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Job Description

We're looking to add a Senior IP Counsel to our Legal team here at Rockwell Automation. This is a great opportunity to join a stable and secure organization during an exciting time of change and growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring maximum legal protection for the company's IP assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets and related intangible and patentable properties.
• Works with abstract ideas or situations across functional areas of the business. Through assessment of intangible variables, identifies and evaluates fundamental issues, providing strategy and direction for major functional areas. Develops in-depth knowledge of the functional area, business strategies, and the company's goals.
• Directs and controls the activities of one or more functional areas, divisions, product groups or service areas through managers who have overall responsibility of the successful operations of those assigned areas.
• Develops corporate and/or organizational policies and authorizes their implementation. Detailed knowledge of company allows for innovative concepts and promoting new ideas.
• Provides direction to senior managers in various areas, groups, and/or operations. Recognized as an influential leader.
• Interacts internally and externally with executive level management, including negotiation of important matters. Influences policy making. Creates formal networks involving coordination among groups.
• Develops resolution to critical issues and broad company matters in creative and effective ways.

Temperament

• Strong teamwork, customer service and organizational skills
• Unwavering commitment to, and the ability to model, the standards of behavior set in our Code of Conduct
• Demonstrate genuine interest in colleagues, the company and industry
• Strong team orientation and ability to collaborate with others
• High sense of urgency
• Remain open to ideas; integrates multiple perspectives in decision-making
• Maintain a positive demeanor during periods of uncertainty, conflict, and stress
• Ability to influence and obtains results through others within Rockwell in a respectful way

Complexity of the role: IPC (Information Processing Capability)

• Ability to work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires a review of relevant factors
• Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
• Apply process improvements to facilitate improved outcomes
• Implement and execute infringement risk remediation processes across business/function to achieve assigned goals
• Partner with business leaders across the business and geographic boundaries to support and manage change, while balancing local and global perspectives in reaching decisions
• Seek out and embrace relevant perspectives when assessing a situation or making a decision; demonstrate clear understanding of multiple viewpoints
• Leverage business insights in proposing solutions and facilitating change
• Receive assignments in the form of objectives with goals and the process by which to meet the goals
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously, ensuring stakeholder expectations are managed appropriately
• Ability to manage competing demands, accept criticism and constructive feedback, while being extremely adaptable and flexible
• Strong analytical skills; ability to distill information from disparate data sources and the capability to tell the "story" behind it, as well as recommendations for next steps

Accepts Role Requirements

• Foster the environment and support of continuous learning for employees
• Enthusiasm for relationship building and partnership across the organization at all levels
• Values working in a team oriented culture and building consensus with stakeholders before making key decisions
• Actively pursues personal continuous learning, development of skills and knowledge in job-related technical and professional areas
• Actively participates in global calls and meetings via phone or in-person

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• J.D. from accredited Law School
• USPTO registration as a patent attorney
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening

Preferred Qualifications

• 8-10 years of law firm or corporate experience with at least 5 years of law firm experience
• 5 years patent application preparation and prosecution experience
• Experience supporting a global organization
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to describe, translate and explain complex technical concepts into compelling stories
• Project management experience

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at +1 (844) 404-7247.