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Group Lead Intellectual Property Counsel

Princeton, NJ, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead intellectual property strategy and litigation for a pharmaceutical company's North America business, protecting innovative and generic healthcare solutions.

Role type

Senior in-house Group Lead Intellectual Property Counsel

Builds

Patent litigation strategies, freedom-to-operate analyses, and IP portfolios for small and large molecule drugs

Domain

Pharmaceutical industry, patent law, and regulatory exclusivities

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Patent litigation strategy, Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA litigation, patent prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis, IP due diligence, regulatory exclusivity management

Preferred skills

Team leadership, complex multi-stakeholder program management, IPR proceedings experience

Technologies

USPTO, Hatch-Waxman, BPCIA

Responsibilities

Define and execute long-term IP strategies, manage North America patent litigation dockets, guide legal claims and litigation strategies, ensure freedom-to-operate for products, supervise patent application drafting and prosecution, lead IP due diligence for partnerships, provide senior IP input to commercial teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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