OrganOx · Oxford, England
This is a live UK-based role at OrganOx, a UK Skilled Worker sponsor tracked by Sponsorly AI against the Home Office register. Posted 8 October 2026. Listed as open until 7 November 2026.
ABOUT ORGANOX: OrganOx is a commercial stage organ technology company dedicated to developing technologies to improve outcomes for patients with acute or chronic organ failure. The company was established as a spin out of the University of Oxford in 2008 and is now part of the Terumo Group. OrganOx is a pioneer in normothermic machine perfusion (NMP). It's flagship platform, the metra ®, is available for use in the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Australia. It has been utilized in over 10,000 liver transplants to date to keep donor livers in a metabolically active state outside the body enabling longer preservation times and functional assessment of the organ prior to transplant, leading to an increased number of organs available for transplant. Founded in 1921, Terumo Corporation (TSE:4543) strives to fulfil its mission of “Contributing to Society through Healthcare” by providing a comprehensive range of solutions in the fields of therapeutic procedures, hospital operations, and life sciences in more than 160 countries and regions. Position Summary The Senior IP Specialist is responsible for defining and executing the IP strategy for OrganOx, aligning with our R&D and business objectives. As OrganOx’s standalone Intellectual Property professional, this role has accountability for the development, protection, maintenance and strategic exploitation of OrganOx's global IP portfolio. The Senior IP Specialist operates with a high degree of autonomy, acting as the principal internal authority on IP matters and provides input to R&D, commercial, regulatory and business development decisions. This is an onsite position at OrganOx’s UK office in Oxford, with flexibility. Listed below are the major responsibilities of the role and a brief description of some of the key tasks to be performed. This list is not totally exhaustive. Major Responsibilities Reporting to the SVP Business Development & Partnerships, the Senior IP Specialist will take responsibility for: IP strategy development, aligning with R&D and business objectives, including ownership of the IP portfolio and patent filing strategy Promoting an innovation culture by increasing awareness of IP value across the R&D team and establishing processes to increase invention disclosure activity Encouraging regular filing of new invention disclosures to ensure timely capture of new ideas, with responsibility for maintaining a sustainable pipeline of patentable innovations Assessment of the novelty and inventiveness of new invention disclosures, with support from industry standard IP tools Prioritisation of ideas for patent protection, based on technical merit, novelty, inventiveness, strategic alignment and agreed IP budget Management of the drafting and filing of new patent applications, in partnership with external IP counsel Management and maintenance of OrganOx’s existing patent and trademark portfolio, including the tracking of prosecution timelines, renewal deadlines and jurisdictional requirements to e…
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