Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property

If you are a current Jazz employee please apply via the Internal Career site. Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Our patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide. Please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com for more information.

Brief Description The Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property (IP), will be a key leader within the Jazz Legal Function. Reporting to directly to the VP, Legal & IP, the successful candidate will develop and execute robust global patent and IP strategies for Jazz’s products, product candidates, platform technologies, and newly acquired or licensed assets, ensuring alignment with corporate growth objectives and maximizing the value of the company’s innovation portfolio. In addition, the Executive Director, IP will play a critical role in supporting Jazz’s corporate development objectives by leading intellectual property due diligence, integration planning, and strategic portfolio development across acquisitions, licensing transactions, collaborations, and other strategic business opportunities.

The Executive Director, IP will build effective relationships with relevant stakeholders at all levels of the global organization and across all phases of research, drug development & commercialization to provide clear, strategic business-enabling IP advice. This position will supervise other members of the IP team, including those responsible for day-to-day management and protection of our IP assets

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Serve as a critical advisor to senior leadership, R&D, Commercial and Corporate Development teams to provide clear, strategic business-enabling advice on complex IP matters to advance corporate objectives.
• Directly and indirectly supervise those IP team members supporting programs and projects across the Jazz portfolio.
• Develop and execute sophisticated global patent strategies that support business objectives, strengthen competitive positioning and exclusivity, and maximize the value of both internally developed and externally acquired or licensed assets.
• Conduct comprehensive IP due diligence for potential acquisitions, in-licensing opportunities, collaborations, and strategic partnerships, including freedom-to-operate evaluations, portfolio strength analyses, exclusivity assessments, and identification of material IP risks and value drivers.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the company’s IP portfolio through engagement with project teams and collaboration partners and leveraging a deep understanding of patent law and the competitive landscape across the portfolio.
• Render freedom-to-operate, infringement, validity analyses, risk evaluation, and mitigation strategies for individual programs, technologies, and tools.
• Provide strategic input into transaction documents, including licensing agreements, collaboration agreements, acquisition agreements, due diligence reports, representations and warranties, IP covenants, and integration-related provisions.
• Effectively manage outside counsel supporting patent prosecution, IP due diligence, litigation, opinions, and other strategic matters to ensure high-quality, efficient, and commercially focused outcomes.
• Counsel and train internal clients, including other members of the Legal Department and senior management, on intellectual property risks and opportunities in patentability, freedom-to-operate, infringement, validity, and regulatory exclusivity analyses.
• Review publications, presentations, press releases and other materials for clearance.
• Advise on and/or lead contentious and adversarial matters involving company assets, including patent litigation, IPRs, PGRs, European oppositions, and related proceedings.
• Actively lead and partic…