Associate VP-Assistant General Patent Counsel IP Transactions

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$225,000 - $330,000

We are seeking an experienced, collaborative, meticulous Associate VP-Assistant General Patent Counsel to join our IP Transactions Team within the Legal department. In this role, you will lead and manage a broad range of corporate transactions and work on cross-functional project teams. You will collaborate with business team members across the organization to ensure that the IP Transactions Team is providing the highest level of service and counsel to bring medicines to patients in need. This role reports to the Vice President - Assistant General Patent Counsel - IP Strategy, Transactions, New Modalities & Oncology. We prefer that this attorney be located in Indianapolis, Indiana, but will consider remote applicants.

Are you seeking a career that makes a difference in the world? We're looking for a hardworking attorney to join our Legal team focused on business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, research and technology collaborations, and innovative partnerships that advance business development and drive innovation at Lilly. We’re interested in a resourceful, team-oriented candidate who has previous experience working in either a law firm or in-house at another pharmaceutical or biotechnology company. We need someone who is interested in working in a dynamic environment with broad responsibility and influence. Do you have experience related to corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property licensing and other related transitions, collaborations, technology platforms or innovative transactions, partnerships, and equity or venture capital-related financings? If you are eager to make an impact on patient lives, join Team Lilly today!

The principal mission of this role is to coordinate with search and evaluation, business development professionals, and transactions lawyers to provide IP due diligence. Additionally, this role will draft, review, and negotiate scientific and IP related provisions in a variety of agreements, including material transfers, patent licenses, research collaborations, and mergers/acquisitions. This role will advise leadership and senior management in business development, therapeutic business units, and Lilly research labs on IP-related diligence and transactional issues. You will facilitate and coordinate post-execution integration, including working with agreement management systems, alliance management, therapeutic business units, and Lilly research labs as necessary.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree
• 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 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 aspects of discovery, development, and commercialization including aspects of pharmaceutical products, such as small molecule, antibody, conjugates, radiolabeled ligands, siRNA, gene therapy, cell therapy, and gene editing products.
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• High learning agility; creatively solving problems; having ability to deal with complexity; having high curiosity; continuous improvement of self and Lilly; accepting and leading change; agility to adapt and evolve; ability to make the complex understandable and usable; exceptional patent law acumen.
• Sensitivity to others; composure under stress; respond to and provide coaching and feedback.
• Ability to organize self, to multi-task effectively, to complete projects with deadlines on time, and to direct others.
• Effective as individual contributor, team member, and leader.
• Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.

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Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including 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; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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