.cimmyt is seeking a dynamic, self-motivated, and service-oriented professional for the position of intellectual assets legal counsel to work in the legal unit of cimmyt.
the intellectual assets legal counsel supports the contract life cycle management (development, drafting, review, negotiation, amendment and release, quality control, and archiving) of a wide array of agreements entered by cimmyt with its national and international (private and public) partners and service providers, globally.
provides support to the development and implementation of intellectual asset management strategies and cross-institutional projects.
prepares and maintains intellectual property registrations.the position is based at cimmyt's campus in texcoco, state of mexico, located 45 km northeast of mexico city, mexico.
*specific duties*:- support the contract life cycle management (drafting, review, negotiation, amendment, release, quality control, management, and archiving) of contracts and agreements entered into by cimmyt with national and international (private and public) entities.- support the development and implementation of intellectual asset management strategies and cross-institutional projects and policies.- research and analyze laws, regulations, and procedures to provide legal support concerning institutional in the context of all legislation arising from different legal frameworks- support the curation of agreements and other databases.
establish a database of nonstandard intellectual asset commitments and restrictions; manage database search function.- maintain a high level of support for stakeholders requiring input, search, and update data and information.- represent the legal department and cimmyt before different authorities and forums.- manage and track a high volume of tasks and projects.- maintain intellectual assets calendar with meetings, filings, and reports required by stakeholders; follow-up with contributors to meet established deadlines; maintain related documentation.- support preparation of intellectual property reports.- draft legal correspondence, memos, and other documents as necessary.- prepare, manage, organize, and maintain intellectual asset related records.- participate in the optimization of processes for legal services processes and guidelines- ensure proper follow up of entrusted matters, tracking these matters daily in the provided dashboards and kpi monitoring tools that will be used to prepare the progress update to the relevant areas.- update the annual work plan document with input from task owners.- perform other related tasks within the job level as may be requested by the immediate supervisor.
*required academic qualifications, skills, and attitudes*:- minimum of 5 years of intellectual property law experience within a company or law firm in patent law, copyright law, licensing, and technology transfer