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Wondering what's within A Manufacturing Company Diagnostics? Take a closer look.
At first glance, you'll see that for more than 80 years we've been dedicated to advancing and optimizing the laboratory to move science and healthcare forward. Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. We're building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again and you'll see we are invested in you, providing the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.

A Manufacturing Company Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at A Manufacturing Company. Together, we're working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world's biggest health challenges. At A Manufacturing Company, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

The Intellectual Property Counsel for A Manufacturing Company Diagnostics is responsible for supporting the Clinical Chemistry and Immunoassay business.

This position is part of the Legal Team providing support to A Manufacturing Company Diagnostics R&D organizations located worldwide and will be fully remote.

The Intellectual Property Counsel will report to the Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property, and will be responsible for working with our business partners to ensure the organization is protecting its innovations, aligning IP and business strategy, negotiating contracts, and mitigating risks with respect to third-party Intellectual Property.

If you thrive in a matrixed, fast-paced environment and want to work to build a world-class research and development organization—read on!

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Advise, counsel, and participate in development of strategic, global IP portfolio (including patents, copyrights, and trade secrets) with an emphasis on procuring protection of menu relating to A Manufacturing Company & Immunoassay analyzers
Negotiate, draft, and review agreements such as licenses, research agreements, collaboration agreements, confidentiality agreements and material transfer agreements
Drive invention disclosure processes with R&D and participate in IP review meetings
Draft claims and direct outside counsel in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications
Collaborate with A Manufacturing Company's global intellectual property team

The essential requirements of the job include:

Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited university in a scientific or technical discipline
JD degree from an accredited law school and 4+ years of firm or in-house (highly preferred) legal experience in Intellectual Property
Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and an active member of at least one state bar.
Experience with contract drafting and negotiation, with an emphasis on intellectual property rights.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: