Wayne Fueling Systems LLC Hiring for Intellectual Property Sr Manager at Austin, TX  Full Time

Job Requisition ID: 49328

Department: Legal (DEPT_LGL)

At Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), we are taking fueling and convenience retail to the next level. We are passionate about cultivating excellence in everything we do, but what really fuels us is our people. They’re the heart of our company. As an employee, our promise to you is that you’ll work on new and innovative products and solutions, be mentored by managers and teammates who are collaborative, caring, and act with integrity, and have the opportunity to grow in ways that are meaningful to you. Unique and interesting projects – both locally and globally – will challenge you and allow you to pursue different and rewarding career paths.

We are #EnergizedByGrowth.

DFS is part of a legacy of leadership that spans back generations, made up of some of the most trusted, leading-edge brands in the industry. As part of Dover Corporation and with our talented, innovative, outstanding people, we are doing great things and redefining what is possible in fueling and convenience retail. Providing advanced fuel-dispensing equipment, including clean energy solutions, systems and payment, automatic tank gauging and wet stock-management solutions, DFS comprises the product brands of Wayne Fueling Systems, OPW Fuel Management Systems, ClearView, Tokheim, ProGauge, Fairbanks, LIQAL and AvaLAN. Headquartered in Austin, TX, DFS has a significant technology development and manufacturing presence around the world, including facilities in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Job Summary:

The IP Manager is a new role, reporting to the VP, General Counsel, at our Austin Headquarters. This role will be responsible for our global IP strategy and portfolio, partnering closely with key business leaders and functions to manage patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. This role will be responsible for implementing a wholistic approach to IP generation to ensure protection of the company and our IP with a cost-effective approach.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Review patent and trademark historical spend to determine strategic approach to future IP filings.
• Liaise with outside counsel to prepare, file, and prosecute patent applications and perform patent utilization and right-to-use analyses.
• Establish objective criteria for new patent, trademark filings, and invention disclosures.
• Track progress and organize information pertaining to DFS’s IP portfolio of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.

• Manage and facilitate internal inventorship program that encourages innovation within engineering, operations, marketing, and business development.
• Lead cross-functional technology evaluation and review to enable IP decision making (Tech Review Board / Big Idea).
• Curate existing ideas, IP, concepts, and other innovations to ensure visibility and training of engineers (“IP catalog”).
• Coordinate efforts of innovators and legal counsel through the patenting process.
• Manage and facilitate monthly Global IP council meetings.
• Identify IP assets that are no longer aligned with DFS business strategy.
• Maintain strict document control practices.
• Coordinate DFS Global IP activities.
• Support administration of patent award program by Human Resources.
• Build and maintain working relationships with global IP contributors and legal counsel.
• Manage and coach outside counsel to ensure best quality of work and responsible use of resources.
• Work with internal and external counsel to oversee IP due diligence activities with respect to third party licensing and acquisition projects.
• Track monthly IP outside counsel spend and other IP services.
• Support DFS budget preparation and cost/benefit analysis as needed.

Key Competencies:

• Builds and Manages Collaborative Relationships: Establishes and nurtures numerous relationships within DFS. Takes action to partner with the communities in which we operate and to be an appropriate corporate citizen.
• Strategic Mindset: Understands global industry and market; creates breakthrough strategies that alter the competitive dynamics in a market and establishes a series of competitive advantages yielding profitability that exceeds expectations for the organization.
• Strong Business Acumen and Sound Judgement: Uses instinct as well as data to accurately assess business situations and industry trends; makes timely, appropriate decisions and implements appropriate plans while living the Dover Values.
• Fit: The position requires an accomplished professional with a distinguished professional record. Candidates must be able to respect and support DFS’s decentralized operating culture and must be able to operate in an informal working environment where doing the right thing takes precedence and where skills at building relationships are a critical success factor.

Required Job Qualifications:

• A degree in business, law, science, engineering or related field.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in related field or 5 years’ experience in related field plus graduate degree.
• Working knowledge of state, federal, and international laws regarding technology transfer and intellectual property.
• Understanding of commercialization process.
• Demonstrated history of working directly with engineers and marketers in translating their concepts into a strategy resulting in solid legal protection.
• Demonstrated superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize.
• Demonstrated ability to provide sophisticated but practically-minded IP input and strategy without compromising integrity.
• Ability to work in an international environment. Must possess diplomacy skills with ability to effectively manage IP issues across multiple constituencies and cultures.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Registered Patent Agent in good standing to practice before the USPTO.
• Master’s Degree.

Travel: Occasional travel in US/Global

Work Arrangement : Hybrid

Salary Range : –

We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position’s responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, a candidate’s education/training, the position’s location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.

This position may be located in:Americas : United States : Texas : Austin