Senior Director, Intellectual Property
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Senior Director of Intellectual Property responsible for managing patent strategies at Crinetics Pharmaceuticals. Overseeing IP protection and patent prosecution in collaboration with various teams.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement strategies to protect Crinetics’ intellectual property
- Manage patent prosecution in-house and by outside counsel
- Identify commercially valuable IP in collaboration with teams
- Manage prosecution of high-quality patent applications
- Conduct and manage freedom-to-operate and patentability analyses
- Review and assist in negotiating IP provisions of agreements
- Provide coaching and mentoring to direct reports
Requirements:
- Licensed US attorney with USPTO registration number
- Minimum 13 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life science industry
- Minimum 5 years of experience as an attorney at a law firm
- Minimum 3 years as in-house IP counsel or patent counsel
- Minimum 10 years in a supervisory/leadership role
- Graduate degree in chemistry, preferably organic chemistry
- Strong experience with foreign and US patent prosecution
- Familiarity with IP management systems
Benefits:
- Health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision)
- Discretionary annual target bonus
- Stock options
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- 401k match
- 20 days of PTO
- 10 paid holidays
- Winter company shutdown
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