Join Our Team at Datwyler
In billions of syringes and in every second car worldwide, Datwyler components play a crucial role in enhancing the safety of patients and drivers. This high-tech company specializes in high-quality, system-critical elastomer components and maintains leading positions in several attractive global markets, including healthcare, mobility, connectivity, general industry, and food & beverage. With over 25 production sites across four continents, sales in more than 100 countries, and a workforce of over 8,000 employees, our Switzerland-based headquarters generates annual sales of over CHF 1,000 million.
At Datwyler, our employees are our greatest asset. We cultivate a work culture built on respect, trust, and appreciation, founded on strong roots and values that have developed over our 100-year corporate history. We invite you to become part of our dynamic team as an...
Intellectual Property Manager (f/m/d)
Technology & Innovation
We are seeking a driven and analytical individual with a passion for technology and innovation. In this role, you will evaluate new ideas, analyze competitive patent landscapes, and coordinate patent activities with internal and external partners to strengthen and protect our innovation capabilities.
Your Responsibilities
- Execute IP-based technology landscape analyses in various industry domains and present the findings to relevant project teams or business units.
- Conduct novelty searches on new ideas and discuss the results with the respective inventor(s).
- Familiarize yourself with the Datwyler patent application and prosecution process, gradually taking on a coordinating role in these processes, including serving as a point of contact with our external patent attorney office.
- Support the engineering/sales teams and legal counsel in IP-related contract negotiations, such as development agreements, license agreements, tech-transfer agreements, and confidentiality agreements.
- Organize and conduct competitive patent analyses in conjunction with specific business units.
- Coordinate and execute IP checks of intended publications.
- Analyze the company’s patent portfolio and synthesize findings into actionable insights for strategic, technical, and business decisions.
Our Requirements
- Master's degree in engineering (mechanical, chemical, or electrical) or science (physics or chemistry) with 2 to 5 years of experience in an industrial intellectual property environment.
- Proficiency in patent search and analysis to create technology landscapes and perform novelty (patentability) evaluations.
- Experience in or the ability to support contract negotiations is a plus (strong negotiation skills).
- Enthusiasm for promoting the importance of intellectual property within the organization through training and communication skills.
- Passion for technology and innovation.
- A driven, analytical, and communicative personality.
- Strong collaborative skills, with the ability to achieve results through formal and informal channels.
- Fluency in English (C2 level written and oral); proficiency in German is an advantage.
Please note that while patent attorney degrees are acceptable, this position is not intended to serve as a patent attorney. Patent drafting and prosecution will continue to be handled externally through our collaboration with external patent law firms.
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Contact Us
Petra Gamma (HR Business Partner) and the recruiting team look forward to getting to know you. If you have any questions, please reach out via email at petra.gamma@datwyler.com or by phone at +41 41 875 18 04.