Senior Manager, SingHealth Intellectual Property Office

SingHealth; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join SingHealth in Singapore as a crucial member of the Intellectual Property team, focusing on translating healthcare innovations into beneficial solutions. Engage with cutting-edge medical research and commercial innovation, ensuring patents protect groundbreaking technologies.

The role includes evaluating patentability, negotiating licensing agreements, and advising on intellectual property strategies. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's in biotechnology or similar, and have at least 8 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in intellectual property management or commercialisation.
• Strong understanding of patent law and contract negotiations.
• Experience working with inventors and patent agents.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate invention disclosures for patentability.
• Manage patent portfolio and respond to Patent Office actions.
• Negotiate intellectual property agreements and manage related contracts.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder engagement

Knowledge of intellectual property law

Technical knowledge in biotechnology or biomedical engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in biotechnology, biomedical engineering, or relevant field

Job description

Join SingHealth Intellectual Property (SHIP) and play a pivotal role in transforming healthcare innovations into real-world solutions that benefit patients across Singapore and beyond. As part of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, you will work at the intersection of cutting-edge medical research and commercial innovation, helping to bring breakthrough healthcare technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace.

What You Will Do

• Evaluate invention disclosures for patentability and commercial potential, working directly with inventors and patent agents to draft and file patent applications that protect our healthcare innovations.
• Prosecute and maintain an active patent portfolio by responding to Patent Office actions through appropriate agents, ensuring our intellectual property remains commercially viable.
• Support translational funding applications by advising research teams on intellectual property sections and reviewing commercialisation strategies to strengthen their proposals.
• Negotiate and manage various intellectual property agreements including collaboration agreements, material transfer agreements, and non-disclosure agreements under senior oversight.
• Identify potential licensees, conduct due diligence, benchmark technology value, and structure licence deals to bring our innovations to market.
• Promote awareness of intellectual property commercialisation benefits across SingHealth by engaging with clinicians and researchers, attending internal workshops, and speaking at events related to innovation development and commercialisation.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in biotechnology, biomedical engineering, or relevant scientific/engineering field (postgraduate qualification preferred). Candidates with a Law degree and relevant experience will also be considered.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in academic and/or industrial environments involving intellectual property identification, protection, or commercialisation.
• Working knowledge of intellectual property protection and rights law. Familiarity with contract and corporate law will be preferred.
• Ability to work effectively and assertively influence key stakeholders, and build and support business relationships and partnerships.
• Track record of successfully negotiating commercial contracts with industry partners preferred.