South San Francisco, CA30+ days ago
The Vice President, IP will report to the General Counsel.\n \nKey Accountabilities/Core Job Responsibilities:\n\n Lead the creation, development, and execution of strategies for Denali's patent and trademark portfolios, copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property matters, including partnering with Discovery, Development, and Technical Operations leaders to protect platform and product rights through patent portfolios, ensure freedom to operate, and proactively communicate strategies and progress updates to Denali's teams, Leadership, and the Board.\n \n\n Lead and mentor a high-functioning IP Legal team, including creating team organization and function strategy, recruiting top talent, managing resource allocation and the IP Legal budget, and creating and delivering regular reports on team progress.\n \n\n Act as a point of contact and liaison for the IP team to the Corporate Development team.\n \n\n Develop strategic guidance on IP transactional matters to facilitate and support the goals of the Business Development, Contracts, and Alliance Management teams, which may include all aspects of IP transactional work, such as reviewing, drafting, and negotiating IP-related terms in confidentiality, material transfer, collaboration, and licensing agreements, advising on terms of strategic alliances, performing diligence for licensing opportunities.\n \n\n Partner with our Finance and Corporate Legal teams in the preparation, review, and filing of securities filings, including creating and developing disclosure strategies for Discovery and Development related data, drafting and reviewing IP Legal disclosures and risk factors in securities filings, and facilitating the due diligence process related to corporate financings.\n \n\n Counsel teams and leadership at our South San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Zurich sites, in aggressively building and defending Denali's IP rights worldwide, including strategies for Denali's patent portfolio and Denali's competitiveness and freedom to operate for our platform and products, which may include oppositions, inter-parte reviews, and IP-related litigation.\n \n\n Build and manage Denali's partnerships with outside counsel law firms to foster longterm relationships and prioritize and focus work done externally, so that Denali achieves high-quality and cost-effective legal results.\n