Sr. Patent Counsel – Program Strategy & Litigation

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💵 $252k - $346.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2008

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Consulting • Biotechnology

argenx is a biotechnology company committed to improving the lives of patients through immunology innovation. The company focuses on developing novel antibody-based therapies to treat severe autoimmune diseases. Using a collaborative approach with pioneering scientists and academic partners, argenx accelerates the discovery of therapeutic antibodies that target specific disease pathways. The company's proprietary products, such as efgartigimod, are aimed at treating diseases where IgG antibodies are pathogenic. Argenx emphasizes innovation, science of collaboration, and patient-centric approaches in its mission to deliver life-changing medical solutions.

📋 Description

• Develop creative, business-aligned patent protection and enforcement strategies • Build and manage global patent portfolios and oversee patent preparation, filing, and prosecution in the United States, Europe, and other key jurisdictions • Strengthen litigation readiness and lead or support patent disputes with internal teams and external counsel • Lead global IP dispute strategy and execution, including patent litigation, biosimilar disputes, patent-office challenges and oppositions, and related trade secret or contractual disputes • Act as strategic IP partner to global project teams responsible for key drug candidates • Translate complex science and patent issues into recommendations supporting product development, commercialization, and portfolio value • Identify and protect inventions, assess inventorship, manage public disclosures, and strengthen trade secret protection • Conduct infringement, validity, freedom-to-operate, and competitive landscape analyses • Lead patent-related diligence and support licensing, collaborations, partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions • Review, draft, and negotiate IP provisions and agreements • Manage external counsel and business partners, align priorities and resources, and deliver portfolio reviews and long-range planning • Evaluate infringement, validity, enforceability, evidence, and business exposure; develop enforcement, defense, and settlement options • Direct external counsel in global IP litigations and contested matters; oversee case plans, budgets, discovery, experts, witnesses, and key submissions • Lead pre-dispute planning and biosimilar readiness, including evidence preservation, legal holds, and witness preparation • Lead patent strategy for assigned programs, including portfolio development, prosecution, invention and disclosure management, and freedom-to-operate assessment • Partner with program attorneys to strengthen defensibility and enforcement options across the portfolio • Pilot approved agent-assisted workflows for dispute monitoring, evidence chronologies, document triage, reference verification, and matter reporting • Define agent tasks, authoritative inputs, review checkpoints, and escalation rules while maintaining attorney accountability • Partner with IP operations and technology colleagues to turn pilots into repeatable practices, share learning, and coach colleagues

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree • Active membership in good standing in at least one US state bar • Registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) • At least eight years of life sciences patent experience • Substantial hands-on US BPCIA or ANDA patent litigation or contested-matter experience • Demonstrated ability to lead complex disputes or major workstreams • Large-molecule experience • Ability to connect litigation risk and enforcement objectives with portfolio development, prosecution, and business strategy • Genuine, demonstrable appetite and curiosity to help drive an evolving agentic IP team • Willingness to learn emerging AI capabilities, question established processes, experiment responsibly, and help colleagues adopt better ways of working • Strong legal and business judgment • Ability to explain complex issues clearly, make practical recommendations, and collaborate effectively across scientific, commercial, and legal teams • Advanced life sciences degree, preferably at least a thesis-based master's degree in biology or a related field (preferred) • Biosimilar litigation experience strongly preferred • Patent-office challenges, cross-border disputes, trial or appeal experience, and licensing or settlement negotiations are valuable • Experience improving legal workflows or using AI, automation, or knowledge tools is welcome • Prior agent-building experience and coding skills are not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Short-term and long-term incentive programs, subject to plan terms and applicable policies • Comprehensive benefits package • Retirement savings plans • Health benefits • Equal consideration without discrimination • Reasonable accommodation in application, interviewing, and candidate selection processes

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