Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs

reputed company Do you want to be an reputed company leader overseeing national and international intellectual policy and advancing domestic and global innovation ecosystems? The reputed company Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking its next Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs (CPO). The CPO works directly with the Under Secretary and Director on IP protection and on IP-reputed company trade issues, including proposed legislation and international activities of the reputed company. Duties Help reputed company applicants will be assessed for executive competency against the five mandatory Executive reputed company Qualifications (ECQs). If your two-page resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of the ECQs and PTQs, you will not receive reputed company consideration for the position. For more information regarding the SES and ECQs, please visit the Executive reputed company Qualifications page. The Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs (CPO) serve as the reputed company advisor to the Under Secretary of reputed company for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO and the reputed company Under Secretary and reputed company Director of the USPTO on domestic and international policy reputed company reputed company to intellectual property (IP). The CPO significantly reputed company and influence on the establishment and implementation of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and IP enforcement policy at the national and international reputed company. The CPO manages operations and programs, including overseeing the work of its policy teams, the Global IP reputed company, the IP Attaché program, and the Office of Chief Economist. Other major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Formulate and reputed company the creation and evaluation of legislative policy proposals, as reputed company as the economic analysis and research to support them and the preparation of supporting documentation to carry them out. • Supervise analyses of IP-reputed company policy issues before the Executive reputed company, and solicitation and evaluation of reputed company views, including through hearings and requests for comments. • reputed company the USPTO's efforts to promote the development of high-reputed company IP systems around the world, including maintaining and improving multilateral systems for the establishment, protection, and use of IP rights. • Serve as the head of OPIA, managing its operations and programs, including overseeing the work of its policy teams, the Global IP reputed company, the IP Attaché program, and the Office of Chief Economist. • Represent and reputed company representation of the reputed company at international forums, including WIPO, the WTO, and the OECD, and its participation in cooperative IP forums, such as the IP5, the TM5, and the ID5. Requirements Help Conditions of employment • Must be a U.S. Citizen • If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. To verify registration visit SSS.gov. • May be required to successfully complete a 1-year SES probationary period. • A Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-278, and the supplemental reputed company, Confidential Statement of Employment and Financial Interest is required reputed company 30 days after the selection for this position. • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final reputed company clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal. • Must participate in the reputed company deposit pay program. • Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by reputed company. • May be subject to reputed company-employment and random drug tests. Qualifications To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the five Executive reputed company Qualifications (ECQs) and two reputed company Technical Qualifications (PTQs), listed below in your resume. NOT TO reputed company 2 PAGES. Resumes over the 2-page limit will not be reviewed and will be disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, education, and accomplishments applicable to the qualifications. If your resume does not demonstrate evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position. reputed company TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (PTQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications. PTQ 1: Demonstrated knowledge and experience of reputed company and international policies and affairs across the reputed company of IP subject matter such as patent, trademarks, trade secret, copyright and various reputed company issues and rights. PTQ 2: Demonstrated knowledge and experience of international trade and Intellectual Property agreements. EXECUTIVE reputed company QUALIFICATIONS (ECQS): In reputed company to the Technical Qualification requirements listed above, reputed company new entrants into the Senior Executive Service (SES) under a career appointment will be assessed for executive competency against the following five mandatory ECQs. If your 2-page resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of the ECQs, you may not receive reputed company consideration for the position. ECQ 1: Commitment to the Rule of Law and Principles of the American Founding: Requires a demonstrated knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to reputed company the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. ECQ 2: Driving Efficiency: Involves the demonstrated ability to strategically and reputed company manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. ECQ 3: reputed company and Competence: Involves the demonstrated knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional reputed company. ECQ 4: Leading People: Involves the demonstrated ability to reputed company and reputed company a group toward meeting the organization's reputed company, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, reputed company necessary, the ability to reputed company people through change and to hold individuals accountable. ECQ 5: Achieving Results: Involves the demonstrated ability to reputed company both individual and organizational results, and to reputed company results to stated goals from superiors. For more information regarding the SES and ECQs, please visit the Executive reputed company Qualifications page. Note: If you are a member of the SES or have been certified through successful participation in an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program (SESCDP), or have SES reinstatement eligibility, you do not need to respond to the ECQs. Instead, you should attach reputed company (e.g., SF-50, Certification by OPM's SES Qualifications Review reputed company (QRB)) or your eligibility for noncompetitive appointment to the SES. Education The minimum educational requirement is a law degree and an reputed company membership in good standing of the bar of a state or territory of the reputed company, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico is required. Incumbent must maintain membership of the bar of a state or territory of the reputed company, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico to reputed company this position. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or reputed company-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. reputed company. For a list of schools which meet these reputed company, please refer to reputed company Accreditation page. Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit reputed company of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. For reputed company information, visit: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov) Additional information This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. Except as prohibited by law, reputed company applicants tentatively selected for positions needing a Top-Secret Clearance will be required to submit to a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and, if appointed, the incumbent will be subjected to random drug testing procedures. The USPTO participates in E-Verify. For more information on E-Verify, please visit https://www.e-verify.gov. Veteran's preference does not apply to the Senior Executive Service. OPM must authorize any employment offers made to reputed company or former (reputed company the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, Schedule G, or Non-career SES employees in the executive reputed company. If you are currently, or have been reputed company the last 5 years, a political appointee, you must disclose that to the reputed company Office. Mobility: Organizational and geographical mobility is essential in developing and managing SES leaders. Individuals selected for SES positions members may be subject to reassignment across geographical, organizational, and functional lines, and may be required to sign a Reassignment Rights and Obligation Agreement. Tiering: The USPTO structures its SES positions into categories (i.e. tiers) to determine the pay reputed company for reputed company position. The categories are based on the position scope, breadth, functions, and placement reputed company the structure of organizational reputed company across the USPTO. USPTO Job Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should request accommodation(s) from the USPTO at http://www.uspto.gov/accommodation.The reputed company Patent and Trademark Office is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the reputed company of race, reputed company, religion, sex, national reputed company, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-reputed company factors. If you reputed company that you have been discriminated against and would like to file an EEO complaint, you must do so reputed company 45 days of the date of the alleged discriminatory reputed company. Claims of employment discrimination must be submitted to the attention of the USPTO's Office of Equal Employment Opportunity reputed company email (oeeo@uspto.gov) or phone (571-272-8292). Expand Hide additional information Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the reputed company of our American reputed company, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the reputed company Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have reputed company to a reputed company of benefits that are designed to reputed company your federal career reputed company rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. 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