Amgen
Senior Counsel - Patent Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry
United States - Remote · Senior
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About the role
- Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients
- At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are.
- Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world's toughest diseases.
Responsibilities
- Conducting due diligence in support of licensing activities
- Providing legal advice and counsel to R&D and business partners on a variety of IP related matters
Requirements
- J.D. degree or LL.M. degree from an accredited law school, admission to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction;
Nice to have
- Ten (10) or more years of experience practicing patent or intellectual property law
- Experience in all aspects of U.S. and foreign intellectual property law relating to biotechnology at a law firm or biotechnology/pharmaceutical corporation
- An advanced degree such as a master's degree or Ph.D. in organic or medicinal chemistry
- Excellent analytic, legal drafting and oral and written communication skills
- Strong management and leadership skills as well as a strong client service focus and the ability to work independently and in teams
- Experience in U.S. and/or foreign adversarial proceedings (such as patent litigation, Inter Partes Reviews, Post Grant Reviews, and oppositions)
- Award-winning time-off plans
- What you can expect of us
Compensation
- 250,321.60USD -338,670.40 USD
Company info
- Career Category Law/Legal Job Description Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are.
- If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team.
- What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.
Equal opportunity
- Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
- Please contact us to request accommodation.
- We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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- Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.
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