Homeoffice Portfolio Manager, Intellectual Property, MBG bei Lenovo

Lenovo’s legal department is looking for talented, highly motivated and dynamic Patent Portfolio Manager to manage the Lenovo Mobile Business Group's (MBG) patent portfolio. We are looking for someone who is an outstanding manager of processes and patent portfolios with demonstrated effective communication skills, deep technical skills, and IP strategy experience.  You will partner with inventors, technical business leadership, the IP legal team, outside counsel, and vendors to effectively and efficiently provide patent portfolio services for MBG.Responsibilities: Manage a global patent portfolio for the MBG business including harvest and identify patentable innovations, support patentability evaluation in Patent Review Board (internal team) for determining beneficial patents to be filed, manage outside counsel (OC) to draft and file patent applications including prosecution, reexamination, invalidation and other patent related professional work in the lifecycle.Manage annuity payments for MBG portfolio within budget Provide inventor training and educationSupport, as appropriate, patent licensing opportunities, litigation, and complex business transactions with patent portfolio analysis, due diligence, infringement and invalidity analysis, and claim charting and testing. Manage relationships and communications with outside counsel (OC) and vendors.Communicate effectively with business client on patent filing plan, IP strategy, and IP awareness and educationBasic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in science and technology, preferably majoring in Electronics, Computer or Communication8+ years’ experience in-house or law firm with strong patent portfolio strategy and development experience.USPTO Patent Bar requiredPreferred Qualifications: Experience in managing global patent portfolio, preferably in patent department of a global technology company or an international patent law firm, including brainstorming, harvesting, filing, prosecution, pruning.In-depth understanding of US patent law, filing and prosecution strategies and preferable to have knowledge of global patent laws including EPO, WIPO, and CN.Deep knowledge of rules and practices in patenting software worldwide, preferable to have knowledge of patenting AI.Strong technical skills to partner with business leadership and Patent Review Boards to support Mobile and AI technology.Fulfill independently tasks of high complexity in patent related matters for the business clients.In-depth understanding of technology of smart phone business and on device or cross device AI.Excellent communication skills to communicate with business clients and identify patent for protection, improve IP awareness in business clients through education and training.Excellent English language skills, both written and verbal; additional language skills preferred (Mandarin, Japanese).Intense commitment to high moral standards and business ethics.Strong organizational and operational skills.Personable collaborator who can work successfully and build relationships with internal stakeholders and external parties to achieve business goals.Strong ability to identify challenges and develop and adapt to changes to achieve business and corporate goals.Strategic thinker with a broad perspective, and an analytical thinker with enough creativity to synthesize new solutions to old The base salary budgeted range for this position is $160-180K USD. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission.Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on .In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is December 2, 2025. This applies to both external and internal candidates.#LI-JL1#LI-REMOTE Jetzt bewerben