European Patent Attorney

We are looking for an experienced European Patent Attorney (80-100%) to strengthen our IP team.

As a key member of the IP team, you will report directly to the Head of IP. You are proactive, independent, able to prioritise tasks, and embrace responsibility with initiative. In this role, you will be entrusted with a significant level of autonomy. You will play a crucial part in developing and implementing IP strategies to protect Molecular Partners’ inventions and secure our market position. This role involves close collaboration with the R&D team, senior staff, and management to develop and implement IP strategies, ensuring our innovations are effectively protected and leveraged to capture market opportunities.

This is a unique chance to advance your career within a passionate, publicly listed, clinical-stage biotech company that is committed to the transformative power of its platform. Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping our IP landscape and driving the success of our innovative projects.

This challenging and varied position will include the following tasks and responsibilities:

Invention Harvesting and IP Review:

• Identify patentable inventions.
• Conduct IP review of planned publications.
• Stay up-to-date on R&D developments and advise scientists on IP-related questions.

Patent Drafting and Prosecution:

• Prepare and prosecute patent applications to secure IP rights worldwide. Direct outside counsel as needed.

IP Strategy and Advisory:

• Support the Head of IP in designing and implementing project, therapeutic area and company-level IP strategy.
• Make recommendations to scientists, business development, and commercial colleagues on IP priorities and implement these decisions.
• Review and negotiate IP-related agreements, such as research agreements.
• Conduct Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) analyses to ensure market clearance.

For this position, we are looking for a highly motivated individual:

• Qualified European Patent Attorney with around 2-5 years of post-qualification experience, ideally with an in-house background.
• Strong scientific background in life sciences, e.g. molecular biology, virology, immunology or similar.
• Experience with invention capture process, patent drafting and patent prosecution.
• Experience in managing IP within the framework of the company's broader strategic objectives.
• Effective and confident communicator in English, with excellent interpersonal skills, capable of engaging stakeholders at all levels.
• Comfortable with accepting responsibility and proactive in taking the initiative.
• Hands-on approach with excellent problem-solving abilities, attention to details, and the capacity to think both forward and laterally while working under pressure.

Partnership and collaboration are at the core of our company, our research activities and our product candidates. Molecular Partners offers an international working environment and the opportunity to collaborate with outstanding individuals from numerous disciplines, who contribute to our shared goals of scientific excellence, respectful teamwork and personal aspiration. We foster true innovation and creative thinking to advance our therapeutic product candidates and continue to be inspired by the difference we can make for our patients. At Molecular Partners you will discover a challenging job, inspiring colleagues and a true purpose. If you are interested in working at Molecular Partners, we are looking forward to hearing from you Please submit your detailed curriculum vitae via our career portal.

Preferred head hunter clause

Please note Molecular Partners AG operates a list of preferred recruitment partners. For those partners who have no valid, signed agreement in place with Molecular Partners AG, all unsolicited resumes, CVs, anonymous profiles, or any other candidate details submitted through our website or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Molecular Partners AG (including any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or related companies) are not subject to payment of any form of introduction, placement or referral fees. Molecular Partners AG, Wagistrasse 14, CH-8952 Zurich-Schlieren, Switzerland.

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Founded in 2004 by a group of PhD students as a spin-off from the University of Zurich, Molecular Partners AG is a thriving and steadily growing clinical stage biotech company located in Zurich-Schlieren (Switzerland) with 200 highly qualified employees. In order to advance modern medicine and significantly improve the management of serious diseases, we have developed and successfully established a powerful new class of potent, specific and versatile small protein therapies, called DARPin therapeutics. The continuous development of a broad portfolio of therapeutic product candidates in oncology, virology, and ophthalmology based on the company’s proprietary DARPin platform allowed a successful listing of the company on the SIX Swiss Exchange and Nasdaq (ticker: MOLN). Next to our pipeline of drug candidates we have entered into collaborations with leading international pharmaceutical companies, including AbbVie, Amgen, and Novartis. The highly dedicated, multi-disciplined team at MP is committed to developing breakthrough medicines for serious diseases.