IP Analyst (Hybrid- Europe)

WELCOME TO UTOPIA

Music is incredible. It can excite hundreds, and unite thousands. But as an industry, it has been slow, complicated, and disparate. While the tech world has moved into the future, the music industry continues to be shaped by inefficient systems of the past. At Utopia we believe there is a better way. Which is why today we are setting out to transform the entire industry; creating new revenue streams, consolidating the data and decluttering the admin. Unlocking the industry’s full potential by unifying it all in one truly holistic space. Some might call that a Utopia.

Funnily enough, so do we. Welcome to Utopia. Where music lives.

WHAT UTOPIANS DO

The open secret is that the music industry is struggling with the very basics of music accounting: What was played, when and where? Who should get paid and how much?

Utopia Music is bridging the data gap by connecting global consumption, accurate metadata, and fast payments to an industry-wide trust platform. Our goal is to unlock creative value and enable Fair Pay For Every Play to make a better world for Music. The solutions we offer do not threaten to usurp the role of industry incumbents - it is about bringing transparency in the industry and supporting efficient royalty collection for all.

THE ROLE

As IP Analyst, you will work on the first line, advising on all matters relating to IP landscaping and provide regular IP reports to different business and functions. As a key member of the BA - Intellectual Property team you will be a corner stone in achieving Utopia’s objective to Gain the Trust of the Industry, and will collaborate closely with our Strategy and Business Units.

You will be a key player, a strategic business partner providing IP searches and analysis to enable effective and informed decision making within Utopia Group.

You will collaborate closely with our inventor’s community to develop a first class WW IP portfolio, and with our Business Analysts to provide insights on dynamic market changes within the competition and other insights that positively impact business decisions and strategy, by ensuring all competitive IP intelligence is available and easily accessible to key customers, partners and other stakeholders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In this position, you will be primarily accountable for consistently and effectively:

- Developing and delivering regular analysed IP data, insights and reports, including competitor IP landscapes, threat assessments, strength positioning, etc.
- Conducting IP landscape evaluations to identify trends in a technology field, deliver IP competitive intelligence, identify potential new research areas, licensing and acquisition opportunities
- Preparing search reports and IP landscaping analysis and share with key stakeholders adapting the content to the audience
- Acting in providing support to develop and maintain a first class World Wide IP Portfolio
- Provide technical research and analysis with respect to patentability, validity, freedom-to-operate, infringement, monitoring of the competitive landscape in different technological areas;
- Prepare search strategies to identify relevant patent and scientific literature in a given technology domain, and subsequent analysis;
- Identify and report innovations in a specific technology domain through analysis of patent, product, and academic literature;
- Provide support in assisting inventors with invention disclosure forms, refining/pivoting inventions if/when needed;
- Assisting Business Units with innovation capture;
- Review and provide technical analysis related to patent applications search reports



REQUIREMENTS

- At least 3 years in similar roles with competitive intelligence and IP search - with advanced degree required in Electrical/Data Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- Patent/IP Agent/Scientific /Business Analyst - experience in search and patent literature
- Experience with patent related databases and proven experience in the patent searcher field is preferable
- Technical background/knowledge in data and databases, signal processing, music industry, gaming industry, new technologies (blockchain, metaverse, Big Data management, etc.)
- Proficient in MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Fluent in English, additional languages are a plus!
- Experience leading actionable and cross-functional strategic workshops



WHAT WE OFFER

- Great atmosphere - we live, love & breathe music & tech!
- Working in an impact oriented team and inclusive company culture.
- An experienced team to learn from, with proven track records in multiple startups and big tech companies.
- Our flexible remote policy provides Utopians the freedom to work either from one of our inspiring offices or from home.
- We celebrate being an international and multicultural company.
- Competitive benefits; packages depend on location. You’ll be given more details on this during the interview process.
- We are recruiting across the following of our European locations for this role (UK, Sweden, Spain, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria) and can therefore only move forward with applications from those already based in these locations and with eligibility to work in the country you are based in.



THE HIRING PROCESS

- You send us your CV in English
- We invite you for an introductory video call with the Talent Acquisition team to get to know you better and share more about us
- We invite you for a video interview with our head of IP and Licensing
- We invite you for a final interview with a member of our Strategy team


UTOPIANS

As we want to bring transparency, trust, and clarity to the music industry we serve, we know a change comes from within. Utopia is a transparent, trust-based organization striving to have clarity in thinking and doing what we set out to do.

We execute urgently and innovate to grow faster. We ship things that make a difference today, so we can make them better tomorrow. We embrace fairness and are all accountable.

Strictly diverse and inclusive. We are an equal opportunity employer.

We celebrate our diverse backgrounds and we welcome everyone who identifies with the above to apply. Welcome to Utopia - Where Music Lives!

We’re eager to meet You! :)