Senior Assistant Director (Policy & Programme), Registries of Patents, Designs and Plant Varieties
Great ideas do not discriminate, and anyone can have them. Given the right protection and support, a great idea can become a power brand, a transformative technology, an innovative process, or design, or even a song or story that moves one’s soul.
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore works with creators, innovators and innovative companies to catalyse the ideas of today and transform ideas into the assets of tomorrow. We leverage our deep technical, legal and business expertise to help innovative enterprises grow using their intangible assets, including IP.
The Registries of Patents, Designs and Plant Varieties (PDPVP) supports IPOS’ vision by building and maintaining a top-ranked IP regime in the world.
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
Senior Assistant Director, Policy & Programmes, Registries Cluster
Permanent/Contract
Closing in 2 day(s)What the role is
What you will be working on
Key Responsibilities
You will –
1. Lead the review, development, and implementation of strategic policies to strengthen Singapore's IP services ecosystem and advance industry competitiveness.
2. Lead the review, development and implementation of policies and programmes for the Registry of Patents, Designs and Plant Varieties (including legislative reform, stakeholder engagement, and operational implementation).
3. Manage the administration and operations of the registration of patent agents and foreign patent agents, including the administration of the Patent Agents Qualifying Examination.
4. Monitor international developments in Patents, Designs and Plant Varieties to assess strategic impact on Singapore's interests.
5. Represent Singapore’s interests at international meetings/forums regarding Patent, Designs and/or Plant Varieties matters (may require foreign travel up to three times a year, each trip usually not longer than five working days).
What we are looking for
Write to us if you have:
1. At least 10 years of proven work experience in the following areas:
• Policy development, analysis, and execution (whether through legislative means or otherwise)
• Industry development, with substantial exposure to senior-level stakeholder engagement
• Operations management
2. Committed work ethic, with extensive experience supervising and leading a team.
3. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
4. Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills at senior government and industry levels.
5. Background in law and/or intellectual property will be advantageous.
About your application process
This job is closing in 2 day(s).
If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within Intellectual Property Office of Singapore or the wider Public Service.
About Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is the national authority that registers and is responsible for the administration of IP rights in Singapore. IPOS helps businesses use intangible assets (IA) and IP to grow and is committed to building Singapore into an international IA/IP hub. We help to catalyse a future driven by life-enhancing, commercially successful ideas created by businesses, professionals and everyday people. We help to turn today’s ideas into tomorrow’s assets. IPOS is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law.
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