Senior Manager, Intellectual Property - Disputes, Claims & Investigations

This role plays a critical part in delivering high-quality intellectual property damages analyses in complex dispute matters, leading teams, shaping analytical approaches, and serving as a trusted partner to clients and senior experts across a wide range of industries and technologies. In this role you will serve as a key point of contact for client communications, helping build trusted, long-term client relationships.

• Work closely with engagement leaders and senior intellectual property experts to develop engagement strategies, workplans, and analytical approaches·      
• Lead the day-to-day execution of intellectual property engagements, with primary responsibility for coordinating and executing engagement workplans, and driving the development of rigorous damages analyses related to patent, copyright, and trademark infringement, and trade secret misappropriation·      
• Oversee daily engagement progress, identify critical path items, and communicate status updates to engagement leadership·      
• Oversee and participate in company, industry, and case-specific research, including technical, economic, accounting, and market research·      
• Prepare, review, and manage expert reports, written analyses, presentations, and graphical exhibits used in litigation and dispute settings·      
• Manage document review and organization processes, including analysis of case documentation, testimony, court filings, and other evidentiary materials·      
• Manage the day-to-day activities of engagement teams, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met·      
• Support business development and marketing initiatives, including proposals, presentations, and thought leadership efforts·      
• Manage and mentor Analysts and Associates, supporting their professional growth while fostering a collaborative team environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, economics, and/or finance. 
• 6–9 years of relevant professional experience in damages quantification, preferably involving intellectual property disputes. Experience in financial analysis, economic consulting, or financial statement auding is also relevant.
• Significant experience drafting and reviewing expert reports in a litigation or dispute consulting environment.
• Proven experience managing project teams and overseeing complex, deadline-driven engagements.
• Strong analytical capabilities, including financial analysis, modeling, and interpretation of financial statements and accounting records.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly to diverse audiences.

• Adapt comfortably to fast-paced, deadline-driven engagements with changing client demands.
• Apply strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities and engagements simultaneously.
• Work independently while collaborating effectively with engagement leaders, peers, and junior team members.
• Demonstrate attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality, defensible work product.
• Embody Stout’s core values by being Positive and Team-Oriented, Accountable, Relationship-Focused, Super-Responsive, and an effective communicator.
• Maintain a consistent commitment to delivering Relentless Excellence® in client service and team leadership.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $120,000.00 - $215,000.00 Annual. This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan. Information about benefits can be found here - https://www.stout.com/en/careers/benefits.