Associate VP – Assistant General Patent Counsel, IP Transactions

🕒 June 27

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Eli Lilly and Company

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10,000+ employees

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🏥 Healthcare

🧬 Biotechnology

💰 $6.5M Post-IPO Debt - Eli Lilly on 2024-02

Pharmaceuticals • Healthcare • Biotechnology

Eli Lilly and Company is a multinational pharmaceutical company that researches, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines across multiple therapeutic areas including diabetes, oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and pain. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lilly is known for its extensive R&D, clinical development, and global commercialization of biologic and small-molecule drugs. The company focuses on drug discovery, clinical trials, regulatory approvals, and large-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution.

📋 Description

• Provide IP legal advice for manufacturing/supply chain transactions relating to innovative technologies for commercial supply chains to advance supply chain resilience across Lilly’s global manufacturing network; this includes drafting, reviewing, and negotiating scientific and IP-related provisions in a range of manufacturing/supply chain agreements • Provide IP legal analysis and advice to cross-functional deal teams that facilitate external innovation. Responsibilities include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating scientific and IP-related provisions in a variety of agreements, including complex IP licenses, research collaborations, mergers/acquisitions, material and data transfers, and clinical trial agreements • Advise senior leadership and management in manufacturing, business development, therapeutic business units, and Lilly Research Labs and facilitate and coordinate post-execution integration

🎯 Requirements

• Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree from an accredited U.S. institution • Seven or more years of post-JD experience as a practicing patent attorney with significant transaction negotiation experience, including in-licensing, out-licensing, divestures, and acquisitions of platform technology to clinical assets to manufacturing innovation to commercial products, in a law firm or industry • Presently admitted to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction and presently licensed to represent clients in patent matters before the USPTO; in good standing in each state and in the USPTO; no discipline issues on record • Bachelor’s degree or higher in a scientific field that together with prior work experience, provides essential background for effective communication with scientists and management about scientific aspects of discovery, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of all aspects of pharmaceutical products • Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position

🏖️ Benefits

• eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k) • pension • vacation benefits • eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits • flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts) • life insurance and death benefits • certain time off and leave of absence benefits • well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)