Senior IP Specialist

Laerdal Copenhagen; Stavanger; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Wellbeing program

Discounted public transport

Company cabins

Job summary

Laerdal in Stavanger, Norway, seeks a Senior IP Specialist to protect the company's innovations, brands, and technologies worldwide. You will collaborate with innovation, product development, commercial, legal, and leadership teams to ensure IP portfolios support our mission and growth.

The role emphasizes managing patents, trademarks, and designs, working with external IP partners, and balancing legal, technical, and commercial considerations to enable partnerships and future value.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience with intellectual property
• Experience with medical devices, healthcare, life sciences, or technology-intensive industries
• Experience supporting innovation, product development, or commercial organizations
• Proven experience managing patents, trademarks, designs, or broader IP portfolios, and working effectively with external IP partners such as patent and trademark attorneys

Responsibilities

• Protect and enforce Laerdal's innovations, brands, and technologies
• Support innovation and growth by helping manage intellectual property risks and opportunities
• Enable successful partnerships and collaborations through sound intellectual property guidance
• Continuously improve how we work with intellectual property to support future innovation

Skills

IP strategy

Patent management

Trademarks & designs

Cross-functional collaboration

External IP partnerships

Risk management

Education

Engineering/Science/Law/Business degree

Job description

Senior IP Specialist

Makean Impact - Protect innovations that help save lives

Are youpassionate about innovation and the role intellectual property plays in turninggreat ideas into lasting impact?

Make a difference with Laerdalwhere immersive technology transforms healthcare quality and education acrossthe globe. With over 2,200 colleagues, join a team where collaboration andengagement are prioritized in helping save one million more lives, every year,by 2030.

About the role

Asour Senior IP Specialist, you will play a key role in protecting Laerdal'sinnovations, brands, and technologies worldwide. Working closely withcolleagues across innovation, product development, commercial, legal, andleadership teams, you will help ensure that our intellectual property portfoliosupports our mission, business strategy, and future growth. The position will be based at our headquarters in Stavanger, Norway.

Key responsibilities include:

• Help protectand enforce the innovations, technologies, and brands that supportLaerdal's mission.
• Supportinnovation and growth by helping manage intellectual property risks andopportunities.
• Enablesuccessful partnerships and collaborations through sound intellectualproperty guidance.
• Continuouslyimprove how we work with intellectual property to support futureinnovation.

What we are looking for

You are an operational and solution-oriented IP professional with theability to balance legal, technical, and commercial considerations. With acollaborative approach and a passion for innovation, you help protect, createvalue from and strengthen the ideas, technologies, and brands that drive futuregrowth.

What we think will help you succeed:

• Degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, Law, Business, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experienceworking with intellectual property
• Experience withmedical devices, healthcare, life sciences, or technology-intensiveindustries.
• Experience supporting innovation, product development, or commercial organisations.
• Proven experiencemanaging patents, trademarks, designs, or broader IP portfolios, andworking effectively with external IP partners such as patent and trademarkattorneys

What we offer:

• Interesting and meaningful workcontributing to our mission
• Opportunities for personal andprofessional growth
• A great, diverse, inclusive, andinternational work environment
• Innovative and forward-thinkingtechnology
• Competitivecompensation and benefits package
• Flexible work arrangements, an extensive wellbeing program with social, cultural and sports activities and benefits such as discounted public transport, wardrobe with towel service, company cabins, and more.

For questions about the position, please contactPetter Westnes, Head of IP and CorporateProjects at [e-mail].

We look forward to hearing from you!

Please note that we use Semac background checks in our recruitment process.