Head of Trademarks

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Uxbridge, Greater London, England, GBR
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Pharmaceutical
The Role
Lead Norgine’s global trademark strategy, including portfolio management, brand clearance, enforcement, disputes, licensing, and intellectual property risk management. Provide commercially focused legal advice across business functions, manage external counsel, oversee trademark operations and budgets, and supervise and develop trademark team members in an international pharmaceutical environment.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Norgine, our colleagues Dare to think differently, Drive meaningful results, and Develop themselves, their teams and their communities. We call it a 3D career, and it offers a rewarding opportunity to make a real impact while continuing to grow professionally. Norgine is a leading European specialist pharmaceutical company with over a century of expertise in transforming healthcare.

We are seeking an experienced Head of Trademarks to drive the implementation of Norgine's global trademark strategy. Reporting into the LCS (Legal, Compliance & Sustainability) team, you will be a key member of our small in-house intellectual property team based in Uxbridge (hybrid).
You will be responsible for protecting, managing and maximising the value of Norgine's trademark portfolio and providing strategic support across commercial, business development, product development and corporate activities. This role combines legal expertise, commercial insight and people leadership to ensure Norgine's brands are protected and positioned to support sustainable business growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement Norgine's global trademark protection, enforcement and portfolio management strategy.
  • Provide specialist trademark advice on brand clearance, freedom-to-use assessments, product launches and business development initiatives.
  • Lead trademark disputes, oppositions, infringement matters and litigation activities, managing external counsel where required.
  • Support commercial agreements, licensing arrangements and partner collaborations to ensure appropriate intellectual property protection.
  • Supervise and coach other member(s) of the Trademarks team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
  • Oversee trademark operations, governance processes, budgets and compliance activities to ensure effective risk management and operational excellence.

Why Join Us?

At Norgine, you'll be part of an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued and where colleagues are encouraged to Dare, Drive and Develop every day. You'll have the opportunity to shape a critical area of the business, contribute to improving patients' lives and build a meaningful long-term career in a company that invests in growth, wellbeing and collaboration.


Requirements
  • Qualified Trademark professional with strong PQE experience managing global trademark portfolios within a regulated industry.
  • Proven experience in Trademark law, brand protection, enforcement strategies and intellectual property risk management.
  • Proven ability to provide commercially focused legal advice to senior stakeholders across multiple business functions.
  • Experience managing contentious trademark matters, disputes and external legal advisers.
  • Strong leadership skills with a track record of building high-performing teams and developing talent.
  • Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across international and cross-functional environments.
  • Proven ability to mentor, coach and develop junior team members.

Benefits

Our benefits may vary per location. Please liaise with the Norgine TA representative to obtain more information.

Sound good? Find out more about the career you’ll have with Norgine, then apply here.

Skills Required

  • Qualified trademark professional with strong post-qualification experience managing global trademark portfolios within a regulated industry
  • Proven experience in trademark law, brand protection, enforcement strategies, and intellectual property risk management
  • Ability to provide commercially focused legal advice to senior stakeholders across multiple business functions
  • Experience managing contentious trademark matters, disputes, and external legal advisers
  • Strong leadership skills and a track record of building high-performing teams and developing talent
  • Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills in international and cross-functional environments
  • Ability to mentor, coach, and develop junior team members
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The Company
HQ: Amsterdam
980 Employees

What We Do

Norgine is a leading European specialist pharmaceutical company that has been bringing transformative medicines to patients for over a century. Our commitment to transforming people’s lives drives everything we do and our European experience, fully integrated infrastructure and exceptional partnership approach enables us to quickly apply creative solutions to bring life-changing medicines to patients that they may not otherwise be able to access. Norgine is proud to have helped 24 million patients around the world in 2021 and generated €505 million in net product sales, a growth of 10% over 2020. Norgine has a direct presence in 16 European countries, as well as Australia and New Zealand. We also have a strong global network of partnerships in non-Norgine markets. We are a flexible and fully integrated pharmaceutical business, with manufacturing (Hengoed, Wales and Dreux, France), third party supply networks and significant product development capabilities, in addition to our sales and marketing infrastructure. This enables us to acquire, develop and commercialise specialist and innovative products that make a real difference to the lives of patients around the world. In 2012, Norgine established Norgine Ventures, a complementary business which supports innovative healthcare companies through the provision of debt-like financing in Europe and the US. For more information, please visit www.norgineventures.com.

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