Intellectual Property Office
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the UK government agency that administers patents, designs, trademarks, and copyright, operating under the Department
Company facts
- Employees
- 5,000
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Government
About
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the UK government agency that administers patents, designs, trademarks, and copyright, operating under the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. It safeguards intellectual property rights to foster innovation and economic growth, delivering services with high quality, cost control, and transparency. The IPO is governed by a Steering Board and audit committee that ensure compliance with corporate governance and strategic objectives. Its unique position as a public institution gives it a national mandate to protect creators while supporting the UK's competitive advantage in technology and creative industries.
Open positions
Senior Business Analyst
Senior Business Analyst at the UK Intellectual Property Office, working in Agile squads with product managers, designers, developers and testers to deliver internal and external IP services. Day-to-day involves writing user stories with acceptance criteria, eliciting requirements, modelling business processes, and mentoring other BAs. Based in Newport with hybrid working.
Digital Delivery Senior Automation Tester
Senior automation tester at the UK Intellectual Property Office (a government agency) in Newport, writing and maintaining automated UI and API test suites using C#, Selenium, SpecFlow and Azure DevOps within a multi-disciplinary squad delivering Azure-based digital services, on a hybrid basis (at least 20% onsite).