VP of Delivery

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VP of Delivery leading Lumenci’s US and India technical consulting team. Owning patent litigation evidence, client relationships, delivery operations, and practice growth.

Responsibilities:

  • Run the delivery business and own a portfolio of client matters from scoping and pricing through on-time, on-budget completion
  • Own margin, utilization, budget-to-actuals, change orders, staffing, and risk management across the practice
  • Report business results to the Chief Delivery Officer and executive leadership
  • Serve as senior point of accountability on high-value matters and fast-turn litigation analyses
  • Lead US and India technical consultants and analysts, including direct reports and matrixed contributors
  • Manage distributed delivery workflows, daily handoffs, review cycles, and protective-order staffing
  • Own hiring with People Operations, performance cycles, feedback, calibration, compensation recommendations, and career paths
  • Build a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and psychological safety
  • Serve as senior relationship owner for clients and counsel; lead status, strategy, escalation, and expectation-setting conversations
  • Advise clients on approach, feasibility, trade-offs, and findings
  • Grow accounts through strong delivery and identify follow-on work
  • Represent Lumenci at industry events, panels, and CLE programs
  • Review and sign off on EoU claim charts
  • Direct source code, reverse engineering, and technical diligence work
  • Perform hands-on analysis in area of expertise and shape technical narratives for litigation and licensing strategy
  • Partner with testifying experts and review reports and exhibits
  • Set quality standards, review protocols, documentation, peer review, and defensibility checks
  • Build repeatable methods, playbooks, training, workflow, capacity tracking, and knowledge management
  • Champion AI-enabled tools and partner with product, legal, finance, and People Operations

Requirements:

  • 12+ years in technical IP consulting or patent litigation support, including significant hands-on work in at least one core area before moving into leadership
  • 5+ years leading technical delivery teams, including hiring, performance reviews, coaching, and career development
  • Solid general understanding of the other core areas and credibility to review work, challenge weak analysis, and defend findings with clients and experts
  • Deep knowledge of at least one high-tech domain
  • Experience owning margin, utilization, and budgets across a portfolio of matters, with planning, pricing, resourcing, and risk management
  • Experience leading distributed teams across time zones, ideally including India-based teams
  • Track record of growing technical talent and promoting consultants into senior roles
  • Experience building processes, standards, or tools that improved team operations
  • Ability to explain complex technical concepts to executives, counsel, judges, and juries, and write strong reports and expert materials
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship
  • Hands-on experience in at least one of: EoU/infringement claim charts, reverse engineering/product teardown, source code analysis, or technical diligence
  • Preferred technical/domain knowledge across telecommunications, semiconductors, hardware, AI/ML, cloud, software, platforms, consumer, automotive, or medical technology
  • Nice-to-have experience with C, C++, Java, Python, Verilog, or VHDL
  • Nice-to-have experience with invalidity claim charts, expert report support, testifying experts, IPR/post-grant proceedings, SEP/FRAND, damages and royalty analysis, licensing and monetization, trade secrets, AI-assisted analysis, or analysis tools
  • Advanced degree, JD, USPTO registration, active bar license, PMP, or Certified ScrumMaster are nice to have, not required

Benefits:

  • Merit-based promotions and professional growth and development opportunities
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with significant company contributions toward employee premiums
  • 401(k) program with competitive employer matching contribution
  • Year-end bonus
  • Variable performance bonus programs
  • Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Designated company holidays
  • Additional floating holidays
  • Wellness Leave
  • Paid bereavement leave
  • Paid parental bonding leave
  • Flexible, remote-first work environment
  • Professional development resources and mentorship
  • Career advancement opportunities