• Manage and support the Company’s global patent portfolio, including preparation, filing, prosecution, and maintenance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Review, assess, and manage invention disclosures from North America–based business groups, including evaluations of novelty, patentability, and strategic importance.
• Develop and implement patent preparation, filing, and prosecution strategies in coordination with the global IP team and outside counsel.
• Conduct and/or supervise novelty, freedom-to-operate (FTO) and patent landscape searches and analyses to provide risk assessments in support of product development and commercialization.

• Manage and support the Company’s global trademark portfolio, including clearance, registration, prosecution, and maintenance.
• Coordinate global trademark filing and prosecution efforts through outside counsel and foreign associates.
• Advise marketing, branding, and business teams on trademark selection, usage, and risk mitigation.

• Select, manage, and oversee outside IP counsel and foreign associates worldwide for patent and trademark matters.
• Coordinate closely with the Director of Intellectual Property (Global) on outside counsel strategy, workload allocation, and performance.
• Develop, manage, and monitor IP budgets and forecast costs, ensuring efficient and cost-effective use of external resources.

• Serve as the primary IP legal contact for North America–based business, R&D, and innovation teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor to engineering, product, marketing, operations, and leadership on intellectual property matters.
• Ensure that regional business needs are aligned with the Company’s global intellectual property strategy.

• Develop and conduct training programs for Company’s North America teams on patents, trademarks, invention disclosure processes, clearance procedures, and intellectual property best practices.
• Promote IP awareness, compliance, and consistent processes across business groups and regions.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
• Active registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. state.
• Minimum of five (5) or more years of experience practicing intellectual property law.
• Demonstrated experience with patent preparation, filing, and prosecution, and trademark clearance and registration.
• Prior in-house intellectual property counsel experience is preferred.
• Experience managing outside intellectual property counsel is preferred.

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