Executive Director, Intellectual Property

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The Executive Director of Intellectual Property (IP) is a highly experienced, strategic, and driven intellectual property attorney who can provide advice and counseling to the business on a broad range of scientific and IP legal issues. This key member of the legal team will report to the Vice President, Intellectual Property and will be responsible for providing IP legal support to a number of different programs at various stages of development.

• Independently provide expert IP advice to senior scientific and business leaders and demonstrate thoughtful risk management in decision making
• Responsible for identifying preparation of patent applications, patent prosecution, and annual patent portfolio management to ensure the efficient use of our resources
• Collaborate with various functions within Kardigan to foster a science-driven and innovative environment that ensures that IP is effectively identified, captured and filed
• Oversee strategies for addressing competitor IP, including administrative proceedings such as oppositions, post-grant reviews, inter-partes reviews, and re-examinations
• Provide IP transactional support for business transactions, clinical agreements, collaborative research agreements, and license and acquisition agreements
• Manage the relationships and agreements with external legal counsel, and vendors

Advanced degree in chemical sciences with synthetic laboratory experience is required (Ph.D. organic chemistry is beneficial)

Law degree from an ABA-accredited law school Admitted to the bar of at least one U.S. State or the District of Columbia Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

15 - 25 years of professional legal experience as a patent professional (e.g., patent agent or patent attorney, etc.)

Prior experiences as a member of an in-house legal team in a pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or biotechnology company, including management of complex patent portfolio and pharmaceutical product support

Experience supporting a clinical asset from phase 3 through product launch is strongly preferred

Direct experience in supporting ANDA litigation is also preferred

Experience in proprietary name selection and trademark clearance is a plus

Exact Compensation may vary based on skills, experience and location. Pay range $280,000 - $381,000 USD