Patent Attorney

Job Description

What’s in it for you?

• A rare opportunity to build and shape the patent function from a position of genuine influence.
• Flexible hours, however, the role is 4-5 days in Sydney CBD
• Real, tangible impact — protecting and commercialising research with a direct line to improved health outcomes.

About your new employer:

Our client is a leading independent medical research centre driving world-class discovery in genomics, cancer and immunology, backed by cutting-edge facilities and a growing commercialisation function.

About the role:

Take ownership of the internal capture, evaluation and protection of intellectual property across the organisation's research portfolio. Your work will include:

• Building trusted relationships with researchers to proactively identify patentable inventions early in the development lifecycle.
• Conducting or arranging patent and literature searches, and providing patentability and Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) advice.
• Drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications in-house, including responding to office actions, and instructing external patent attorneys where required.
• Establishing internal IP governance frameworks and leading IP education across the organisation.
• Strategically managing a growing patent portfolio aligned with the organisation's commercialisation aims.

The ideal candidate:

• Registered Patent Attorney in Australia and New Zealand (Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board), with 2–8 years' overall life sciences patent experience (inclusive of traineeship).
• A PhD or tertiary qualification in Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Genomics, Immunology, Chemistry or a related biomedical discipline.
• A proven track record drafting, filing and prosecuting life sciences patent applications, with strong FTO and patentability advisory experience.
• Excellent stakeholder skills — able to translate dense patent law into language scientists can act on.
• A strong commercial lens, comfortable assessing early-stage science through both a legal protection and a commercialisation frame.

If this role does not align to your experience and/or career goals, please contact us to discuss other suitable opportunities.

Why work with us?

• We have access to 50% more roles than are publicly available.
• You will receive free CV and content advice as well as interview preparation assistance specific to the role.
• We are intimately aware of market trends including team/firmwide inside information and what salary you can achieve in the current market.
• Naiman Clarke are celebrating 25 years of excellence in the legal recruitment industry this year.  Our team of experienced, legally trained, consultants have over 40 years of combined experience working exclusively in the legal recruitment sector. 

Contact Elvira today

• Please mention this role when you get in touch EN/58579
• Call or text: 0413 480 310
• Email: enaiman@naimanclarke.com.au
• LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/pub/elvira-naiman/6/3a0/2bb

Alternatively, click apply and email your resume (in Word version only) and academic transcript.