Patent Counsel: Nutrition & Health Innovation

Nestlé S.A.; Vevey; Vor Ort; CHF 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Nestlé S.A. invites a Patent Counsel in Nutrition & Health to enable and protect science-driven innovation in Medical Nutrition. You will collaborate with scientists, project leaders, R&D and Legal colleagues across Vevey, Konolfingen and global locations to deliver meaningful results that scale.

You’ll own and grow IP strategies, align with category priorities, and manage patent portfolios across jurisdictions while maintaining cost efficiency and risk controls.

Qualifikationen

• Strong patent expertise and ability to create practical protection strategies for science-driven innovation.
• Advanced knowledge in fields such as nutrition, biochemistry, biotechnology, life sciences, chemistry or health sciences.
• Ability to manage patent portfolios across multiple jurisdictions with value creation, risk management and cost efficiency.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, external patent firms and senior stakeholders in an international environment.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are an advantage.

Aufgaben

• Partner with Medical Nutrition teams to identify, protect and leverage innovations.
• Develop intellectual property strategies that support category priorities and business objectives.
• Build robust protection plans for strategic projects throughout the innovation lifecycle.
• Manage patent drafting, filing and prosecution activities worldwide to protect Nestlé’s competitive advantage.
• Deliver patentability, freedom-to-operate and competitor intelligence insights for informed decisions.
• Contribute to partnerships, licensing, due diligence, oppositions and litigation matters where IP expertise matters.

Kenntnisse

Patent drafting

Portfolio management

Scientific knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

Jobbeschreibung

Nestlé S.A. invites a Patent Counsel in Nutrition & Health to enable and protect science-driven innovation in Medical Nutrition. You will collaborate with scientists, project leaders, R&D and Legal colleagues across Vevey, Konolfingen and global locations to deliver meaningful results that scale.

You’ll own and grow IP strategies, align with category priorities, and manage patent portfolios across jurisdictions while maintaining cost efficiency and risk controls.