You play an essential role in the development of our innovative chemical and biological products, their production and bringing them to market by identifying and addressing intellectual property requirements. · You screen existing patents, and you formulate advice on freedom-to-operate versus third-party patent rights. You gather external opinions if needed. · You pro-actively support the R&D department with strategic input from an intellectual property perspective. · You screen internal R&D results in order to protect knowledge underpinning products and processes. · You support your IP colleagues in the cooperation with external patent attorneys to file and defend patent applications at official patent offices. · You support in challenging the validity of third-party patent rights. · You continuously follow evolutions in patent law and support in the implementation. · You work closely with your IP colleagues and supports colleagues from other departments (R&D, Product Concepts, Legal, …) in different IP related matters. · You have a Master’s degree in biochemistry or chemistry, or equivalent. · You have at least a first experience in patents within the fields of chemistry and/or biology. · You have knowledge of international laws regarding intellectual property and of intellectual property commercialization. · You are well-versed in searching and use of patent databases. · You speak and write English fluently. Your communication is clear and concise, and you can adapt to different stakeholders. Knowledge of other languages is a bonus. · You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills. · You have a growth mindset and are willing to continuously learn and develop. · You can work autonomously and attach great importance to teamwork. · You are well organized and can handle several projects/dossiers simultaneously. · You can identify with our FRAMILY values: Fun, Respect, Ambition, teaMwork, Innovation, fLexibility and familY. Download attachment(s) This job as a PDF file