continuous optimisation of workflows, frameworks, and tools for patent attorney functions.

Your Profile:

• Degree in physics or mechanical engineering with professional experience in an industrial patent department or patent law firm.
• Ideally, qualification as a German Patent Attorney or European Patent Attorney.
• Familiarity with business models, market trends, and the technology landscape relevant to the IP portfolio.
• Strong interest and ability to engage with cutting-edge technology.
• Experience in evaluating IP strategic risks.
• Ability to effectively interact with business leaders, inventors, and IP professionals.
• Structured, well-organized approach with strong problem-solving skills.
• Service-oriented mindset with a proactive approach.
• Fluency in German and English is required