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Executive Manager, Intellectual Property

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CSIRO

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Australia , Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane

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Salary:

163000.00 - 180000.00 AUD / Year

Job Description:

Lead CSIRO’s enterprise-wide IP strategy and commercialisation initiatives. Maximise research impact and revenue through effective IP management. Provide strategic leadership to a high-performing team within CSIRO’s Legal Unit.

Job Responsibility:

  • Supporting the Chief Legal Officer in partnering with the Board, the Executive Team and Business Development Directors (in turn, supporting Research Unit Directors) to develop IP and commercialisation strategies and associated business models
  • Promoting and delivering a highly professional and collaborative approach in dealing with internal and external customers, capturing and executing against the enterprise-wide IP pipeline and Corporate Plan, resulting in financial return and impact from CSIRO’s IP, research and development and commercialisation
  • Leading IP services and business improvement and change management projects to continually enhance the understanding, effectiveness and efficiency of IP engagement among all CSIRO staff
  • Executing on CSIRO’s Corporate Plan priorities by ensuring a coherent IP and commercialisation strategy
  • Developing strong trusted advisor relationships with senior executives and external stakeholders across industry and government
  • Proactively identifying, guiding, and supporting the conversion of strategic IP and commercialisation opportunities, including leading large and complex commercial projects on behalf of the organisation
  • Identifying and realising IP capture opportunities

Requirements:

  • Relevant tertiary degree, combined with demonstrated achievement in senior IP advisory and managerial roles together with relevant domain expertise
  • Current registration as a Trans-Tasman Patent Attorney
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and manage a portfolio of strategic IP relationships, activities, and assets, in line with CSIRO’s Corporate Plan
  • Demonstrated ability to design and deliver strategic initiatives through own actions, as well as driving alignment across teams, scientists, and customers – delivering results that are impactful and aligned to CSIRO’s Corporate Plan
  • Demonstrated leadership skills and experience that can be applied to leading a team (including through significant change), engaging the team, and providing a unified goal and strategy for them to align to
  • Demonstrated experience to build and maintain strong professional and collaborative working relationships across a wide range of disciplines at all levels of the organisation and externally, proactively seek and influence multiple key stakeholders, within a complex and ambiguous environment, to achieve a successful outcome
  • Demonstrated experience in building a high performing team, providing coaching and development opportunities across the breadth and depth of a complex team that delivers high standards in service delivery as well as technical output, proven ability to hold a team accountable to specified results, as well as creating a culture that fosters innovative problem solving, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing

Nice to have:

  • Registration as a Trade Mark Attorney in Australia (or an equivalent overseas registration)
  • Hold, or have the ability to obtain, a security clearance at the Negative Vetting 1 Level
  • A demonstrated commitment to health, safety, and wellbeing of staff, willing to challenge the status quo in pursuit of Zero Harm
What we offer:
  • 15.4% superannuation
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Range of leave entitlements
  • Career development opportunities

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 27, 2025

Expiration:
January 18, 2026

Work Type:
On-site work
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