Managing Legal Counsel - Intellectual Property

Responsibilities

• Portfolio Management, Enforcement, Transactions and Licensing:
• Support the execution of the firm's global intellectual property strategy, including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, patents, proprietary content, and other intellectual property assets.
• Lead strategic legal counseling on brand, product, service, and campaign naming initiatives, including trademark clearance, risk assessment, filing strategy, prosecution, maintenance, and launch readiness.
• Oversee intellectual property enforcement and dispute matters, including investigations, cease-and-desist activity, online brand protection, domain name issues, marketplace monitoring, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external counsel.
• Draft, negotiate, review, and advise on intellectual property licenses and related agreements.
• Advise transactional attorneys and business partners on intellectual property provisions in complex commercial agreements with suppliers, partners, distributors, clients, technology providers, data vendors, and other third parties.
• Manage outside counsel relationships and drive accountability for global portfolio strategy, matter execution, deadlines, budgets, reporting, and deliverables.
• Advise on compliance with third-party intellectual property, proprietary data, market data, content, technology, and contractual usage requirements in collaboration with legal, compliance, risk, technology, procurement, and business stakeholders.
• IP Group Operations:
• Be accountable for the day-to-day operation and responsibilities of the Intellectual Property Group, including matter intake, triage, prioritization, workflow management, stakeholder communications, and service delivery.
• Partner with the Head of the Intellectual Property Group and other team members to coordinate priorities, allocate work effectively, support team execution, and ensure consistent delivery of IP legal services.
• Drive consistency, efficiency, and quality in IP legal advice by maintaining clear processes, escalation paths, matter tracking, playbooks, and practical guidance for recurring issues.
• Coordinate IP priorities across internal legal teams, business stakeholders, regional partners, and external counsel to ensure timely execution of strategic and operational objectives.
• Support IP reporting, metrics, budget discipline, operational controls, and continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen the effectiveness and sc

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At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident. We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business . With a career at the firm, y ou can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. Y ou'll enjoy resources to support your career path, a s well as compensation , benefits , and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you'll find a collaborative culture that respect s and valu e s differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity . Join us for the opportunity to g row and make a difference in ways that matter to you . Role Summary We are seeking an experienced, business-oriented Managing Legal Counsel to join the Legal Department's Intellectual Property Group. This role is designed for a seasoned intellectual property lawyer who will support the firm's overall global IP strategy and be accountable for the day-to-day operations and responsibilities of the Intellectual Property Group. The Managing Legal Counsel will serve as a legal advisor on the development, protection, enforcement, commercialization, and governance of the firm's intellectual property assets globally. The role will include leadership across trademark and copyright matters, brand protection, licensing, trade secret strategy, IP-related contract counseling, third-party IP and data use, and scalable legal enablement for business and legal stakeholders. The role will collaborate closely with the Head of the Intellectual Property Group and other team members to align legal strategy, operational priorities, matter execution, and stakeholder support. Positioned at the intersection of intellectual property law and innovative marketing and product development, the successful candidate will partner closely with attorneys, analysts, business leaders, technologists, risk professionals, compliance partners, and external counsel. The role requires strong legal judgment, pragmatic business orientation, sound prioritization, and the ability to operate independently in a highly regulated global environment.

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