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Senior Director, Intellectual Property Counsel

13 hours, 23 minutes ago
United States
Full-time
Executive
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Spyre Therapeutics

Spyre Therapeutics

Spyre Therapeutics is a leading company dedicated to engineering groundbreaking treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), striving for unparalleled efficacy and convenience in therapy solutions.

Internet Software & Services
1-10
$266M raised
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Description

  • Develop and execute global IP strategies aligned with the pipeline, research priorities, and corporate objectives.
  • Build and manage patent portfolios covering drug candidates, formulations, manufacturing processes, methods of use, and other innovations.
  • Draft, review, and oversee U.S. and international patent applications and prosecution.
  • Evaluate invention disclosures and partner with scientists to develop patent filing strategies.
  • Protect trade secrets and support trademark clearance and protection for product brand names.
  • Conduct freedom-to-operate, patentability, validity, and infringement analyses and recommend risk-mitigation approaches.
  • Advise cross-functional scientific, clinical, CMC, and business teams on IP strategy, disclosures, inventorship, ownership, and confidentiality.
  • Support IP due diligence and negotiate IP provisions for licensing, collaborations, and other strategic transactions.
  • Select and oversee outside counsel, patent dockets, deadlines, annuities, records, and IP service providers.
  • Manage IP budgets and forecasts, prioritize portfolio investments, and advise executive leadership on company-wide IP priorities.

Requirements

  • J.D. from an accredited law school.
  • Active admission to at least one U.S. state bar and registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  • At least 12 years of relevant biotechnology or pharmaceutical patent law experience.
  • Experience at a leading IP law firm and within an in-house biotechnology or pharmaceutical legal department.
  • Strong technical knowledge of biologics and pharmaceutical drug discovery and development, particularly antibodies, immunology, and inflammation.
  • Extensive experience drafting and prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications and managing complex global patent portfolios.
  • Experience conducting freedom-to-operate, patentability, validity, and infringement analyses.
  • Experience supporting IP due diligence and negotiating IP terms in licensing and collaboration agreements.
  • Proven ability to manage outside counsel, budgets, and competing portfolio priorities.
  • Experience with patent disputes, oppositions, or other post-grant proceedings; early-stage biopharma and immunology or inflammatory-disease experience preferred.

Benefits

  • Expected base salary range of $320,000 to $336,000.
  • Performance bonus and equity grant opportunities.
  • Health, welfare, and retirement benefits.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Two one-week company-wide shutdowns annually.
  • Professional development opportunities.
  • Remote work environment with frequent in-person meetings.

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