Senior Research Scientist- Knowledge Management (IP)

Position Purpose

The role holder is responsible for contributing to the discovery and pre-development of innovative solutions in agrochemistry, namely new a.i.s for crop protection adding significant value to the business of PI. The role will to carry out literature/patent search, FTO analysis and other KM services in accordance with the project timelines and objectives. The role holder will plan and propose to Group Leader - KM all input, equipment and other requirements for approval and procurement to ensure efficient conduct of project activities and contribute to generating IP and ensuring it’s protection

Operational Responsibilities

• Keep self and team updated on the state of the art in IP management and KM specific tools
• Carrying KM services like FTO analysis and opinion, novelty search, literature supply and others with appropriate documentation and distribution of results
• Support competitor intelligence activities
• Develop and foster positive relationships with other teams and support groups such as chemistry/biology to maximize knowledge sharing and cooperation
• Comply with all the safety requirements as per the requirement of the role
• Leading knowledge transfer through presentations, training materials, tips and best practices for collaboration, so as to continually improve the performance of the group
• Knowledge of Intellectual property laws and in particular, patent laws related to patentability, FTO, invalidity analysis.
• Knowledge of how to read and interpret patents.
• Structure drawing tools, data analysis tools
• Knowledge of MS word, excel and power point
• Basic understanding of organic chemistry and understanding of pharma or agrochemical industry.

Data analysis

• Analyzing patent and non-patent data
• Ability to interpret scientific information from patents and non-patents
• Analyzing alerts from database and ability to present this information to scientists

Database knowledge

• Knowledge of different database (either of Orbit, Total Patent or equivalent and SciFinder must, STN good to have) and ability to evaluate them to derive maximum information.
• Building a query in a search database- structure, text, classification, codes etc.

Education Qualification

MSc/PhD in chemistry (organic) from a reputed university/ institute/group