Chief Patent & Innovation Officer

The SWATCH Group; Neuenburg; Vor Ort; CHF 150.000 - 220.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The SWATCH Group is seeking a senior leader to head its patent department in Switzerland, guiding an autonomous service organization within Group innovation. The role focuses on strategic direction, performance, and cross-brand IP protection.

You will shape the department’s vision, oversee budgeting, develop costing structures, and mentor staff to sustain long-term expertise and high service quality across the Group.

Aufgaben

• Leading and managing the patent department as an autonomous service organization
• Defining and implementing the department’s strategic vision aligned with Group innovation objectives
• Managing the department’s budget, ensuring financial sustainability and cost-efficiency in a self-financed model
• Developing internal costing structures, billing practices and performance indicators
• Optimizing resource allocation and workload planning across patent attorneys and support staff
• Driving continuous improvement of processes, tools and service quality
• Building strong partnerships with internal stakeholders, promoting the value of intellectual property services within the Group
• Instructing, monitoring and benchmarking external providers and competitors to ensure competitive positioning
• Mentoring, developing and recruiting team members to ensure long-term expertise and performance
• Ensuring compliance with legal, ethical and professional standards
• Providing intellectual property services for patents to all companies of the Group
• Protecting the innovations made in the various companies of the Group
• Drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications in various countries throughout the world
• Oppositions, infringing risk and validity assessments
• Licence agreements and patent enforcement
• Reporting to the Extend Management Board member

Jobbeschreibung

The SWATCH Group is seeking a senior leader to head its patent department in Switzerland, guiding an autonomous service organization within Group innovation. The role focuses on strategic direction, performance, and cross-brand IP protection.

You will shape the department’s vision, oversee budgeting, develop costing structures, and mentor staff to sustain long-term expertise and high service quality across the Group.