Senior Director, Intellectual Property

Responsibilities

• Patent Portfolio Management and Prosecution Support:
• Manage and advise on assigned patent portfolios, including patent strategy, prosecution, continuation practice, product development opportunities, and portfolio optimization.
• Work with outside counsel to support the preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance, and strategic development of patent applications in the United States and internationally.
• Review and provide input on office action responses, claim strategy, patent filings, portfolio reports, and prosecution recommendations.
• Support regular portfolio reviews to assess strengths, gaps, upcoming deadlines, competitive risks, and opportunities for additional protection.
• Collaborate with the VP, IP, outside counsel, and internal stakeholders to ensure patent strategies align with R&D, regulatory, commercial, and business development priorities.
• Monitor third-party patents, patent applications, publications, and competitive activity relevant to assigned programs.
• IP Support for Agreements, Business Development, and Transactions:
• Provide IP support for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements in collaboration with other members of the Legal Department.
• Advise on IP-related provisions in confidentiality agreements, research agreements, services agreements, license agreements, collaboration agreements, manufacturing/supply arrangements, and other strategic contracts.
• Lead intellectual property due diligence activities for business development, licensing, acquisition, collaboration, and strategic transaction opportunities. Prepare practical IP risk assessments and diligence summaries for Legal, Business Development, R&D, and executive stakeholders.
• Support integration of new assets into Travere's IP portfolio, including patent ownership review, prosecution strategy, patent family tracking, and outside counsel coordination.
• R&D Counseling and Invention Capture:
• Work closely with R&D, clinical, regulatory, and other technical teams to monitor emerging data, new uses, formulations, methods, manufacturing improvements, publications, and other potentially protectable innovations.
• Lead invention identification, disclosure evaluation, and patent-filing strategy for assigned programs. Provide practical IP counseling to scientific and business teams to support product development, product planning, and protection of Travere's innovations.
• Support internal IP education and awareness to help teams recognize and preserve opportunities for IP protection.
• Regulatory Exclusivity and Product Development Support:
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Benefits

Additional Information

Department: 101400 Legal Location: San Diego, USA- Remote Be a part of a global team that is inspired to make a difference in the lives of people living with rare disease. At Travere Therapeutics, we recognize that our exceptional employees are vital to our success. We are a dedicated team focused on meeting the unique needs of rare patients. Our work is rewarding - both professionally and personally - because we are making a difference. We are passionate about what we do. We are seeking talented individuals who will thrive in our collaborative, diverse, fast-paced environment and share in our mission - to identify, develop and deliver life-changing therapies to people living with rare disease. We stick by our values centered on patients, courage, community, and collaboration to pursue our vision of becoming a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the delivery of innovation and hope to patients in the global rare disease community. At Travere Therapeutics, we are in rare for life. We continue to courageously forge new paths as we move toward a common goal of elevating science and service for rare patients . The Senior Director Intellectual Property will be a member of the Legal Department, responsible for partnering with the Vice President, Intellectual Property in developing and executing on the company's intellectual property strategy, patent portfolio, business development activities, agreement support, regulatory exclusivity strategy, and IP risk management. This role will lead and independently manage significant intellectual property matters across patent portfolio management, IP-related drafting and negotiation of agreements, R&D counseling and invention capture, IP diligence, regulatory exclusivity matters, and IP litigation support. The successful candidate will be a well-rounded life sciences IP attorney who can operate with substantial autonomy on complex intellectual property matters while collaborating with the Vice President, Intellectual Property on enterprise-level strategic, litigation, budgetary, and risk-management decisions.

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