Intellectual Property Consultant

Location: Europe/GBR/Harrogate - Nidec SR Drives

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Job Summary

The Intellectual Property Attorney III is a senior professional role responsible for independently managing moderately complex intellectual property matters and providing strategic legal guidance to business and technical stakeholders. This position applies broad IP law knowledge and sound legal judgment to support protection, enforcement, and commercialization of the organization’s intellectual property assets. The role has direct impact on legal risk mitigation, innovation enablement, and business outcomes and may guide less experienced attorneys or legal staff.

Role Overview

Additional Job Details

Professional – P3

Organizational Impact

• Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with direct impact on departmental or job family results
• Established professional; works under limited supervision
• Works independently on moderately complex projects/assignments and contributes to setting objectives or goals of projects and assignments within team

Communication & Influence

Communicates with employees both within and occasionally outside of the department and/or job family on matters that require explanation, interpretation and/or advising; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area

Influences employees within the department at an operational level regarding concepts or practices and some advisement on approaches

Innovation & Complexity

Responsible for making moderate improvements of processes, procedures, or systems to contribute to the performance of the team

Problems faced are difficult and mildly complex and typically impact the job family and/or multiple teams

Leadership & Talent Management

Provides assistance and training to other employees

May lead significant parts of moderately complex projects or processes

Knowledge & Experience

Requires advanced job knowledge and demonstrated competence within department, typically obtained through advanced education and relevant experience

Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec

Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

Work Shift Schedule

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.