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
Business Analyst
Business Analyst in the UK Intellectual Property Office's DDaT team, based in Newport with hybrid working (at least 20% onsite). Day to day: eliciting and documenting requirements, modelling business processes, analysing current and future ways of working, and supporting stakeholders across project and service lifecycles. Permanent, HEI grade, £36,736.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Lead DevOps Engineer at the UK Intellectual Property Office: hands-on technical leadership of CI/CD and Azure platform engineering, plus mentoring and light line management of 3-4 DevOps engineers. Core tech: Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, Azure, OpenTofu/Terraform, AKS, and scripting.
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.
Lead DevOps Engineer (DevOps Specialist Lead) - Newport
Lead DevOps Engineer at the UK Intellectual Property Office in Newport: hands-on technical leadership, mentoring and light line management of 3-4 engineers, and designing CI/CD and cloud infrastructure. Core stack: Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, Azure, OpenTofu/Terraform, AKS, Python/Bash/PowerShell. Hybrid with weekly onsite attendance.