Role Overview
We are seeking a Data Scientist to bridge the gap between intellectual property (IP) strategy and financial performance for the Legal Patents business. You will manage patent portfolio analytics, working with legal, finance, and market data to transform raw patent data and financial metrics into actionable insights that drive high-stakes negotiations and long-term corporate strategy.
This role requires a Data Scientist who can operate across the full analytics lifecycle: translating ambiguous business questions into measurable problems, identifying and preparing the right data, developing statistically sound models, validating results, and partnering with engineering teams to deliver trusted data products.
Core Responsibilities
Data Analysis & Portfolio Intelligence
- Analyze financial and patent activity data to identify trends, risks, high-value assets, underutilized IP, and cost-saving opportunities
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to communicate findings to stakeholders and leadership
Data Collaboration
- Partner with Data Engineering teams to identify, evaluate, and ingest recent data sources such as global litigation trends, competitor filing activities, and market valuation metrics
- Ensure data quality and integrity for all analyses
- Build reliable, repeatable, and scalable workflows that contribute to data validation, feature engineering, model deployment to ensure outputs are production ready
Decision Support
- Provide data-driven recommendations to leadership for patent portfolio strategy, R&D; investments, IP protection, and financial planning
- Develop predictive models to forecast portfolio performance and value
Deal Simulation & Negotiation Support
- Build and run simulations of potential deal structures (licensing, acquisitions, divestitures) to inform negotiation strategies
- Present analysis and scenarios to support decision-making during complex negotiations
- Apply sound statistical methods to validate assumptions,
📌 Dolby Careers Senior Data Scientist (India)
🏢 Dolby
📍 India