Senior Director, Intellectual Property
Patient-Inspired
At Travere Therapeutics, we recognize that our exceptional employees are vital to our success. We are a dedicated team focused on meeting the unique needs of rare patients. Our work is rewarding – both professionally and personally – because we are making a difference.
Responsibilities
Manage and advise on assigned patent portfolios, including patent strategy, prosecution, continuation practice, product development opportunities, and portfolio optimization.
Work with outside counsel to support the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance, and strategic development of patent applications in the United States and internationally.
Review and provide input on office action responses, claim strategy, patent filings, portfolio reports, and prosecution recommendations.
Support regular portfolio reviews to assess strengths, gaps, upcoming deadlines, competitive risks, and opportunities for additional protection.
Collaborate with the VP, IP, outside counsel, and internal stakeholders to ensure patent strategies align with R&D, regulatory, commercial, and business development priorities.
Monitor third-party patents, patent applications, publications, and competitive activity relevant to assigned programs.
Provide IP support for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements in collaboration with other members of the Legal Department.
Advise on IP-related provisions in confidentiality agreements, research agreements, services agreements, license agreements, collaboration agreements, manufacturing/supply arrangements, and other strategic contracts.
Lead intellectual property due diligence activities for business development, licensing, acquisition, collaboration, and strategic transaction opportunities.
Prepare practical IP risk assessments and diligence summaries for Legal, Business Development, R&D, and executive stakeholders.
Support integration of new assets into Travere's IP portfolio, including patent ownership review, prosecution strategy, patent family tracking, and outside counsel coordination.
Work closely with R&D, clinical, regulatory, and other technical teams to monitor emerging data, new uses, formulations, methods, manufacturing improvements, publications, and other potentially protectable innovations.
Review proposed publications, abstracts, posters, presentations, clinical trial postings, and other external scientific disclosures for IP, confidentiality, patent-filing, and product-protection implications, coordinating with R&D, Medical/Scientific Communications, Regulatory, outside counsel, and the VP, IP as appropriate.
Lead invention identification, disclosure evaluation, and patent-filing strategy for assigned programs.
Provide practical IP counseling to scientific and business teams to support product development, product planning, and protection of Travere's innovations.
Support internal IP education and awareness to help teams recognize and preserve opportunities for IP protection.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute patent term extension and regulatory exclusivity strategies supporting development and commercialization objectives.
Monitor and advise on regulatory exclusivity issues relevant to assigned assets.
Serve as a key legal and strategic advisor on intellectual property litigation, Hatch-Waxman matters, Paragraph IV challenges, and related disputes.
Assist with patent analysis, file history review, technical support, document coordination, litigation strategy support, and outside counsel management.
Help prepare privileged analyses, internal updates, and executive-level summaries regarding litigation risk, dispute strategy, and patent challenges.
Coordinate with outside litigation counsel and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment between litigation strategy, prosecution strategy, regulatory strategy, and business objectives.
Manage Outside IP Counsel and IP Operations Support.
Manage outside IP counsel on assigned matters to ensure high-quality, timely, business-oriented, and cost-effective work.
Support budget tracking, invoice review, matter management, and outside counsel performance assessment for assigned matters.
Develop scalable IP processes, templates, trackers, and reporting tools.
Maintain organized, accurate, and privilege-sensitive records for assigned IP matters.
Qualifications
J.D. degree from a law school of recognized standing, with active membership and in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office required or strongly preferred.
Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, or another relevant life sciences discipline required.
Advanced degree in chemistry, biology, or another related life sciences field strongly preferred.
Approximately 10+ years of relevant intellectual property experience, with significant in-house and/or law firm experience in the biopharmaceutical sector.
Significant experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences intellectual property.
Strong experience with patent portfolio management, global patent prosecution, outside counsel management, and patent strategy.
Experience supporting IP aspects of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements.
Experience counseling R&D or technical teams on invention capture and patent protection.
Experience with patent term extensions, market exclusive activities (e.g., pediatric, orphan drug), Orange Book / Purple Book listings, clinical trial postings, IND / NDA / BLA submissions, or related product development management matters preferred.
Experience analyzing and supporting IP litigation, Hatch-Waxman / Paragraph IV matters, patent disputes, or enforcement strategy preferred.
Strong knowledge of global IP laws, regulations, and patent office practices.