Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions across the energy value chain. We design, manufacture, and service the technologies that drive the oilfield services and equipment business—supporting our customers with innovative, differentiated, and reliable solutions.
As Chief Intellectual Property Counsel for Oilfield Services & Equipment (OFSE), you will lead the IP strategy for one of Baker Hughes’ largest and most technology‑intensive segments. You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior business, engineering, R&D, and digital leaders, ensuring that intellectual property strategy is tightly aligned with commercial objectives, technology roadmaps, and risk management priorities across both traditional OFSE offerings and digitally enabled solutions.
This position directly reports to the Vice President and General Counsel, Oilfield Services & Equipment, and has an indirect reporting relationship to the Senior Vice President – OFSE Strategy & Technology and the Vice President – OFSE Digital Technology.
Fuel your passion
In this role, you will be responsible for setting and executing the IP strategy for OFSE, overseeing a broad global portfolio of patents, trade secrets, technology licenses, and IP‑related transactions. The role also provides IP leadership and support to the OFSE Digital organization, which delivers digitally enabled products, services, analytics, and software solutions that integrate hardware, data, and digital platforms across the upstream value chain. You will partner closely with product lines, engineering, digital, manufacturing, and legal leadership to protect innovation, enable growth, and manage risk in a highly competitive and fast‑moving technology environment.
Responsibilities
As Chief IP Counsel – OFSE, you will:
To be successful in this role you will:
Why Baker Hughes?
We offer a rewarding career in a global, technology‑driven company where your work directly supports innovation and business growth. You will have the opportunity to shape IP strategy across OFSE and its digital ecosystem, work alongside world‑class engineers and technologists, and contribute to solutions that power the future of energy.
You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Legal Senior Director - IP Counsel
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.
For more than a century, our inventions have revolutionized energy. We harness the power of engineering, data, and science to redefine what's possible. Our diverse portfolio of equipment and service capabilities span the energy and industrial value chain. Our two operating segments, Oilfield Services & Equipment (OFSE) and Industrial & Energy Technology (IET), are organized based on the nature of our markets and customers, and consist of similar products and services. Visit us at bakerhughes.com to learn more.
