Clarios

Clarios

Intellectual Property Specialist

United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee · Contract

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About the role

  • The role reports directly to the Deputy General Counsel - Customer, Technology & IP.
  • This prestigious recognition marks the fourth consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction.
  • Discover your potential at Clarios-where your power meets endless possibilities.

Responsibilities

  • The Intellectual Property (IP) Coordinator provides operational, administrative, and paralegal support to the IP Team across the company's global patent, trademark, trade-secret, and copyright portfolios.
  • The IP Coordinator serves as a first point of contact for routine IP inquiries and outside-counsel correspondence, ensures that the IP portfolio management platform is well-maintained and continuously improved, and drives automation of repetitive workflows in line with the company's broader legal-technology and AI strategy.
  • Invoice Processing & Budget Support
  • Trademark Portfolio Support
  • Trade Secret Program Support
  • Training & Communications Support

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in paralegal studies, business administration, information management, or a related field
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with global patent and trademark docketing, prosecution workflows, renewals and annuities, recordals, chain of title, and outside-counsel coordination.
  • IP Operations Knowledge: Demonstrated hands-on experience with global patent and trademark docketing, prosecution workflows, renewals and annuities, recordals, chain of title, and outside-counsel coordination.

Nice to have

  • Minimum 3-5 years of experience in an IP paralegal, IP operations, or legal operations role, ideally in an in-house legal department or IP-focused law firm supporting a global portfolio.
  • Demonstrated day-to-day experience as a power user of an established IP portfolio management platform (e.g., FoundationIP, Anaqua, CPA Global/Clarivate IPMS, PatSnap, or comparable)
  • ability to administer, report, and continuously improve the platform is strongly preferred.
  • Occasional travel possible (up to 10%).
  • Paralegal certification, IP-specialist paralegal certification (e.g., NALA APC-IP), or equivalent professional credential.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future
  • Clarios will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visas for this opportunity.

Skills

  • Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo.
  • For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching - all starting on date of hire
  • Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
  • Parental and caregiver leave programs
  • All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
  • Required Education: Bachelor's degree in paralegal studies, business administration, information management, or a related field

Company info

  • Clarios is the force behind the world's most recognizable car battery brands, powering vehicles from leading automakers like Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. With 18,000 employees worldwide, we develop, manufacture, and distribute energy storage solutions while recovering, recycling, and reusing up to 99% of battery materials-setting the standard for sustainability in our industry. At Clarios, we're not just making batteries
  • we're shaping the future of sustainable transportation. Join our mission to innovate, push boundaries, and make a real impact. Discover your potential at Clarios-where your power meets endless possibilities.
  • Veterans/Military Spouses:
  • We value the leadership, adaptability, and technical expertise developed through military service. At Clarios, those capabilities thrive in an environment built on grit, ingenuity, and passion-where you can grow your career while helping to power progress worldwide. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to protected characteristics.
  • At Clarios, we're not just making batteries; we're shaping the future of sustainable transportation.
  • Clarios is the force behind the world's most recognizable car battery brands, powering vehicles from leading automakers like Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan.
  • With 18,000 employees worldwide, we develop, manufacture, and distribute energy storage solutions while recovering, recycling, and reusing up to 99% of battery materials-setting the standard for sustainability in our industry.
  • Join our mission to innovate, push boundaries, and make a real impact.
  • We value the leadership, adaptability, and technical expertise developed through military service.
  • At Clarios, those capabilities thrive in an environment built on grit, ingenuity, and passion-where you can grow your career while helping to power progress worldwide.
  • All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to protected characteristics.
  • Equal Employment Opportunity:
  • We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job.

Equal opportunity

  • If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply.
  • Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or other protected characteristics protected by law.
  • As a federal contractor, we are committed to not discriminating against any applicant or employee based on these protected statuses.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; Clarios will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visas for this opportunity.
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