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Himanshi Saini

Summary

Experienced professional with 9+ years of extensive experience in IPR operations, regulations, New Product Conceptualization, development & management. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement, demonstrated leadership abilities, strategic planning expertise and problem-solving acumen.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Engineer - Intellectual Property Rights

Mercedes Benz Research & Development India
02.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for building IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Portfolio of MB group of multiple departments primarily including Cloud and Connectivity, Base Software and IT Operations.
  • Responsible for driving Innovation Index for the assigned departments, fostering continuous improvement and innovative practices.
  • Cross-border IP Planning and Strategy with various group subsidiaries of Mercedes Benz to build roadmap for the running year and Operations Strategy.
  • Strategic Initiatives : Developed and implemented strategic initiatives to optimize intellectual property growth and drive innovation across all departments, enhancing efficiency and maximizing value creation.
  • Strengthened Collaboration across R&D, Engineering and IT departments through various initiatives including Monthly Leadership Connects, Exclusive Innovation Building Platforms, Conducting Idea Harvest Cycle for building NPI (New Product Introduction) pipeline, etc.
  • Research work: Conducted in-depth research to stay ahead of industry trends, apprising leadership of trend reports to bring forth innovative solutions in Mercedes Products.
  • Training and Mentoring: Conducting monthly training sessions for Engineers, Leaderships, Innovation groups and Technical Communities of the MB group.
  • Building NPI (New Product Introduction) Pipeline: Pioneered comprehensive solutions with help of Innovation platforms that met rigorous industry standards and customer expectations, from concept to launch.

Assistant Manager - Intellectual Property Rights

Grey Orange India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2022 - 02.2023
  • Lead Global IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) operations in the organization
  • Developed and managed complete IPR portfolio of the organization including Patents, Designs and Trademarks.
  • Cross Functional Team Excellence: Regular Interactions with Departments' Leadership and HoDs of Products, Services, Customer Development and Marketing to create Roadmaps and New Product Introduction (NPI) development pipeline.
  • Product Development: Managing Cross-Functional Team discussions to Improvise the Product Release Cycles.
  • Operations Network Development: Vendor development and management for Legal & IP services.
  • Finance Planning: Annual Budgeting and Cashflow management related to IPR requirements.
  • Operational Excellence: Developed operational excellence from product conceptualization to implementation via IP Harvest Cycles.
  • Conducted quarterly meetings with Department Leadership including Product owners, CTO and R&D teams to discuss the submitted IP proposals submitted and the way forward.
  • IP Compliance: Lead initiatives across organization including building IP Compliance Policies for various departments, conducting training sessions for engineers and other executives..
  • Mentored junior staff members in their professional development by offering guidance/support in their assigned roles.
  • Strengthened organizational IP growth through various initiatives like Designed Training modules for different departments, Reward and Recognition Programs, Annual IP Hackathon events, forming specific committees for IP growth and analysis
  • Strengthened operational efficiency to remain cost-effective while maintaining quality service.
  • Mentored team members to enhance professional development and accountability in workplace.
  • Setting goals for team members and overseeing their growth.

Sr. Engineer - IPR

Grey Orange India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2020 - 03.2022
  • Maintaining IPR portfolio, managing prosecution of over 250 IPR applications spread across US, APAC, Europe and LATEM regions.
  • Created a dedicated IPR resource pool for organization's central information platform.
  • Contract negotiation: Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
  • Conducted detailed research on possible new features of existing products, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results to the R&D team and other stakeholders.
  • Managing Cross-Functional Team Discussions to improvise the product release cycles.
  • Conducting Orientation and training sessions for the new employees and peers of the organization.
  • Created plans and communicated deadlines to vendors and peers for completing projects on time.
  • Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
  • Coordinating tasks and using planning skills to achieve results as scheduled in Product Release cycles.
  • Worked within applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote organizational IP growth.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.

Engineer - IPR

Grey Orange India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2018 - 03.2020
  • Organized the team documents in a consolidated format on a new docketing tool from scratch
  • Designed Training and guidance module for understanding of the IPR operations throughout organization
  • Initiated and successfully ran IP recognition programs to popularize IPR filing peers in the organization
  • Organized monthly internal IPR committee meetings with stakeholders from multiple departments of the organization
  • Performed detailed research on all the received IPR proposals, existing product related features and assessment of new features of the products
  • Technical summarization of the received proposals for easier understanding of the peers
  • Building questionnaires and standard templates for peers to submit their proposals to the team
  • Build Team Information and Operations Update dashboards on organization's multiple internal platforms
  • Performed multiple FTO searches before new product launches in the US
  • Managing Cross-Functional Team Discussions to improvise the product release cycles

IP Researcher

CPA Global Pvt. Ltd.
11.2015 - 07.2018
  • Worked on over 300 data analysis work products including Prior-Art Search, State-of-the-art search, Validity/Invalidity Search, FTO searches
  • Worked on different service modules like Competition Portfolio Monitoring Services, White Gap Analysis, etc
  • Performed Quality check of deliverables
  • Participated in inter-teams discussions to improve the standard processes of creating work products
  • Worked with clients from varied domains including Communication, Electronics and Electrical goods, Customer Utilities goods, mechanical equipments, automobiles, healthcare industry, etc
  • Efficient in using multiple search tools and databases to conduct research, gather information for a work product
  • Mentored Interns and team mates

Education

Executive Course - Product Management - Product Management

Indian School of Business
India
04.2001 -

M.Tech - Electronics And Communications Engineering

IIIT - Delhi
India
05.2013 - 04.2015

B.Tech - Electronics And Communications Engineering

GGSIPU
New Delhi, India
04.2009 - 07.2013

Senior Secondary -

Kendriya Vidyalaya
New Delhi, India
04.2008 - 03.2009

Higher Secondary -

Kendriya Vidyalaya
New Delhi, India
04.2006 - 03.2007

Skills

  • Project Management
  • New Product Conceptualization and Development
  • Global Portfolio Management
  • Cross functional Operations Excellence
  • Finance Planning and Vendor Management
  • Relationship Management

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the details and information given above are complete and true to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Senior Engineer - Intellectual Property Rights

Mercedes Benz Research & Development India
02.2023 - Current

Assistant Manager - Intellectual Property Rights

Grey Orange India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2022 - 02.2023

Sr. Engineer - IPR

Grey Orange India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2020 - 03.2022

Engineer - IPR

Grey Orange India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2018 - 03.2020

IP Researcher

CPA Global Pvt. Ltd.
11.2015 - 07.2018

M.Tech - Electronics And Communications Engineering

IIIT - Delhi
05.2013 - 04.2015

B.Tech - Electronics And Communications Engineering

GGSIPU
04.2009 - 07.2013

Senior Secondary -

Kendriya Vidyalaya
04.2008 - 03.2009

Higher Secondary -

Kendriya Vidyalaya
04.2006 - 03.2007

Executive Course - Product Management - Product Management

Indian School of Business
04.2001 -
Himanshi Saini