Senior Manager European Patent Attorney (m/f/d)

Location: Eysins, Switzerland, or remote from anywhere in Switzerland.

Functional Goal:

Support the business on all patent related questions to enable product launches.

Main Tasks:

• Manage multi-country patent litigations;
• Oversee the global IP strategy for several biosimilar products at various stages of development and launch;
• Provide timely and accurate legal advice to senior management on complex IP landscapes to support business decisions;
• Manage the prosecution of a patent portfolio covering inventions in the biopharma and injection device fields;
• Engage in patent challenge work, including European patent oppositions;
• Draft Freedom to Operate (FTO) opinions and monitor competitor IP landscapes;
• Work closely with cross-functional project teams to guide the FTO design of biosimilar products;
• Align IP, regulatory, supply, and commercial strategies to devise routes to key markets.

Other Tasks:

• Develop life cycle management and creative IP strategies for biosimilar assets, including capturing patentable inventions, drafting, and prosecuting patent applications;
• Assist in due diligence and licensing deals;
• Provide training to non-IP professionals.

Qualification profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in the life sciences field or biochemistry field, expertise in chemistry would be beneficial;
• Licensed as a European Patent Attorney or US Patent Attorney;
• 10 years of experience in intellectual property

Skills:

• Fluency in English; German and/or French would be beneficial.