Manager IP Search & Analytics (d/f/m)

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Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable biosimilar and generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us – the future is ours to shape!

Your Key Responsibilities

• Apply deep understanding of patent and scientific data to identify relevant literature, evaluate findings, and deliver comprehensive reports including algorithm development.
• Manage the whole search process from alignment of objectives to consolidation and communication of relevant findings.
• Conduct high‑quality and timely searches: develop search strategy, craft effective queries using patent and non‑patent databases (e.g., Minesoft Patbase, ARK, STN, Cortellis, Derwent Innovation, Scifinder).
• Incorporate AI search tools into the search process to increase efficiency and precision.
• Extract data from health authority and regulatory agency websites, transforming, cleaning, and analyzing large data sets.
• Identify and apply new approaches in searching prior‑art to improve quality and efficiency.
• Identify and implement automation for recurring data requests.

Essential Requirements

• Degree in chemistry or related chemical, biochemistry, biotechnology, cheminformatics, bioinformatics or related field. Combination with data science is a plus.
• 5‑10 years of experience in prior‑art searches, using patent and scientific databases (e.g., Patbase, STN, ARK, Derwent Innovation, Cortellis).
• Problem‑solving skills and analytical mindset.
• Good communication skills to explain technical topics to a non‑technical audience.
• Excellent programming skills in Python preferred; data extraction, cleaning, transforming, and analyzing large data sets.
• Demonstrated ability to apply coding/automation to patent or scientific search topics (e.g., chemical structure searching).
• Experience in web crawling, data scraping and integration of heterogeneous data sources.
• Track record in timely completion of complex search projects, applying state‑of‑the‑art technology.
• Fluent English.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience in life science/biosimilar industry beneficial.
• German language skills.

You’ll Receive

We offer an employee‑first approach with access to learning platforms such as Coursera and over 200,000 learning videos and 5,000+ courses. In addition, we provide a comprehensive benefits package:

• 30 days of annual leave.
• Holiday allowance.
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g., service length awards, marriage celebrations).
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits.
• Parental leave.
• Other offerings, such as bike leasing.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, delivered more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024. With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, acquisitions, and partnerships, we aim to shape the future and help more patients gain access to low‑cost, high‑quality medicines sustainably.

Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment with diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. Hiring decisions are based only on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability. The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

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