Description:
We are looking for a Director, Patent Counsel to join our team.Responsibilities:
As part of our team, you will:
- Lead the negotiation and finalizing of licensing agreements including the drafting of language to address complex legal and business concepts.
- Lead the negotiation and finalizing of NDA's
- Work with the litigation team to support litigation strategy and execution.
- Support licensing executives in achieving business goals and targets.
- Must be able to multitask across multiple licensing engagements and must be able to handle several license negotiations concurrently.
- Demonstrate strategic thinking and a broad business perspective to design and develop projects, processes, and content relevant especially for our patent licensing business.
- Influence business strategy to address internal or external business and customer issues.
Required Skills:
You Have:
- 5 Years of experience in litigation and contract drafting.
- J.D. or equivalent.
- Proven deal-making skills – ability to understand all sides in a negotiation while seeking effective and creative solutions.
- Litigation/contract drafting experience in the following markets - OTT/Streaming Video and/or social media is a big plus.
- Good negotiation, influencing and presentation skills as well as a team player mindset.
- Familiarity with patent licenses and related legal agreements is required.
- Project management skills, and determination to see things through to completion.
- Thinks and acts creatively to develop and apply new innovative approaches to complex problems.
- Analytical skills and understanding of financial analyses.
- Able to work with high degree of independence.
- Willingness to travel and to work under pressure.
- Communication skills, excellent command of written and spoken English.