IP Division Director

Ownership of the IP Division

• Build, manage and expand the IP division at LINKVIVA.
• Develop and oversee the company’s intellectual property strategy.
• Identify the right category matrix for the IP’s – Sports, F&B, Lifestyle etc.
• Initiate, influence and enhance the intellectual property (IP) and translation skills and capability of internal stakeholders through education and training programmes, including high level IP searching skills and database.
• Leading and managing the execution of IP from R&D, ideation, conceptualization to final execution and post completion reports. Including but not limited to working with internal/external stakeholders.
• Presenting and selling the IP concepts to potential investors or stakeholders.

Commercial & Marketing Expertise

• Managing the sponsorship team to create the right strategy and sponsorship matrix.
• Create revenue generating opportunities through strategic partnerships and collaborations and/or identifying other revenue generation streams
• Managing the budget to ensure profitability.
• Manage the P&L for the division.
• Ensuring right marketing strategy pre and post event to create impact.
• Managing the marketing team/ partners to ensure effective marketing plan and execution.

Portfolio Management

• Coordinate with all outside patent counsel related to patent filings and prosecution and oversee all inventor’s meetings related to those processes.
• Responsible for day-to-day management of the IP portfolio, its maintenance and docketing on behalf of the participating institutions.
• Develop and maintain a database and an interface system to manage intellectual property.

Requirements

Key Attributes:

• Professional skill and knowledge of intellectual property, market research and commercialisation.
• Demonstrated success in strategic project management including planning, resource allocation, communication, implementation, negotiation, evaluation and reporting
• Experienced in communicating and educating diverse groups in intellectual property matters
• High level of interpersonal communication including the ability to consult with senior executives, external bodies, negotiate agreed directions, outcomes and targets within a collaborative environment in a complex organisation
• Demonstrated personal leadership to exercise judgement based on perceptive and analytical processes.
• Ability to develop strategic plans necessary to provide a strong IP position for the Company’s products and clearly articulate those plans to senior management
• Independent and self-motivated, with a strong sense of urgency and ability to drive a project to completion.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills – must be able to communicate clearly both within the organization and externally to drive projects forward
• Collaborative personality with strong interpersonal skills
• Must be fluent in written and spoken French and English
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word