IP & Licensing Manager

Position Overview

ICFO is seeking an IP & Licensing Manager to join its KTT Team. This is a strategic, full-time position designed to strengthen ICFO’s intellectual property and licensing activities across all technological portfolios. The IP & Licensing Manager will provide dedicated expertise in IP strategy, portfolio management, and licensing, supporting informed strategic decision-making and enabling ICFO to protect, structure, and commercialize its intellectual assets in an increasingly complex deep-tech landscape. The position will report directly to the Head of KTT and will work in close coordination with KTT Innovation Managers, Business Developers, researchers, and internal and external legal and IP advisors.

This call is issued under the framework of the approved ICFO Public Employment Offer (OPO 2026), as approved by the ICFO Board of Trustees in January 19th 2026 and in accordance with Law 14/2011 on Science, Technology and Innovation, Law 9/2022 on the Catalan Science System, the Basic Statute of Public Employees (Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015 – EBEP), and Law 19/2014 on Transparency, Access to Public Information and Good Governance.

Key Responsibilities

IP Strategy and Portfolio Management

• Develop and oversee ICFO’s institutional IP strategy, ensuring robust, cost-effective protection and portfolio-level value creation across research areas.
  
• Support strategic decision-making on IP filing, continuation, and abandonment, providing structured recommendations to the Head of KTT in coordination with the relevant Innovation Managers.
  
• Optimize resource allocation by identifying non-exploitable or low-strategic-value assets and proposing portfolio rationalization actions.
  
• Provide support on the IP Strategy to European Projects and Strategic Initiatives including ICFO’s exploitable assets.
  
• Monitor national and international developments in IP law and policy relevant to ICFO’s research domains and partnerships.
  
• Licensing Strategy and Execution
  
• Support and co-lead licensing negotiations with industrial partners and spin-offs, together with KTT Business Developers and Innovation Managers.
  
• Develop standardized, technology-adapted licensing models and agreement templates (exclusive/non-exclusive, early- vs late-stage, spin-off vs industry), including IP valuation schemes.
  
• Design quantitative frameworks and tools for royalty and fee structuring, improving transparency, predictability, and efficiency in negotiations.
  
• Provide IP and licensing due diligence for industrial collaborations, EU projects, and spin-off creation.
  
• Support long-term value capture and commercialization strategies aligned with ICFO’s public mission and market realities.
  
• Operations, Efficiency, and Risk Management
  
• Coordinate external patent attorneys and legal partners, ensuring best-fit expertise by technology domain and cost efficiency.
  
• Lead public tenders for patent attorneys and periodically evaluate external IP service providers.
  
• Maintain and further develop ICFO’s central IP database and reporting tools.
  
• Promote digitalization, automation, and systematization of IP and licensing workflows.
  
• Internal Capacity Building and Governance
  
• Generate regular reports and KPIs on IP and licensing performance to support strategic planning and institutional oversight.
  
• Provide internal guidelines, training sessions, and advisory support to researchers and KTT staff on IP and licensing topics.
  
• Act as a central reference point for complex, high-risk, or cross-portfolio IP and licensing decisions.
  

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