Senior Director, Intellectual Property
About Us
Kardigan is a heart health company dedicated to preventing, curing, and reducing the impact of cardiovascular diseases globally. Founded by Tassos Gianakakos, Jay Edelberg, M.D., Ph.D., and Bob McDowell, Ph.D., Kardigan aims to develop multiple targeted treatments through its cutting-edge discovery and translational research platform. The company's success story includes the acquisition of MyoKardia by Bristol Myers Squibb in 2020, which led to the development of mavacamten, the first cardiac myosin inhibitor.
Position Title
Senior Director, Intellectual Property
Department
Legal
Reports To
Vice President, Intellectual Property
Location
South San Francisco, CA or Princeton, NJ – On-site 4 days per week (Mon to Thurs)
Job Overview
The Senior Director of Intellectual Property (IP) is a highly experienced, strategic, and driven intellectual property attorney who provides advice and counseling on a broad range of scientific and IP legal issues. This key member of the legal team supports a variety of programs at different stages of development.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Conceptualize, develop, implement, and manage intellectual property portfolio strategies worldwide to maximize value and utility of IP assets for current and future commercial assets
- Independently provide expert IP advice to senior scientific and business leaders and demonstrate thoughtful risk management in decision making
- Identify, prepare, and prosecute patent applications; manage annual patent portfolio management to ensure efficient use of resources
- Collaborate with various functions within Kardigan to foster a science-driven and innovative environment that ensures effective identification, capture, and filing of IP
- Oversee strategies for addressing competitor IP, including administrative proceedings such as oppositions, post-grant reviews, inter-parties reviews, and re-examinations
- Provide IP transactional support for business transactions, clinical agreements, collaborative research agreements, and license and acquisition agreements
- Manage relationships and agreements with external legal counsel and vendors
Qualifications And Preferred Skills
- Advanced degree in chemical sciences with synthetic laboratory experience (Ph.D. organic chemistry 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)
- 10-20 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 commercial product is a plus, but not required