Senior HRBP Specialist, Patsnap
AI-powered IP and R&D intelligence
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AI-powered IP and R&D intelligence
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower IP and R&D teams by providing better answers, so they can make faster decisions with more confidence.
Role
Who you are
- CIPD Level 5 or 7 qualification or equivalent experience
- Proven experience as an HR Business Partner in the UK, with a mandatory track record of directly supporting Commercial teams (e.g., Sales, Marketing, Business Development)
- Strong business acumen; ability to comprehend business strategy, financial metrics, and sales processes, and translate business needs into effective HR solutions
- Practical experience in driving organizational diagnosis, design, and change management initiatives, going beyond routine HR administration
- In-depth, practical knowledge of UK employment law
- Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively partner with stakeholders at all levels and from diverse cultural backgrounds
- Proactive and able to work autonomously in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment. Strong project management skills are essential
- Proficiency in Mandarin Chinese (a significant plus for cross-team collaboration)
What the job involves
- Strategic HRBP for Commercial Teams (Approx. 80% Focus):
- Business Diagnosis & Insights: Develop a deep understanding of the Commercial team's business model, strategic goals, performance pressures, and team dynamics
- Utilize data analytics (e.g., performance metrics, headcount cost, engagement, attrition) to accurately diagnose organizational and talent bottlenecks
- Drive Organizational Change & Effectiveness: Partner with business leaders to design and implement organizational development initiatives, including but not limited to team restructuring, performance and incentive scheme reforms, and core talent pipeline development to enhance overall team effectiveness
- Leader Enablement: Act as a coach to business leaders, providing expert guidance on leadership, talent management, team building, and complex people management issues to elevate the people leadership capabilities of the management team
- Core Talent Management: Lead the talent review, succession planning, and end-to-end talent management (acquisition, development, motivation, retention) for the Commercial team to ensure a steady pipeline of talent for business growth
- Foster a High-Performance Culture: Champion and optimize the full performance management cycle, from goal setting and ongoing check-ins to evaluations and feedback, to cultivate a results-oriented culture of continuous improvement
- Overseas HR Foundation Building (Approx. 20% Focus):
- Process Design & Implementation: Design and implement standardised, compliant, core HR processes for overseas offices (e.g., in EMEA or APAC regions) in their early stages, covering areas such as recruitment & onboarding, performance management, payroll coordination, leave management, and employee offboarding
- Ensure Compliance: Ensure overseas operations adhere to local labour laws and regulations. Manage and mitigate employment risks by collaborating with local legal advisors or Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs)
- Balance Global vs. Local Needs: Adapt the global HR policy framework to suit local market cultures and legal environments, ensuring policy applicability and effectiveness
- Knowledge Transfer & Training: Provide training and support to initial office leads or locally hired HR personnel in overseas locations to ensure the smooth deployment and sustained operation of HR processes
Salary benchmarks
Our take
PatSnap, which began its life in 2007 as a global patent search database, now offers a “connected intelligence platform” which leverages AI and big data analytics to allow enterprises to gain insights into markets, IPs, and competitor performance, all with the end goal of optimising their own R&D strategies.
Global spending on R&D is in the trillions, but PatSnap claims that its productivity is lower than it was forty years ago. This goes some way in explaining how the company’s popularity has skyrocketed in recent years, securing hundreds of millions in funding and opening up bases across Asia as well as in the US and the UK.
This expansion into the West has proven to be highly profitable, and the company continues to thrive by broadening its range of services. The company's investment in its own R&D has resulted in a number of new collaborative projects, as well as the launch of its AI-powered GPT product, PatsnapGPT, that has been developed to "revolutionize IP and R&D innovation services".
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2021
$300m
SERIES E
Jun 2018
$38m
SERIES D
Total funding: $351.6m
Company benefits
- 2 company paid volunteering days
- Parental leave policies
- Life Assurance
- 25 days annual leave allowance + bank holidays (Additional time off based on service up to a maximum of 5 extra days)
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Private healthcare with Bupa Healthcare
- Private pension with Scottish Widows
- Perkbox benefit scheme, we aim to reward our Patsnappers for all their hard work as much as we can
- WFH stipend
- Cycle To Work scheme
- Payroll giving
Company HQ
Newton, Singapore
Leadership
Jeffrey Tiong
(Co-Founder & CEO)Jeffrey has been at the helm of PatSnap since co-founding the company in 2007. They are also a member of the Forbes Technology Council.
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