Global IP Director, Mölnlycke Health Care, Gothenburg

Does helping to make life better for millions of people motivate you?
If the answer is yes, you think just like us. We are a world-leading medical solutions company, designing and supplying medical solutions to enhance performance in healthcare – from the hospital to the home. We’re looking for people who want to improve outcomes for healthcare professionals and their patients.
Continuing to invest in our future, we are looking to hire a Global IP Director.

Mölnlycke is recruiting for the key position as Global IP Director who will lead the Global IP team to proactively provide professional value-adding IP advice and support to the global organisation. You will be overall IPR-responsible - including trademarks, patents and designs, with the mission to establish, implement and execute holistic IP-strategies and portfolio management, in close alignment with company strategies and new product development. The position is based at the HQ, reporting to EVP General Counsel, and a member of management team of Legal Affairs. You will lead and develop an active and qualified team of two Global IP Managers specialised in patents and trademarks, as well as you will be involved in operational matters. There will be rich interaction with key stakeholders in R&D, marketing and operations in order to proactively provide IP advice, identify and effectively address related opportunities and risks.

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for company IPR-strategy
• Over-all responsible for effectively managing external counsel and service providers
• Provide general as well as tailor-made IP trainings
• IP due diligence and integration for licensing and M&A
• Lead IP committees with participants from R&D and Commercial
• Encourage innovation and raise IPR awareness
• Over-all risk mitigation in relation to third party IPRs
• IP control, e.g. contracts
• Budgeting and forecasting of IP related cost including staff budget
• IP competitive intelligence

Qualifications and experience:
We look for candidates with a technical background in combination with a broad business understanding and ability to lead the team, adjusting to the different needs of various parts of the organization. Your education is a Master of Science/Engineering or similar level academic degree (preferably in Chemistry, Mechanics or Electronics) and a qualification as European Patent Attorney is required. Professional experience is ideally at least 10 years of experience, in industry and/or as a senior consultant, from working with patents and other IPRs, and at least 3 years in a leading or managing position. You have deep knowledge in European and US IP systems and excellent English language skills.

Your experience and personality as a true team player will contribute to a culture with “passion for business as well as IP”. With your leadership the team will have clear direction and professional development. You have organisational skills - using resources effectively and efficiently to get things done. The role requires strong communication skills with seamless switch between the language of business people and of IP specialists.

In this recruitment Mölnlycke cooperates with Maquire. We welcome your application with CV and cover letter no later than December 10 at www.maquire.se. Please call Birgitta Ödman +46 763 38 87 77 if you have any questions