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Senior Director, Intellectual Property Counsel

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $320k - $336k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Spyre Therapeutics

11 - 50 employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

Healthcare • Consulting • Manufacturing

Spyre Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The company is committed to creating best-in-class antibodies, rational therapeutic combinations, and employing precision immunology approaches to enhance treatment efficacy and convenience for IBD patients. With a team experienced in developing and commercializing treatments across various diseases, Spyre Therapeutics is dedicated to improving treatment options and outcomes for patients through advanced research in immunology. The company fosters a collaborative and innovative environment to achieve its mission of providing promising new treatment options for IBD.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute global intellectual property strategies aligned with the company’s pipeline, research priorities, and corporate objectives • Build and manage patent portfolios covering drug candidates, formulations, manufacturing processes, methods of use, and other innovations • Draft, review, and oversee preparation and prosecution of U.S. and international patent applications • Evaluate invention disclosures and identify patentable discoveries with scientists • Identify and protect trade secrets • Conduct and oversee freedom-to-operate, patentability, validity, and infringement analyses • Support life cycle and exclusivity planning, including patent term extension opportunities • Monitor competitor patent activity and relevant intellectual property developments • Support trademark clearance and protection for product brand names • Advise discovery, translational science, CMC, clinical development, and other internal teams • Review publications, presentations, and external disclosures to protect intellectual property • Provide guidance on inventorship, ownership, confidentiality, trade secrets, and intellectual property risks • Educate internal stakeholders on intellectual property practices • Support intellectual property aspects of licensing, research collaborations, co-development agreements, material transfer agreements, and other strategic transactions • Conduct and support intellectual property due diligence • Draft, review, and negotiate intellectual property provisions in agreements • Select, direct, and oversee outside patent counsel and intellectual property service providers globally • Oversee patent dockets, filing deadlines, annuities, and portfolio records • Manage intellectual property budgets, forecasts, and outside counsel spending • Recommend portfolio prioritization and resource allocation • Advise executive leadership and potentially assume Chief Intellectual Property Counsel responsibilities

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school • Active admission to at least one U.S. state bar • Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office • At least 12 years of relevant biotechnology or pharmaceutical patent law experience • Experience at a leading intellectual property law firm and within an in-house biotechnology or pharmaceutical legal department • Strong technical understanding of biological and pharmaceutical drug discovery and development, particularly biologics, antibodies, immunology, and inflammation • Extensive hands-on experience drafting and prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications and managing complex global patent portfolios • Experience with patent disputes, oppositions, or other post-grant proceedings • Experience conducting freedom-to-operate, patentability, validity, and infringement analyses • Experience supporting intellectual property due diligence and negotiating intellectual property provisions in licensing and collaboration agreements • Ability to oversee outside counsel, manage budgets, and prioritize competing demands • Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex legal and scientific issues clearly • Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and build effective relationships across scientific and business teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Market competitive compensation and benefits package • Performance bonus • Equity grant opportunities • Health benefits • Welfare benefits • Retirement benefits • Unlimited PTO • Two, one-week company-wide shutdowns each year • Professional development opportunities • Remote working environment with frequent in-person meetings • Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and contribute to meaningful medicines

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