Evalueserve - GM - Patent Search - CPG/FMCG Domain

Patent Search (Domain - CPG/FMCG mandate) - GM (Leadership role)

Desired Candidate Profile:

Skill Set: Patent Search in Food & CPG

Looking for: Patent Search, Prior art search, FTO, Freedom to operate, Patentability

Domain: Life sciences, Food Technology, Biotechnology, CPG

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Review OR prepare strategies to perform infringement analysis, including product search and preparation of Evidence of Usage (EoU) charts

- Lead interactions with clients and propose solutions to their business needs

- Prepare convincing client proposals and thought starters related to market intelligence and technology scan

- Strategize to increase revenue and business from new clients, across US, Europe and Asia - If required, attend and lead in-person client meetings at clients office

- Strategize to make process improvements to ensure high quality in all deliverables

- Good interpersonal skills and communication (both written and verbal) skills

- Ability to ensure that tasks within areas of responsibility are completed accurately in a timely manner

- Ability to practice attentive and active listening skills

- Act as an efficient team player with good reasoning.

- Ability to identify pro-active ways to contribute to firms goals & mission

- Challenging current thinking by implementing new ways of working

- Exposure in coordination with various departments

- Ability to work independently and prioritize assignments to meet the project schedule.

People management:

- Team management: Handling team of 20+ professionals (Research Associates, Senior Research Associates, Assistant Managers, Managers) working for dedicated/ various clients.

- Maintaining productivity and utilization for the team

Career management: Responsible for mentoring and coaching of team members. You will also be responsible for their career management and performance evaluation.

Client Management: Client engagement and mining: Management of project from initial client contact stage to project completion.

- Handle key client accounts independently.

- Responsible for overall quality and delivery of project reports.

Sales Support: Help global sales executives in sales support initiatives including creating / updating sales deck for client meetings.

- Willingness to travel onshore for client meetings, workshops, or sales activities.

Education and Experience Bachelors or Masters ( M.S. / M.Tech.) in food tech, Biotechnology, Pharma with 10+ years of work experience in the field of Intellectual Property.

- Compensation To be decided on a case-by-case basis, pegged with the best in the industry.