Patent Counsel
Bristol Myers Squibb
5 hours ago
Remote friendly (Cambridge Crossing, FL)
United States
Corporate Functions
Title: Patent Counsel – Innovation Law
Location: Princeton, NJ; Cambridge, MA; San Diego, CA
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare and prosecute patent applications (drafting, filing, and managing responses to office actions globally).
- Conduct freedom-to-operate analyses; advise on patentability and infringement issues.
- Manage patent portfolios (patent landscape analyses and patent strategy development).
- Provide due diligence support for business development (evaluate IP portfolios of partners and acquisition targets).
- Draft and negotiate license and research collaboration agreements.
- Manage relationships with outside counsel to ensure high-quality, cost-effective legal services.
- Provide IP-related guidance to business and technical teams.
- Stay current on patent laws and regulations and ensure compliance.
Qualifications:
- Registered to practice before the USPTO.
- J.D. degree.
- 7–10 years of patent law experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry.
- Bachelor’s degree (chemistry/biochemistry/pharmaceutical sciences); advanced degree and/or scientific research experience preferred.
- Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Service-oriented; able to work in cross-functional teams and drive results.
- High integrity and judgment; ability to assess business risk and communicate legal issues to stakeholders.
Benefits (explicitly listed):
- Health coverage (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision); wellbeing programs; 401(k), disability, life/accident insurance, supplemental health, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, survivor support.
- Paid Time Off: flexible time off (unlimited for US exempt, with manager approval) and paid national holidays; annual paid vacation for certain roles; additional eligibility for paid sick time, volunteer days, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence, and Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Compensation Overview (explicitly listed):
- Cambridge Crossing: $229,640–$278,265; Princeton, NJ: $208,760–$252,968; San Diego, CA: $229,640–$278,265.
Application instructions:
- If interested but resume doesn’t fully align, encouraged to apply anyway.
Location: Princeton, NJ; Cambridge, MA; San Diego, CA
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare and prosecute patent applications (drafting, filing, and managing responses to office actions globally).
- Conduct freedom-to-operate analyses; advise on patentability and infringement issues.
- Manage patent portfolios (patent landscape analyses and patent strategy development).
- Provide due diligence support for business development (evaluate IP portfolios of partners and acquisition targets).
- Draft and negotiate license and research collaboration agreements.
- Manage relationships with outside counsel to ensure high-quality, cost-effective legal services.
- Provide IP-related guidance to business and technical teams.
- Stay current on patent laws and regulations and ensure compliance.
Qualifications:
- Registered to practice before the USPTO.
- J.D. degree.
- 7–10 years of patent law experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry.
- Bachelor’s degree (chemistry/biochemistry/pharmaceutical sciences); advanced degree and/or scientific research experience preferred.
- Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Service-oriented; able to work in cross-functional teams and drive results.
- High integrity and judgment; ability to assess business risk and communicate legal issues to stakeholders.
Benefits (explicitly listed):
- Health coverage (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision); wellbeing programs; 401(k), disability, life/accident insurance, supplemental health, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, survivor support.
- Paid Time Off: flexible time off (unlimited for US exempt, with manager approval) and paid national holidays; annual paid vacation for certain roles; additional eligibility for paid sick time, volunteer days, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence, and Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Compensation Overview (explicitly listed):
- Cambridge Crossing: $229,640–$278,265; Princeton, NJ: $208,760–$252,968; San Diego, CA: $229,640–$278,265.
Application instructions:
- If interested but resume doesn’t fully align, encouraged to apply anyway.