IPR professional / (Senior) Corporate Patent Attorney

Are you looking for a career in an inspiring, global environment where your expertise makes a difference? At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. Together we can help our customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

We are looking for you,

IPR professional / (Senior) Corporate Patent Attorney

to join our IPR team in Espoo or Porvoo. Are you passionate about  the strategic use of Intellectual Property Rights in enabling innovation? Then the IPR team at Neste is the place for you!

Neste’s IPR function is responsible for the integration of IPR in Neste’s operations and the management of Neste’s IPR portfolio. It has global responsibility for the IPR support of Neste’s existing business units and Innovation organisations. Together with your expertise, we can do meaningful work to drive Neste forward.

Reasons to join

We operate in an inspiring and evolving business environment as a global leader in renewable fuels. We contribute to Neste’s success by living our values every day: we care, we have courage, we cooperate.

We prioritize safety at all times and in every location. We strive to create a positive and impactful work environment.

Transformation brings new possibilities and fosters our courage and curiosity. As a global  company, we support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. We work at the office at least three days a week to ensure seamless teamwork and a sense of belonging.

In addition, our benefits for employees in Finland include, for example, a personnel fund as part of the overall remuneration, good occupational health care, a membership in a sickness or health insurance fund and leisure time accident insurance. We also support leisure time activities, e.g. by offering benefits for sports and culture (ePassi).

More about the job

Your role in our team

• Work  with Neste’s inventors to identify innovative technology assets

• Draft and prosecute patent applications

• Contribute to the management of Neste’s patent portfolio.

• Develop, document and deploy IPR strategies and IPR Action Plans for projects and programs

• Work closely with Neste’s inventors to identify innovative technology assets and promote the creation of invention disclosures

• Provide strategic IPR advisory to existing and emerging businesses and R&D teams

• Support due diligence for M&A, venturing, partnerships and collaborations

• Work with the business team and the IPR patent attorneys to perform business landscape assessment and risk mitigation studies
  
  

The best combination to success in this role

• We look for candidates with an excellent educational background to degree level or beyond in chemical engineering, or other domains of relevance for the renewables and environment fields, coupled with practical patent experience in the industry.

• A full European Patent Attorney qualification ("EQE") is a plus, but we will also consider candidates with an outstanding professional experience in the relevant industry who have interest in expanding their career in the fascinating field of IPR and possibly pursue a EQE qualification.

• English is the official language of Neste and we expect spoken and written fluency.
  
  

As a successful candidate, you will show a passion for working closely with Neste’s business and R&D teams in the fields mentioned above. This will require excellent communication and networking skills, business acumen as well as ability to cope with pressure and uncertainty. You will foster compromise and drive decisions involving diverse stakeholders.

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application by 24.4.2026.

If you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Roberto Castagno, Head of IPR via email at roberto.castagno@neste.com or by phone +358 40 749 0591, on 10.4 at 11:00-12:00 (EEST) or 17.4 at 11:00-12:00 (EEST).

To ensure security and confidentiality, please submit your application through our recruitment system, as we are unable to consider applications sent via email. We will do our best to contact you within 2 weeks after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a potential aptitude assessment. The first interviews are preliminarily scheduled to take place on week 18. The person selected for the position must pass a health examination including a drug test. Depending on the position’s requirements, a security clearance may be conducted with your consent.

Neste in brief

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) is the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with production on three continents. The company’s renewables production capacity is expected to reach 6.8 million tons annually in 2027. Neste also produces high-quality oil products at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. The company has a network of nearly 1,000 fuel stations with expanding service offering, such as EV charging, in Finland and in the Baltics.

Neste’s strategy focuses on growth in renewable fuels, which help its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste is included in many international indices for its sustainability performance. In 2025, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 19.0 billion. Read more: neste.com

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