Sr Lead IP Legal Counsel

Meet the team:

This role is key to fostering growth and innovation at Dexcom and will support all aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) detailed below, including IP procurement, enforcement, and competitive analysis. It offers the opportunity to engage in all areas of IP rather than focusing on a single field, while advising internal clients at all levels of R&D and business leadership on various IP matters.

As a core team member, this individual must be a highly motivated self-starter who thrives in a collaborative environment, communicates effectively with senior leaders, and works independently.

The Sr. Lead IP Legal Counsel will lead the strategic management of intellectual property matters for the company, including managing a portion of the global IP portfolio, overseeing landscape and freedom-to-operate analyses, supporting global IP litigation activities, advising client groups on IP matters, and evaluating external IP opportunities, including due diligence for major acquisitions.

This hybrid role requires you to be based in San Diego and work on-site at least two days a week, plus additional days if needed.

Where you come in:

• You advise technical and business stakeholders on IP matters.
• You set and implement a patent strategy for Dexcom’s innovations.
• You manage and direct the IP portfolio by performing patent harvesting and brainstorming, soliciting and developing invention disclosures, conducting inventor interviews, and presenting disclosures at cross-functional patent committee meetings to align future filings with strategic direction.
• You drive prosecution efforts in areas including device-to-device communications and cybersecurity, machine learning and artificial intelligence, UI and software services, and/or wearable electronics, forming strategies and directing outside counsel both domestically and globally.
• You interact with patent offices worldwide to strengthen and accelerate the issuance of Dexcom’s patented innovations.
• You support IP litigation, licensing, and commercialization activities.
• You develop, coordinate, and review IP search and analysis projects, including patentability, validity, landscape, freedom-to-operate, and product clearance analyses.
• You support competitive intelligence and monitoring activities.
• You provide internal employee education and training on Dexcom innovations and developing IP assets related to trademarks, copyrights, and patents.
• You provide other IP support as needed.

What makes you successful:

• You have a minimum of 10 years of related experience, including at least 5 years of recent substantive patent prosecution experience in electronics and/or software.
• You possess strong industry experience in one or more of the following fields: Artificial intelligence and machine learning, software design/development, wireless communications, electronics, and medical devices (preferred).
• You hold a J.D. from an accredited law school and/or an advanced degree in electrical engineering, computer science/engineering, physics, or comparable work experience as an engineer in these fields.
• You have at least a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science/engineering, physics, or another engineering discipline, combined with experience in software and/or electronics (required).
• You have strong experience in software and electrical engineering due diligence, infringement, and validity analysis.
• You maintain USPTO registration in good standing.
• You are admitted to a U.S. state bar , if applicable.
• You have experience working at a top law firm and/or as in-house counsel.
• You possess experience in licensing, post-grant proceedings (including U.S. IPR and re-examination and European opposition), and/or litigation in the above disciplines (preferred).
• You reside or are willing to relocate within driving distance of the San Diego office to be able to work in person at the San Diego office.

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
• A full and comprehensive benefits program.
• Growth opportunities on a global scale.
• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

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