Senior Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property

at  Nutrien

Pay Band: H
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.
Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers’ needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

• Comprehensive short and long-term global intellectual property platform and strategy.
• Promote strategic development and maintenance of the patent portfolio worldwide.
• Provide strategic counseling and work with outside counsel on all facets of intellectual property law including policies and practices, applications and registrations, risk assessments, and business development transactions.
• Review, draft, and negotiate intellectual property-related agreements including research and development, collaboration, confidentiality, material transfer, license agreements, and the intellectual property provisions of other contractual documents (e.g. manufacturing, packaging, supply, and master service agreements).
• Provide intellectual property support for a range of strategic transactions, including conducting or coordinating due diligence.
• Manage invention disclosures and portfolios including collecting and screening disclosures, conducting inventor interviews, and presenting disclosures at team meetings.
• Review Nutrien’s public presentations, scientific publications, marketing materials, and other public disclosures for intellectual property compliance or concerns.
• Review, advise, and deploy training on emerging industry trends and legal developments to further Nutrien’s compliance, best practices, and risk management in the area of intellectual property.
• Assign and manage the engagement of external counsel, as required.
• Support the legal department on other initiatives, as required.
• Comply with all Nutrien’s standards, policies, and procedures, including but not limited to the Nutrien code of conduct, respect in the workplace policies, safety, health and environment policies and other applicable policies and practices as implemented or amended.