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IP Manager & Patents, Medium Voltage | alfanar Electric

IP Manager & Patents, Medium Voltage | alfanar Electric

alfanarRiyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
14 days ago
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To lead and manage the organization’s intellectual property (IP) and patent portfolio, ensuring strategic protection of innovations, competitive advantage, and regulatory compliance. This role drives IP strategy, oversees patent drafting and filing processes, and partners with R&D and leadership teams to maximize the business value of intellectual assets.

Job Purpose

To lead and manage the organization’s intellectual property (IP) and patent portfolio, ensuring strategic protection of innovations, competitive advantage, and regulatory compliance. This role drives IP strategy, oversees patent drafting and filing processes, and partners with R&D and leadership teams to maximize the business value of intellectual assets.

Patent Drafting & Filing Oversight

  • Direct the preparation of clear and technically accurate patent descriptions, claims, and supporting drawings to secure strong patent coverage.
  • Manage collaboration between engineering teams, R&D, and external legal counsel to ensure timely patent filings across local and international jurisdictions.
  • Establish and maintain robust processes for patent submissions, renewals, and documentation tracking.

IP Monitoring & Competitive Analysis

  • Lead ongoing monitoring of competitor patents, filings, and technology trends to identify potential threats and innovation opportunities.
  • Oversee prior art searches and evaluate risks associated with potential infringements.
  • Manage and maintain the company’s intellectual property portfolio, ensuring data accuracy and accessibility.
  • Strategic IP Management & Protection

  • Develop and implement a long-term IP strategy that aligns with organizational goals, product roadmaps, and R&D investments.
  • Define and enforce policies to protect patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and proprietary technologies.
  • Advise executive leadership on IP risks, opportunities, and partnerships to strengthen market positioning.
  • Cross‑Functional Leadership & Collaboration

  • Partner with product management, R&D, and business leaders to ensure IP initiatives support business objectives and product launches.
  • Deliver IP awareness training, innovation workshops, and confidentiality best practices to engineering and product teams.
  • Support negotiations for licensing agreements, partnerships, and legal disputes, providing IP expertise in decision‑making.
  • Team Leadership & Development

  • Lead and mentor a team of engineers, IP analysts, and specialists, fostering expertise in patent strategy and competitive intelligence.
  • Set department KPIs and track progress to ensure quality, timeliness, and strategic alignment of all IP‑related activities.
  • Drive process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency in patent drafting, filing, and enforcement.
  • Role Accountability

  • Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
  • Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
  • Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination.
  • Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results.
  • Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.
  • Responsibilities

  • Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
  • Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them.
  • Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.
  • Delivery

  • Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
  • Making a Tangible Difference : Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation and exceed business expectations.
  • Business Planning and Performance

  • Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
  • Able to plan, follow‑up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
  • Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
  • Provide periodic work progress reports.
  • Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.
  • Organizational Development

  • Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
  • Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.
  • Business Process Improvements

  • Develop, coordinate well‑defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automation opportunities as much as possible.
  • Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
  • Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.
  • Quality

  • Quality is considered as Alfanar’s prime competitive advantage, as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.
  • Adaptation

  • Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.
  • Health, Safety and Environment

  • Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.
  • Academic Qualification

    Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or any relevant field.

    Profile Description

    Alfanar is a Saudi company with an international presence, primarily engaged in the manufacturing and trading of a wide variety of low, medium, and high voltage electrical products, in addition to its portfolio of conventional and renewable energy solutions, oil and gas, water treatment, infrastructure, technical services, and digital solutions.

    The hub of Alfanar’s manufacturing operations is Medinet Alfanar Alsinaiya, a 700,000 square‑meter complex located in Riyadh. The complex houses an array of ultra‑modern manufacturing facilities and laboratories equipped with state‑of‑the‑art technologies and staffed with highly skilled professionals.

    Alfanar derives its success from its commitment to providing the highest quality standards to its customers, and the continuous development of its human capital, who Alfanar considers its most valuable asset. With this in mind, Alfanar promotes a proactive work environment where its employees are always valued, nurtured, and empowered to fuel their pride in being part of Alfanar.

    Seniority Level

    Mid‑Senior level

    Employment Type

    Full‑time

    Job Function

    Sales and Management

    Industries

    Alternative Medicine, Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, and Construction

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