Sr. Licensing Manager

**Who is our Client and your future employer?**:
Ranked among the world’s largest petrochemicals manufacturers, it is a public company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With operations in around 50 countries, The Company has a global workforce of over 31,000 talented individuals. The company operates through three strategic Business Units - Petrochemicals, Agri-Nutrients and Specialties. They support customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end markets such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation, and clean energy.

The company’s manufacturing, sales, technology and innovation facilities are located throughout the globe and are managed by four regional offices: the Middle East and Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe.

The Company invests heavily in Technology and Innovation (T&I). The T&I facilities are spread across the globe with hundreds of dedicated scientists contributing to the ongoing development of new patents and certifications.

**LHR Americas**:
The job opportunity you have long waited for. LHR Americas recruit people from around the world to work in Saudi Arabia.

**Who are we looking for?***:
This job plays a key role in Management of IP to protect our company. It leads the commercial and IP contractual support of our affiliates and complex mega projects from creation to expiration and throughout plants operation lifetime for getting maximum returns from the contract terms and limiting risks. It
involves managing proactively to anticipate future needs as well as reacting to situations that arise and also ensures compliance with contractual relationships between our client and Licensors globally.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Finance/Accounting related field
- Minimum 9 - 15 years of experience in the field of petrochemicals
- Extensive experience across IP, Licensing, and commercial

**Duties and **responsibilities**
***:

- Leads the commercial and IP contractual support to our Affiliates and SABIC/Saudi Aramco complex mega projects globally from creation to
expiration and throughout plants operation lifetime
- Leads dispute cases negotiation and resolution with third parties related IP contracts
- Drive IP protection and IP management requirements to our Affiliates globally
- Analyze IP Agreements of license expiration contractually and technically to Identify technologies competitiveness for potential technologies monetization.
Works with Licensing out, B-T&I, SBU and Legal to license out these technologies
- Involved with M&A Due Diligence to assess & addressing the IP contracts risks and obligations and how a new deal will fit into current contractual landscape
which requiring critical attention pre-M&A deal
- Mentors and coaching new and young licensing staff and mangers
- Identify new business opportunities and growth technology areas for SABIC
- Lead the CMD interface team with the internal and external Audits authorities.

**Which are the benefits you will enjoy if you are selected for this job opening?***:
This company has the goal to create a team of co-workers who can develop professionally and personally to the fullest.

Thus, they are focused on offering them the best:

- You will have the chance to keep developing your professional career in an innovative environment working with the latest technology, the most advanced tools and the best practices.
- If you are selected, all expenses associated to the relocation process will be borne by the employer.
- Indefinite term contract
- Competitive base salary
- Benefit for permanency in the company
- General health and dental plan

**THE STAGES OF THIS PROCESS ARE**:
**1. **Resume Evaluation**:
A member of our recruitment team will evaluate that your resume matches the client's job description requirement.

Use the job description requirements to highlight your relevant experience and skills.

Be specific and describe the significance of your work, keyword alignment is important. Emphasize the impact of the work you've contributed to HR areas and tasks. Use your professional profile/resume to focus on major accomplishments and qualifications that match the job.

If your resume evaluation is suitable for this position, the recruitment team will invite you to a preliminary phone/video interview in 2-3 days.

**2. **Interviews stage**

2.1 LHR Americas preliminary phone/video interview: A member of the Talent Acquisition team from LHR Americas will first schedule a call with you to discuss the details of the position, your interests, and qualifications. Furthermore, your English level will be evaluated at this stage, ONLY native or advanced speakers will approve this evaluation.

If this preliminary phone/video interview is successful, your resume will be submitted to our client.

If your preliminary phone/video interview is not successful, our Talent Acquisition consultant will inform you.

2.2 Client phone/video interview: