Paralegal - IP, Litigation & Public Policy

Innovation Starts With You

Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities-for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world's most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you'll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what's next. You'll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business-creating value in the world around us.

Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation.

The Paralegal - IP, Litigation, and Public Policy provides advanced paralegal support to Belden's Legal team with a primary focus on intellectual property portfolio operations, litigation support, and legal documentation that enables business execution. The role administers IP systems and processes, including invention disclosures, prosecution support, and annuity coordination, while partnering with internal stakeholders and outside counsel globally. This position also supports contract and compliance workflows, including policy and training enablement, under attorney direction. The role requires strong judgment, confidentiality discipline, and a continuous-improvement mindset.

This is a hybrid position to the greater Syracuse area and reports to the VP, Assistant General Counsel and Chief Counsel - IP, Litigation, and Public Policy.

You will make a difference in the following ways:

• Administer Belden's IP portfolio and systems by managing invention disclosures, portfolio databases, filing and prosecution workflows, and coordination with outside counsel regarding the prosecution of patent and trademark matters throughout the world.
• Drive IP program best practices including trade secret identification and protection support, offensive/defensive IP process support, patent marking compliance administration, and IP metrics reporting.
• Support litigation and dispute matters by tracking matters, coordinating document collection and discovery support, assisting with legal holds, and liaising with outside counsel as directed by attorneys.
• Draft, prepare, and redline various legal documents and support continuous improvement of legal templates, policies, best practice guidelines, and department procedures.
• Leverage advanced AI and other data analytics tools to achieve greater IP and litigation function capabilities and efficiencies, enable continuous improvement, and foster the Company's culture of innovation at an ever increasing speed and volume than ever before.
• Enable compliance, governance, and training activities by supporting policy rollouts, training logistics, and legal documentation in accordance with company requirements.
• Manage legal operations activities including annuity and maintenance fee reporting and payments, the Company's Inventor Award Program worldwide, generating patent data reporting, managing the companies IP management tools, IP and broader legal spend tracking, invoice processing, and outside counsel billing guideline compliance.

What you bring:

• Paralegal certificate/degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 10 years of corporate and law firm legal experience relevant to supporting IP and complex legal matters.
• Demonstrated knowledge of IP process and deadlines, including coordination with outside counsel and strong understanding of attorney-client privilege and confidentiality best practices.
• Excellent organization, communication, effective writing, and execution skills with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and work with minimal supervision across multiple stakeholders.
• Proven ability to review/edit legal documents and improve processes, including experience leveraging AI or data analytics tools to increase efficiency and consistency.

Applicants can expect a base compensation range of $110,000 - $140,000 annually, plus benefits and additional incentives based on the level of the role. This is the reasonable estimate that Belden believes it might pay for this job based on applicable circumstances at the time of posting. Belden may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law, and commensurate with the applicant's experience, qualifications, and geographical location.

Belden also offers hybrid and remote work practices where feasible and provides employees with benefits that could include health/dental/vision, long term/short term disability, life insurance, HSA/FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, paid leave for volunteer work in your community, training opportunities, professional talent management and succession planning, corporate health well-being initiatives and a work culture which includes commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability!

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Let's Create Possibilities Together.

Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you'll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you.

These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.