Senior Director, Patent Litigation

About the Role The Senior Director, Patent Litigation will report to the VP of IP Litigation and serve as a key member of the IP litigation team. The role will help set Moderna's patent and litigation strategy, effectively manage and resolve IP disputes and patent challenges, and coordinate with finance, corporate communications, and investor relations to ensure timely disclosures.

What You'll Do

• Highly strategic mindset and approach to disputes; anticipating future business, competitive, and legal risks and looking for creative solutions and opportunities.
• Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across functions and to communicate effectively.

What We're Looking For

• J.D. from a national law school and admission to any state bar in the United States.
• Must be eligible for in-house licensure via the MA Board of Bar Overseers and licensed to practice law in at least 1 U.S. jurisdiction.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience handling complex IP challenges and litigations in the biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical industries, with a deep understanding of IP litigation strategy, ideally gained through experience with a top law firm and in an in-house setting. Demonstrated and extensive hands-on litigation experience, including day-to-day case management, overseeing discovery (including e-discovery) and managing case strategy strongly preferred. First-chair experience a plus.
• Experience with IPR and EPO proceedings preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding/experience with international IP litigation landscape/laws a strong plus.
• Comfortable working with legal technology and open to using automation and Generative AI to enhance legal work.
• Participate in AI-related initiatives to improve legal support workflows, including use of approved AI tools and/or GPT-enabled support where appropriate.

Nice to Have

• Manage a docket of U.S. litigation matters, working strategically with outside counsel, internal legal teams, and the business, as well as assisting with ex.-U.S. litigation matters and patent office proceedings.
• Partner internally to provide pre-litigation strategies, with an eye toward identifying and mitigating any risks, and to provide global, strategic counsel to the business regarding patent assessments for the Company’s robust pipeline.
• Coordinate information with finance, corporate communications, and investor relations teams to ensure that appropriate proactive disclosures and communications are made.
• Help drive intellectual property policies internally and externally to promote innovation.
• Work with internal legal teams and the business to scale, optimize and/or develop IP litigation infrastructure and processes.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary not disclosed; benefits not listed.