(Global Energy Chemicals) Intellectual Property (Ip) Analyst

This role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

About the Company


This company engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration, field development, and production. The Downstream segment focuses on refining, logistics, power generation, and the marketing of crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and related services to international and domestic customers. The Corporate segment offers supporting services including human resources, finance, and information technology. The company was founded on May 29, 1933 and is headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Job Summary

This company is seeking an Intellectual Property (IP) Analyst to join the Technology Strategy & Planning Department (TSPD). TSPD is responsible for developing This Company's technology outlook and strategy, managing the technology portfolio and intellectual property, supporting the company's climate and sustainability initiatives, and ensuring the commercial viability of technologies through effective deployment planning. The IP Analyst is responsible for performing patent research to support various IP activities, including: patentability search, freedom to operate, competitive intelligence, IP benchmarking, IP mapping and other related tasks. This role also supports the development of This Company's IP portfolio (patents, copyrights, trade secrets...etc.), including analysis of invention disclosures and working with inventors and in-house IP counsel on patent prosecution activities.

Responsibilities:

• Coach and mentor junior colleagues
• Perform IP due diligence for investment decisions
• Perform competitive and benchmark analysis of patents and commercial product landscape
• Prepare IP landscape reports to support R&D decision making
• Support the development and protection of This Company's IP
• Perform IP analysis to support commercial strategy
• Perform IP analysis of This Company's portfolio
• Conduct patent searches to support This Company organizations in making patent-related decisions including patentability (novelty), freedom-to-operate /infringement, and invalidity searches.
• Conduct IP awareness sessions and training

Requirements:

• Willing to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related scientific field, and preferably Master's degree in Intellectual Property.
• Twelve years of professional experience, including at least seven years of experience in patent analytics.
• Experience in energy, chemicals, or sustainability technologies is preferred, but not required.