IP Docketing Specialist

Saudi Aramco; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Saudi Aramco seeks a highly qualified IP Docketing Specialist (Analyst) to join the Intellectual Property Law Department in Saudi Arabia. The role centers on maintaining the docketing system for patents and trademarks with accurate records focused on both domestic and international matters.

You will manage matter creation, transfers, and deadlines, monitor communications from outside counsel, and generate portfolio reports for attorneys and management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of patent docketing experience at a top firm or major corporate legal dept.
• Experience in patent and trademark prosecution and foreign databases.
• Strong English writing skills and excellent organizational ability.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Excel.
• Thorough knowledge of IP docketing software (Unycom is a plus).
• Fluent English communication, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Manage the company’s intellectual property docketing system for patents, trademarks and related matters.
• Create, manage, and maintain foreign and domestic intellectual property matters.
• Assist with portfolio data management, including matter creation, transfers and closures.
• Monitor communications from outside counsel law firms and docket deadlines and tasks for in-house attorneys and paralegals.
• Perform quality control audits of docket entries to ensure accuracy, completeness, and data integrity.
• Generate regular reports for attorneys and management regarding portfolio status, upcoming deadlines, workload metrics and compliance tracking.
• Learn and understand the company’s IP docketing processes, proactively identify opportunities for improvement, and implement best practices to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the docketing process.

Skills

IP docketing

Patent prosecution

English writing

Organizational skills

Prioritization

Tools

MS Office

Unycom

Job description

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a highly qualified IP Docketing Specialist (Analyst) to join our Intellectual Property Law Department. (IPLD)

IPLD are responsible for Company-wide legal support for all IP-related matters, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, IP-related agreements, as well as IP education and counseling.

The Docketing Specialist’s primary role is to maintain and manage the company’s intellectual property docketing system, ensuring accurate records management, including tracking of domestic and international patent and trademark matters.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Manage the company’s intellectual property docketing system for patents, trademarks and related matters.
• Create, manage, and maintain foreign and domestic intellectual property matters.
• Assist with portfolio data management, including matter creation, transfers and closures.
• Monitor communications from outside counsel law firms and docket deadlines and tasks for in-house attorneys and paralegals.
• Perform quality control audits of docket entries to ensure accuracy, completeness, and data integrity.
• Generate regular reports for attorneys and management regarding portfolio status, upcoming deadlines, workload metrics and compliance tracking.
• Learn and understand the company’s IP docketing processes, proactively identify opportunities for improvement, and implement best practices to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the docketing process.

As the successful candidate you will have:

• Minimum 5 years professional and relevant patent docketing experience, gained in a major international law firm or major corporate legal department.
• Experience with patent and trademark prosecution, and foreign patent and trademark databases and websites.
• Strong writing skills in English, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to effectively prioritize workload.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Excel.
• Thorough knowledge of IP docketing software (Unycom is a plus).
• Proficiency in communicating in English, both written and spoken.

Work Location and Work Schedule

Work Location:Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer

Work Schedule:Full Time - To be specified in Job offer

Job Posting Duration

Job posting end date: 12/31/2026

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.