Senior Manager IP

Job Description:

Responsibilities

•  Portfolio Management & Strategy
• Manage the IP portfolio, including patents and trademarks, across multiple jurisdictions.
• Lead the development and execution of IP strategies aligned with R&D and commercial objectives.
• Conduct thorough IP due diligence to support product selection, licensing, M&A, and strategic partnerships.
• Oversee patent life cycle management, including drafting, filing, prosecution, opposition, maintenance, and strategic abandonment.
• Guide new product opportunity identification through an IP lens, enabling lifecycle extension and exclusivity strategies.
• Perform prior art searches, patentability assessments, landscape analysis, and freedom-to-operate (FTO)evaluations.
• Analyze Orange Book-listed patents & Pending Patent Applications and develop IP strategies in compliance with regulatory and legal requirements.
• Generate risk assessment reports & provide IP clearances for proposed formulations, synthesis routes, polymorphs, and manufacturing processes.
• Analyze the IP to develop non-infringement and patent invalidation strategies, including prior art search and claim construction.
• Provide scientific and technical input to attorneys while responding to office actions.
•  Litigation & Regulatory Support
• Provide strategic support to the Legal team on patent litigations, including IPR (Inter Partes Review) and PGR (Post-Grant Review) proceedings.
• Develop claim construction and invalidity arguments, leveraging prior art and technical literature.
• Monitor ongoing litigations, especially within the U.S., and assess potential business impact.