WiLAN

Senior Vice President, Licensing

WiLAN

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Ontario • Canada

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Manage and oversee one of the licensing teams of WiLAN’s technology portfolios
  • Drive licensing revenue through considered assertions
  • Manage the patent prosecution and acquisition teams with determinations of patentability and use in the industry
  • Oversee and identify patent portfolio acquisitions, including searching, due diligence, and recommending patents and portfolios to acquire
  • Manage prosecution and continuation practice in support of litigation and licensing programs for business unit’s projects
  • Manage all technical support for licensing, business development, and litigation for business unit’s projects
  • Manage technical team in the analysis of patents for infringement and create claim charts
  • Manage patent acquisition and licensing negotiations by providing advice in response to substantive patent questions such as claim construction, infringement, and validity
  • Analyze patents in WiLAN’s portfolio for potential applicability to products and/or standards
  • Manage budgets and resources
  • Find and retain external counsel and experts to support the business

Requirements

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
  • Strong knowledge of US & international patent law
  • Extensive experience licensing and litigating patents around the world gained either in private practice or in-house
  • Strong track record of closing licenses
  • Ability to manage internal and external engineers and counsel
  • Strong presentation skills and ability to develop presentation materials/reports by using standard MS Office tools
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Solid negotiation and contract drafting skills
  • Outstanding research and organizational skills
  • Outstanding oral and written communication skills
  • Innovative problem-solving skills combined with a thorough analytical approach
  • Excellent team player, able to prioritize and multi-task on multiple high-priority projects, and deliver results to schedule
Benefits
  • Accommodations are available upon request for all applicants with a disability throughout the recruitment process.
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