Senior Intellectual Property Counsel

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At SCIEX, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As part of SCIEX, you will help to influence life changing research and outcomes, while accelerating your potential. For more than 50 years, we have been empowering our customers to solve the most impactful analytical challenges in quantitation and characterization through ground‑breaking innovation and outstanding reliability and support. You will be part of a winning team, enabled by DBS, that is passionate about helping life science experts around the world get to answers they can trust.

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Senior Intellectual Property Counsel position is responsible for protecting SCIEX’s innovations by procuring and managing intellectual property rights of SCIEX and managing freedom to operate thereof.

This position reports to the Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and is part of the Legal Department located in Marlborough, MA and will be an on‑site role.

• Serve as trusted counsel on IP issues (e.g., invention mining, patentability, patent prosecution and freedom to operate), locally and globally, by giving solid and practical IP legal advice to various stakeholders, including business executives.
• Lead outside counsel in the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications for the portion of SCIEX’s portfolio that this position individually is responsible for with a focus on quality, output, and cost.
• Negotiate, draft, and review agreements such as licenses, research agreements, collaboration agreements, confidentiality agreements and material transfer agreements.
• Conduct freedom to operate assessments on emerging technology.
• Provide educational presentations and other training on IP matters to SCIEX associates.

• Juris Doctorate with excellent academic credentials from an accredited law school.
• Active bar membership.
• Admitted to practice, including on a limited basis, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
• Experience in biology, chemistry, and physics with working knowledge of software. Alternatively, experience in software with working knowledge of life sciences.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in a law firm and as in‑house counsel is required, with experience managing a global IP portfolio and counseling stakeholders to business executives.

• Ability to travel – 10 % travel, overnight, within country and internationally

• Strong process orientation, problem solving skills, and a commitment to delivering results.
• Ability to perform exceptionally in fast paced, performance‑oriented environment with a sense of urgency.
• Lawyer skilled in the art of executive communication and appropriate escalation.
• Able to command the respect of, and influence, business leaders, peers, team and outside counsel across a wide spectrum of experience and sophistication up to c‑level executives.

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

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