Senior Patent Counsel, Immunology

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Legal & Compliance

Job Sub Function:

Intellectual Property Law

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, San Diego, California, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

The Johnson & Johnson Global Legal Organization is recruiting for a Senior Patent Counsel, Immunology to be based in Spring House, PA, New Brunswick, NJ, San Diego, CA, or Cambridge, MA.

As a Senior Patent Counsel, Immunology, you will:

• Primarily support Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine and more specifically, the immunology business.
• Provide a full range of patent support functions, including patent preparation and prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis, rendering opinions, managing outside counsel, drafting and negotiating license and research collaboration agreements, providing due diligence support for business development and client counseling.
• Develop and execute best-in-class patent filing strategies within the Innovative Medicine patent team in an ever-evolving IP environment.
• Regularly make presentations and engage with the business regarding intellectual property and related partnership and contractual matters.
   

Qualifications:

• A minimum of an undergraduate degree in a biological or chemical-related science is required; an advanced degree or industry experience is preferred.
• A Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school, an active license to practice law in at least one state or the District of Columbia and admission to the USPTO or equivalent bar is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of large or small molecule patent experience at a law firm or in-house legal department of a multinational corporation is required.
• Ability to articulate and positively engage clients and internal partners is required.
• Capability to give well-organized, thoughtful presentations to upper management is required.
• A demonstrated competency in the field of pharmaceutical discovery, development, and commercialization is required.
• Working competency with protein, biologic, cellular, and/or synthetic molecule technologies with a required competency for analyzing legal matters associated with the research, development, and commercialization of protein, biologic, cellular, and/or synthetic molecules and pharmaceutical products.
• Substantial experience drafting and prosecuting pharmaceutical-related patent applications is required.
• Experience in rendering patentability and non-infringement opinions is required.
• Experience in due diligence activities, license/agreement drafting and negotiation is preferred.
• The ability to accommodate occasional travel is required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.  

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$146,000-$251,850

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit pr