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 -
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