Intellectual Property Counsel

Job Description

Guardant Health, Inc. is seeking an experienced and motivated Intellectual Property Counsel to join its IP Team. As a member of the IP Team, you will be responsible for providing guidance on a wide range of IP and general legal matters related to the cancer diagnostics field. You will combine your legal and technical knowledge to implement and execute the company’s IP strategy for Guardant’s growing patent portfolio. The technology you will be exposed to is critical to Guardant’s mission of improving the lives of cancer patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Continue to build and manage a global patent portfolio, including preparing and prosecuting patent applications, identifying strategic areas for patenting, harvesting patentable inventions, and evaluating the patentability of invention submissions;
• Collaborate with other members of the IP Team to develop and advise on global patent and IP strategy;
• Oversee and coordinate with outside counsel as necessary with respect to IP protection;
• Perform infringement and validity analyses and evaluate risk mitigation strategies;
• Develop relationships with, counsel and educate scientists and other employees on patent-related matters;
• Partner with relevant stakeholders across the company to provide strategic IP counseling with respect to research and product development;
• Support litigation and other dispute efforts concerning IP;
• Assist with licensing, M&A, and other commercial transactions as needed.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from a nationally accredited law school;
• Registration with the USPTO and a member of a state bar (California preferred);
• Advanced degree in Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology; Cancer Genomics, Genetics, Statistics or similar field;
• 5+ years of relevant patent prosecution experience at a law firm or in-house position;
• Experience with drafting, prosecuting, and reviewing patent applications focused on methods for analyzing genomic data from diagnostic next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays;
• Understanding of algorithms and tools used in cancer genomics (e.g., sequence alignment, variant calling);
• Familiarity with library preparation methods used to generate NGS data, including targeted sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, methylation sequencing, or RNA-seq;
• Excellent communicator, project manager, and team player;
• Strong interpersonal skills and be willing to work closely with scientists, managers, and employee teams;
• Adaptable, flexible, and creative in a rapidly changing environment.

Additional Information

Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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