Portfolio Management Director

Responsibilities

• Review invention disclosures, make filing decisions, and manage the work of internal and external prosecution counsels to best achieve the desired portfolio strategy within budget
• Together with engineers, counsels, and the Licensing Support team, create/review claim charts to progress the prosecution matters such as claim amendments, continuation/divisional strategies, national filing decisions, and to fulfill other patent projects
• Attain in-depth knowledge of proposing claim sets, amendments, continuation/divisional strategies, and other prosecution actions to support strategic objectives
• Actively participate in portfolio management meetings with engineers, prosecution counsels and other members of the Patents team
• Work closely with the Licensing Support team to ensure that portfolios are prosecuted in a manner that is aligned with the company’s licensing programs or other corporate initiatives
• Cook up with the engineers and engineering management on patent-related topics
• Track status of assigned portfolio(s) and provide updates to company stakeholders
• Support the Litigation team during litigation on due diligence and other litigation-related matters
• Coordinate the defense of patents in response to third-party validity challenges
• Collaborate with the Patents team on a variety of patent-related projects (e.g., SDO policy review and compliance, coordination with joint venture partners, portfolio acquisition due diligence, and/or portfolio sale efforts)

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in portfolio management
• An aptitude for learning new and complex technology, and an ability to communicate with a global mindset at all levels of the organization
• Extensive experience with cellular-related technologies (e.g., LTE, 5G), standards organizations (e.g., 3GPP), and patent pools
• Experience reviewing and modifying claim charts; experience developing claim charts is highly preferred
• BS or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Physics, Electronics, or a related technology area relevant to InterDigital’s business concerns
• Experience with patent databases and/or workflow-driven IP asset management software preferred
• Willingness to travel, including internationally