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Sr. Patent Manager, Instrumentation Practice Group

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of $ 44 billion, and over 125,000employees in 50 countries.

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Job Description

Working with RD partners and other members of the Intellectual Property Department, the newly created role of Sr. Patent Manager, Instrumentation Practice Group will lead a high performing team of patent agents supporting the Life Science Solutions Group (LSG)’s patent portfolio relating to instruments, equipment, and devices (hardware and software) across all LSG’s businesses. In addition to handling patent prosecution for the highest value and/or most complex products within LSG, this individual, together with the Senior Director, Patent Prosecution - LSG, will manage their team’s efforts to ensure consistent IP asset quality, set and drive adoption of best practices, leverage metrics and data to drive value and efficiency, and further develop team members, all in the interest of fostering a culture of excellence in patent prosecution.

The successful candidate in this role will therefore need to have exceptionally strong patent prosecution skills, demonstrated ability to craft patent portfolio strategy, possess a process-improvement mindset and demonstrated training and leadership capabilities. This role reports directly to the Senior Director, Patent Prosecution - LSG.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage the Instrumentation Practice Group within the LSG Patent Prosecution Team, ensuring a close connection between business goals and patent asset generation

Expand business leadership’s ability to use intellectual property as a commercial lever by developing tighter connection between patent portfolio strategy and product/research roadmaps across the LSG business

Lead the team in creating opportunities for direct business value by drafting and prosecuting targeted pieces of intellectual property

Practice a data-driven PPI mindset to patent prosecution, identifying and implementing efficient ways to allocate work, drive value and efficiency, and increase overall ROI of patent assets through excellence in patent prosecution

Under the guidance of the Vice President, Intellectual Property – LSG and Senior Director of Patent Prosecution – LSG, and together with others in the IP Department, implement consistent risk mitigation activities for product launches as well as through the protection of trade secret and confidential information

Actively engage direct reports to build leadership capabilities as Thermo Fisher continues to grow in line with its 2030 Vision

Required Experience and Skills:

8+ years of experience preparing and successfully prosecuting U.S. and/or international patent applications related to hardware or software inventions.

Advanced degree in a science or engineering field and ability to understand a diverse spectrum of instrumentation, mechanical technologies, and software; experience with biology/chemistry is a plus

Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

In addition, the successful candidate will possess the following characteristics.

Business acumen and the ability to learn and understand significant business drivers.

Demonstrated abilities to manage outside counsel, work efficiently, control costs, and exercise sound business and legal judgment.

Self-motivated / driven to succeed - High level of initiative and ability to work autonomously.

Team oriented / strong interpersonal skills - Must be an inclusive leader, comfortable working in dynamic and diverse multi-national teams.

Effective communicator - Ability to communicate efficiently across teams, functions and global regions. Skilled trainer with the ability to clearly convey concepts in a retainable and engaging manner.

Principled - Possesses a strong sense of ethics and integrity

Experience with IP Litigation is a plus

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is –.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.