Patent engineer Product & Technology Intelligence

Patent engineer Product & Technology Intelligence Be a part of a revolutionary change: At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to deliver a smoke-free future worldwide. With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI’s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges – in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning. Your ‘day to day’: As a Patent engineer Product & Technology Intelligence your focus will be to ensure the protection of PMI products and technologies. You will oversee the growth and maintenance of the various RRP, Conventional and other patent portfolios with a specific focus on Manufacturing. Specific responsibilities include: •     Actively define and implement a product and technology protection strategy •     Catalyze the generation, identification and capturing of potential inventions, assess and value them, e.g. by scoring process, and recommend the protection mode •     Drive the timely preparation and filing of invention disclosures with IP Law to meet relevant development timelines •     Provide technical directions for the drafting and prosecution of patent applications to IP Law, ensuring accurate scope of the protection of the Smoke Free Products and other valuable inventions. Seek opportunities for identifying and capturing new inventions to broaden the protection scope. •     Ensure visibility and productive planning to overcome third party patent obstacles identified by IP Law, including coordinating and driving design-arounds and instructing technical teams on the path forward •     Regularly report out monthly highlights and quarterly updates, giving insight into the Protection Coverage of the internal IP Portfolio Requirements & Skills: • Master’s degree or PhD in relevant subject: a driven and energetic engineer or scientist in a field that has substantial relevancy for the PMI Reduced Risk Product portfolio with a minimum of 4 years of experience in the industry • Demonstrable experience in engineering / science fields, Intellectual Property, Technology Management and Manufacturing Design, Creativity and Innovation Management in a multinational environment • It’s considered as a plus to be qualified or partly qualified as national or EP attorney • Ability to work in multi-functional and cross-cultural teams, know to deliver, to build bridges with various partners and know to communicate effectively • Capability to deal with ambiguity, sound judgement and diplomacy when delivering sophisticated and multifaceted messages • Fluency in English both verbal and in written form. Having knowledge of other languages is a plus Employment Type: Permanent Relocation package offered What we offer: Our success depends on the men and women who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can: • Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore. • Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong. • Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. • Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to deliver a smoke-free future worldwide. Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna (PM MTB): PM MTB is Philip Morris International’s Center of excellence, worldwide recognized for prototyping, mass-volume production and employees’ training on smoke-free products. PM MTB employs more than 1000 employees and its production site of Crespellano is one of the most advanced manufacturing venues in Italy for technology innovation, competencies development and talent recognition. In 2019, Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna has been awarded as Top Employer for the sixth year in a row. In the same year, was also granted the Equal Salary Certification certificate by the homonymous foundation to certify that men and women are paid equally for equivalent work. Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday and we’ll give you lots of responsibility. You’ll help us improve, inject innovation and create new ways of working. You’ll be solving supply chain problems that span the whole world: a smoke-free world.