Job Details
A Global Life Sciences Company is seeking to hire a Global Head of Intellectual Property to join its New Jersey office. The position will report directly to the General Counsel.
Qualifications:
- J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school (or the equivalent); high degree of academic achievement
- Licensed to practice law in one or more U.S. states, either admission to the New Jersey Bar or eligibility to register as in-house counsel in New Jersey
- Admission to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Post-graduate degree, preferably in biochemistry, chemistry, biology or related discipline
- 10+ years of law firm or corporate legal department experience, including experience drafting and prosecuting biotech/biological patent applications, rendering patentability and infringement opinions and drafting and negotiating licensing and other technology transactions
- Experience managing intellectual property attorneys
Responsibilities:
- Oversee and direct global IP strategy, partnering closely with the General Counsel to guide the business
- Direct a full range of patent support functions (including patent preparation and prosecution, maintenance and post-grant proceedings in the U.S. and other jurisdictions)
- Manage freedom-to-operate studies, render opinions, and manage outside counsel
- Support commercial transactions and help drive IP business development and collaboration opportunities relating to IP matters
- Develop and manage a global IP team and manage outside counsel expenses
- Manage IP Litigation matters
- Oversee compliance under various license agreements and other IP agreements
- Partner with R&D and business teams
Compensation is commensurate with experience