Global IP & Innovation Leader

Georg Fischer Ltd.; Finland; Remote; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Georg Fischer Ltd. seeks a Global IP & Innovation Manager to coordinate intellectual property activities across Building Flow Solutions (BFS).

The role is based in Nastola, Finland, or another BFS location, and focuses on identifying and protecting innovations, technologies, brands and critical developments. You will align roadmaps with R&D, Product Management and Corporate IP, maintain governance of patents, trademarks and designs, and drive invention workshops and portfolio reviews in a global

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Innovation or IP Management, Business Engineering, or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant experience in R&D, Product, Innovation, Technology, or IP Management, including two years in an IP-related role.
• Experience with invention disclosures, patent and trademark portfolios, innovation governance, and collaboration with internal and external IP partners.
• Strong stakeholder-management, influencing, facilitation, and communication skills in an international environment.
• Fluent written and spoken English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Willingness to travel globally as required.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the BFS intellectual property strategy by aligning technology roadmaps, portfolio priorities and protection activities together with R&D leadership, Product Management and Corporate IP.
• Maintain transparency and governance of the global BFS intellectual property portfolio, including patents, patent applications, trademarks, design rights, portfolio reviews, KPI tracking and reporting.
• Identify invention opportunities and facilitate invention workshops, innovation reviews and development checkpoints, while supporting invention disclosures, patent applications, trademark filings and design protection activities.
• Assess portfolio strength, business relevance, value, costs, risks and protection gaps, and provide recommendations regarding filing, maintenance, licensing, consolidation or abandonment of intellectual property rights.
• Coordinate intellectual property activities across EMEA, the Americas and APAC, and escal…

Skills

IP management

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Analytical thinking

Prioritisation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/IP Management

Job description

Georg Fischer Ltd. seeks a Global IP & Innovation Manager to coordinate intellectual property activities across Building Flow Solutions (BFS).

The role is based in Nastola, Finland, or another BFS location, and focuses on identifying and protecting innovations, technologies, brands and critical developments. You will align roadmaps with R&D, Product Management and Corporate IP, maintain governance of patents, trademarks and designs, and drive invention workshops and portfolio reviews in a global