Job Description
Director, IP Strategy & Technology Intelligence
Agilent Technologies
Organization: Office of the CTO
Reports to: VP, Research
Position Summary
The Director, IP Strategy & Technology Intelligence will translate Agilent’s scientific and technical innovation into durable competitive advantage, commercial value, and informed growth choices. The role aligns strategy and technology intelligence with enterprise research priorities, business objectives, technology roadmaps, and unmet customer needs. Reporting to the VP, Research in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, the Director will partner closely with Agilent’s Legal team and connect researchers, technology leaders, and business stakeholders to shape innovation and IP priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Strategy & Governance
- Support and drive enterprise strategy in close partnership with Research, business and technology leaders, Legal/IP Counsel, and Business Intellectual Property Coordinators (IPCs).
- Translate enterprise strategy, technology roadmaps, product plans, and business priorities into actionable innovation, protection, and portfolio priorities.
- Coordinate the annual IP strategy review and establish a regular governance cadence for emerging inventions, strategic coverage, portfolio gaps, and investment or pruning opportunities.
- Partner with Legal/IP Counsel to evaluate IP protection approaches.
- Develop decision frameworks that balance customer value, technical differentiation, strategic relevance, geographic coverage, timing, and lifecycle cost.
Innovation & Portfolio Development
- Engage scientists and engineers to identify innovations with meaningful technical differentiation and commercial potential.
- Facilitate invention assessments with Research, business stakeholders, IPCs, and IP Counsel.
- Recommend portfolio priorities based on customer value, strategic relevance, competitive differentiation, business priorities, technology maturity, and cost drivers.
- Use portfolio analytics and external intelligence to identify white space, concentration risk, and opportunities.
Technology, Market & Competitive Intelligence
- Conduct competitive landscaping, technology scouting, market and scientific surveillance, and analysis of emerging technologies.
- Develop repeatable methods for opportunity framing, including technology maturity, market attractiveness, customer pain points, adoption barriers, and strategic fit.
- Translate findings into recommendations for research investments, technology roadmaps, product-platform choices.
- Provide technical analysis and coordinate researcher input for risk assessments led by IP Counsel.
- Communicate concise, grounded insights to business, Research, Strategy and Corporate Development, and CTO leadership.
Strategy
- Understand enterprise strategy, M&A priorities, and active opportunity areas.
- Help translate strategic growth priorities into technology and screening criteria for potential acquisitions, investments, partnerships, and licensing opportunities.
- Support early-stage opportunity evaluation through technology landscaping, target and competitor mapping, technical differentiation assessment, and strategic-fit analysis.
External Innovation & Commercialization
- Partner with business leaders and Legal to evaluate licensing, technology transfer, and strategic collaborations.
- Support evaluation of universities, startups, research institutes, suppliers, and other ecosystem partners, including technical fit, IP position, collaboration model, and path to commercialization.
Innovation Leadership & Operating Model
- Build strategic and competitive-intelligence capabilities across Agilent’s global scientific and engineering communities in partnership with Legal and business leadership.
- Support integration of technology intelligence and external-innovation considerations into research planning, stage-gate and technology-review processes, and portfolio decisions.
- Build trusted networks across R&D, product management, marketing, Legal, Strategy and Corporate Development, Finance, and external experts.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, physics, life sciences, computer science, or a related technical discipline.
- 10+ years of relevant experience spanning R&D, technology strategy, competitive or technology intelligence, product strategy, external innovation, or corporate development.
- Strong working knowledge of scientific and IP information sources, portfolio analytics, and product lifecycles.
- Ability to understand complex technologies and connect technical differentiation to customer needs and commercial opportunities.
- Experience supporting cross-functional evaluation of external technologies, strategic partnerships, licensing opportunities, investments, or acquisitions.
- Strong analytical judgment, written and oral executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills in a global matrixed organization.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced technical degree; MBA or formal training in strategy, finance, economics, data analytics, or intellectual property.
- Experience in analytical instrumentation, laboratory technologies, life sciences, diagnostics, or other regulated scientific-technology industries.
- Familiarity with one or more relevant technology areas, including chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, cell imaging, flow cytometry, genomics, laboratory automation, or scientific software.
- Experience supporting licensing, technology transfer, strategic partnerships, or acquisition due diligence.
- Experience building invention programs and portfolio review processes within a global technology organization.
- Experience with patent and non-patent literature databases, market-intelligence sources, portfolio analytics, visualization, and AI-assisted research methods, with appropriate validation and governance.
Additional Details
This job has a full time weekly schedule. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least November 10, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted.
The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $226,176.00 - $353,400.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations
Agilent Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and merit-based employer that values individuals of all backgrounds at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance, or regulation and will not be discriminated against on these bases. Agilent Technologies, Inc., is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive in the workplace where everyone is welcome, and strives to support candidates with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance with any part of the application or interview process or have questions about workplace accessibility, please email job_posting@agilent.com or contact +1-262-754-5030. For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please visit www.agilent.com/en/accessibility.
Travel Required:
25% of the Time
Shift:
Day
Duration:
No End Date
Job Function:
R&D
