Intellectual Property Manager

🕒 July 17

🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Clarios

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10,000+ employees

🚘 Automotive

⚡ Energy

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Debt Financing on 2023-04

Automotive • Energy • Manufacturing

Clarios is a global leader in advanced battery technologies and energy storage solutions, producing over 150 million batteries each year for virtually every type of vehicle. With a mission focused on creating the world’s best batteries, Clarios plays a crucial role in the evolution of transportation, sustainability, and aftermarket services in the automotive industry.

📋 Description

• Maximize the value of the company's patent portfolio and minimize the impact of third-party IP rights • Serve as the primary internal technical bridge to outside patent counsel across the invention lifecycle • Cover a broad set of technologies including energy storage and battery systems, battery management systems and power electronics, software and connected products, materials science, manufacturing processes, and recycling • Report directly to the Deputy General Counsel – Customer, Technology & IP • Work across R&D, Product, Business Development, Procurement, and Regional Legal • Conduct legal research, document preparation, case management, invention harvesting & inventor engagement, strategy alignment, patent prosecution oversight, freedom-to-operate & clearance, competitive intelligence & watches, oppositions, post-grant & enforcement support, IP in standard agreements, trade secret & know-how support, portfolio strategy, matrixed coordination, communication & training, compliance & reporting

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor of Science or Engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, materials science, chemistry, or a comparable technical discipline) required; advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) preferred. • USPTO registration as a Patent Agent or Patent Attorney required. • Minimum 5–7 years acting as a patent agent, patent attorney, or in a comparable in-house or law-firm role. • Extensive experience with preparing and prosecuting U.S. patent applications is required, with strong familiarity with key foreign jurisdictions (WIPO/PCT, Europe (EPO), Brazil, Korea, China, Japan, etc.). • Proficient with patent databases and search tools (USPTO, EPO Espacenet, Google Patents, and comparable), IP portfolio management platforms, and modern productivity and AI-assisted legal tools. • Ability to travel up to 20% (domestic and international).

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire • Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts • Parental and caregiver leave programs • All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program • Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership • HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility • Clarios has been recognized as one of 2026's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.