Senior Associate General Counsel – Intellectual Property

Overview

Oversee global IP portfolio, strategy, commercialization and governance for Worley.

Key Responsibilities

• ip strategy
• policy development
• portfolio management
• ip audits
• training programs
• tax alignment

Tasks

-Support Worley’s Advanced Development Lab (ADL) and Innovation team on IP strategy, protection of emerging technologies (including AI and datadriven solutions), and defensible IP positions. -Advise on IP flows and crossborder transactions relating to royalties, cost sharing, and R&D allocations. -Lead the development of Worley’s IP policy framework, playbooks, and training modules as part of the Technology & IP CoE. -Advise on IP ownership and licensing in joint ventures, collaborations, digital solutions, and technologyenabled projects. -Support technology commercialisation initiatives, including spinouts, licensing programs, and partnership models. -Transfer Pricing & CrossBorder AlignmentPartner with Tax to ensure IP ownership and exploitation models align with global transfer pricing arrangements and intercompany agreements.Advise on IP flows and crossborder transactions relating to royalties, cost sharing, and R&D allocations. -Develop and implement groupwide IP structuring strategies to ensure legal ownership, tax, and operational alignment (in coordination with Tax, Finance, and Corporate functions). -IP Structuring & CommercialisationDevelop and implement groupwide IP structuring strategies to ensure legal ownership, tax, and operational alignment (in coordination with Tax, Finance, and Corporate functions).Advise on IP ownership and licensing in joint ventures, collaborations, digital solutions, and technologyenabled projects.Support technology commercialisation initiatives, including spinouts, licensing programs, and partnership models. -Act as a trusted advisor to the business on IP risks, opportunities, and compliance. -Governance, Policy & TrainingLead the development of Worley’s IP policy framework, playbooks, and training modules as part of the Technology & IP CoE.Support integration of IP considerations into AI governance, software procurement, and technology contracting frameworks.Act as a trusted advisor to the business on IP risks, opportunities, and compliance. -Lead the development, protection, and ongoing management of Worley’s global IP portfolio (patents, trade marks, copyrights, knowhow, data, and proprietary products and solutions). -Provide thought leadership on IP strategy for digital products, software, and data models. -Partner with Tax to ensure IP ownership and exploitation models align with global transfer pricing arrangements and intercompany agreements. -Conduct IP audits and develop an IP classification and valuation framework aligned with business priorities. -Develop and deliver internal IP education and awareness programs across the business. -Establish IP registration, maintenance, and renewal processes, including coordination with external Counsel. -Support integration of IP considerations into AI governance, software procurement, and technology contracting frameworks. -Innovation & Capability BuildingSupport Worley’s Advanced Development Lab (ADL) and Innovation team on IP strategy, protection of emerging technologies (including AI and datadriven solutions), and defensible IP positions.Provide thought leadership on IP strategy for digital products, software, and data models.Develop and deliver internal IP education and awareness programs across the business. -IP Portfolio ManagementLead the development, protection, and ongoing management of Worley’s global IP portfolio (patents, trade marks, copyrights, knowhow, data, and proprietary products and solutions).Establish IP registration, maintenance, and renewal processes, including coordination with external Counsel.Conduct IP audits and develop an IP classification and valuation framework aligned with business priorities.

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About Worley

-Expanding globally through steady growth and acquisition. -Broadened reach in Canada, China, the U.S., and beyond. -Merged with Parsons E&C in 2004. -Delivers full-lifecycle services from concept to decommissioning. -Partners on major global projects across energy, chemicals, resources, and power. -Innovates in low-carbon energy and carbon capture. -Large-scale direct air capture engineering in the U.S. -Unified subsidiaries under single identity in 2023, reinforcing integrated engineering model.

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