Licensing Operations Manager

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🏄 California – Remote

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💵 $120.9k - $181.3k / year

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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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10,000+ employees

🧬 Biotechnology

🏥 Healthcare

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology • Healthcare • Pharmaceuticals

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is a global science and technology company active in life sciences, healthcare and electronics. In the United States and Canada it operates under the business names MilliporeSigma (life science), EMD Serono (healthcare) and EMD Electronics (electronics) and is distinct from Merck & Co. The company emphasizes research and development, digital transformation (IT/OT convergence, data & analytics), sustainability, and talent development to advance human progress.

📋 Description

• Play a key role in driving revenue, improving operational efficiency, and maximizing the value of the company’s intellectual property portfolio. • Design, optimize, and manage revenue generation and tracking systems for out-license agreements and department initiatives. • Interact with internal and external partners in licensing, customer service, accounting, and invoicing teams to ensure accuracy and timeliness of information. • Conduct simple external negotiations with oversight to ensure agreement accuracy. • Own and optimize existing systems to manage out-licensing agreements. • Use Excel, various ERP systems, AdobeSign, Alliant, and LEDOX to organize legal documents and extract trackable events. • Review newly-signed license agreements to extract trackable information. • Build and maintain relationships with external licensees and internal partners.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a Life Science discipline, with 5+ years of experience in operational, lab management, or technology transfer within life sciences. • Or Bachelor's Degree in a Life Science discipline with customer service experience for a life science company, including 5+ years’ experience in contract management • Or Associate's degree in a Life Science discipline, with 8+ years of experience in operational, lab management, or technology transfer within life sciences. • Or Paralegal background; AND 5+ years’ experience in license or legal operations or at an intellectual property-focused legal office, • IP/License Management certification, Contract Management Certification, • Experience in automating licensee communications and renewal workflows • Familiarity with AI is beneficial • Process optimization mindset: evaluating and implementing improved tracking and reporting workflows • Multilingual: English, German, and Chinese.

🏖️ Benefits

• health insurance • paid time off (PTO) • retirement contributions