Senior Intellectual Property Counsel

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Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At SCIEX, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As part of SCIEX, you will help to influence life changing research and outcomes, while accelerating your potential. For more than 50 years, we have been empowering our customers to solve the most impactful analytical challenges in quantitation and characterization through ground-breaking innovation and outstanding reliability and support. You will be part of a winning team, enabled by DBS, that is passionate about helping life science experts around the world get to answers they can trust.

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The Senior Intellectual Property Counsel is responsible for protecting SCIEX’s innovations by procuring and managing intellectual property rights of SCIEX and managing freedom to operate thereof.

This position reports to the Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and is part of the Legal Department located in Marlborough, MA and will be fully remote . There is a strong preference for candidates to be within commutable distance of Marlborough, MA office.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Serve as trusted counsel on IP issues (e.g., invention mining, patentability, patent prosecution and freedom to operate), locally and globally, by giving solid and practical IP legal advice to various stakeholders, including business executives.
• Leads outside counsel in the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications for the portion of SCIEX’s portfolio that this position individually is responsible for with a focus on quality, output, and cost.
• Negotiates, drafts, and reviews agreements such as licenses, research agreements, collaboration agreements, confidentiality agreements and material transfer agreements.
• Conducts freedom to operate assessments on emerging technology.
• Provides educational presentations and other training on IP matters to Sciex associates.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Juris Doctorate with excellent academic credentials from an accredited law school.
• Active bar membership.
• Admitted to practice, including on a limited basis, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
• Experience in biology, chemistry, and physics with working knowledge of software. Alternatively, experience in software with working knowledge of life sciences.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in a law firm and as in-house counsel is required, with experience managing a global IP portfolio and counseling stakeholders to business executives.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel – 10 % travel, overnight, within country and internationally

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Strong process orientation, problem solving skills, and a commitment to delivering results.
• Ability to perform exceptionally in fast paced, performance-oriented environment with a sense of urgency.
• Lawyer skilled in the art of executive communication and appropriate escalation.
• Able to command the respect of, and influence, business leaders, peers, team and outside counsel across a wide spectrum of experience and sophistication up to c-level executives. 

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At SCIEX we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for SCIEX can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $215,667 - $237,500. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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