Senior Director, Intellectual Property Counsel

The role

This person will develop and execute global intellectual property strategies to support the company pipeline. They will lead patent portfolio development, prosecution, and risk assessment while partnering with research, development, and business teams.

What you will do

• Develop and execute global intellectual property strategies
• Build and manage patent portfolios
• Draft, review, and oversee U.S. and international patent applications
• Evaluate invention disclosures and partner with scientists
• Identify and ensure protection of trade secrets
• Conduct freedom-to-operate, patentability, validity, and infringement analyses
• Support life cycle and exclusivity planning
• Monitor competitor patent activity
• Support trademark clearance and protection
• Partner with Business Development on licensing and strategic transactions

Required qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Active admission to at least one U.S. state bar
• Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• At least 12 years of relevant biotechnology or pharmaceutical patent law experience
• Experience at a leading intellectual property law firm and within an in-house biotechnology or pharmaceutical legal department
• Strong technical understanding of biological and pharmaceutical drug discovery and development, particularly biologics, antibodies, immunology, and inflammation
• Extensive hands-on experience drafting and prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications and managing complex global patent portfolios
• Demonstrated experience conducting freedom-to-operate, patentability, validity, and infringement analyses
• Experience supporting intellectual property due diligence and negotiating intellectual property provisions in licensing and collaboration agreements
• Proven ability to oversee outside counsel, manage budgets, and prioritize competing demands

Nice to have

• In-house experience at an early-stage or rapidly growing biopharmaceutical company
• Experience supporting antibody therapeutics, combination therapies, and programs in immunology or inflammatory diseases
• Experience with patent disputes, oppositions, or other post-grant proceedings

Benefits

• Market competitive compensation and benefits package
• Base salary
• Performance bonus
• Equity grant opportunities
• Health, welfare & retirement benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Two, one-week company-wide shutdowns each
• Professional development opportunities

About the company

Spyre Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to developing next-generation therapies in immunology. Their pipeline includes investigational extended half-life antibodies targeting α4β7, TL1A, IL-23, and IL-17A/F.