Patent Attorney role in Brussels (Wavre), Belgium (Job Ref. WD169827)

You’ll be a recently qualified European patent attorney (ideally with a national qualification) with experience in biotechnology, vaccines or a related field. You must be fluent in English (written and spoken) and fluency in French would be an asset but is not required. For the role, as well as having a degree in life sciences or chemistry, you’ll be a team player with strong interpersonal, negotiating, analytical and problem-solving skills.

The successful candidate will have the chance to work on all aspects of the company’s IP and in close collaboration with R&D. This role is based in the headquarter of GSK vaccines and comes with the high responsibilities and several opportunities to become involved in the more strategic and commercially valuable side of R&D and the vaccines business involving in particular:

• Drafting and prosecution

• Invention harvesting

• Freedom to operate analysis

• Educating the company’s scientists on IP management matters

• Due diligence work

• Substantial amount of oppositions

• R&D transactions & contracts

This is a wonderful chance to join one of the most innovative pharmaceutical company and the leader of vaccines.

Start date: immediate

Salary: competitive + company car + annual bonus + pension plan + relocation allowance

To find out more and apply, go to www.gsk.com/careers and search for “patent attorney” jobs.