Principal Patent Attorney

Do you thrive working with external innovations to ensure a strong IP position for Novo Nordisk's R&D assets acquired or licensed from universities, biotech companies, and pharma peers? Are you an experienced patent attorney ready to boost our extensive pipeline with groundbreaking innovations? Would you like to be part of our significant investments into new technologies?
If yes, then this is your opportunity to join us as a Principal Patent Attorney and be part of our incredible growth journey. Apply now for a life-changing career!
The position
As a Principal Patent Attorney with primary focus on external innovations, you will play a critical role in managing IP aspects of acquisition/licensing deals as well as strategic R&D collaborations. Your expertise will help protect our R&D investments and maximize the value of acquired/licensed assets. You will work closely with Legal, Business Development, R&D and Integration teams, ensuring that our IP position is aligned with our business needs.
Your key responsibilities will include:

• IP Due Diligence (DD) evaluation of patent portfolios and freedom-to-operate situation for companies/assets is scope for acquisition or licensing, including management of outside counsel supporting the IP DD

• IP counselling to internal stakeholders managing strategic R&D partnerships

• Articulation of IP risks and opportunities to DD teams, deal groups and senior management

• Onboarding of acquired/licensed IP, including establishment of operating model, portfolio review and database integration

• Developing and refining department processes related to IP DD and integration, and occasionally, facilitating other IP departments with patent drafting and prosecution

Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with below qualifications:

• European Patent Attorney or US Patent Attorney qualification

• Experience with IP DD and integration in the pharma, healthcare or life science industry

• Proficiency in translating IP DD findings into clear business advice and experience in leveraging IP insights and patent analysis to reinforce business decisions

As a person, you enjoy working in interdisciplinary/cross-functional team, and demonstrate an independent work ethic and project management approach, enabling you to balance multiple tasks and projects with constantly evolving priorities. Finally, you have exceptional communications skills, and building relationships comes naturally to you.
About the department
Corporate Intellectual Property is located in Bagsværd and part of Novo Nordisk's Global Legal Intellectual Property & Security organisation. The Danish part of the IP organisation comprises more than 30 dedicated patent attorneys and administrators and is globally responsible for the largest part of the Novo Nordisk IP portfolio. The position is located in Patents Business Development, a department responsible for IP matters related to external innovation.
The management team is dedicate to listening and will do their best to make sure that you have the tools and knowledge needed to succeed and excel in your role and to facilitate collaboration with our dedicated and experienced stakeholders. We want everyone working in Corporate Intellectual Property to have a fulfilling career - however that may look like for the individual - and support our employees as best we can to achieve that.
Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don't wait for change. We drive it. We're a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales - we're all working to move the needle on patient care.
Contact
For further information, please contact Head of Patents Business Development, Rasmus Osinka Jahnsen, at +45 3075 0383.
Deadline
22 September 2024.
We will screen applications continuously, so don't hesitate to submit it as soon as possible.
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At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we're life changing.