Senior Associate-Intellectual Property and Technical Writing

Description

Job Purpose

The Senior Associate-Intellectual Property and Technical Writing will be responsible for drafting and review ofdocuments/reports pertaining to IP related to development, preclinical, Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) of Ocugen’s early stage, clinical and commercial products. This position reports directly to Manager, Medical and Scientific Writer and will play both a strategic and tactical role within Ocugen’s R&D team.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work with technical and scientific teams to collect data and write technical descriptions of products or technologies, designs and specifications of inventions for new patent applications, prepare documents for patent filing and work with company patent IP attorney.
• Assist and support inventors in identifying and defining inventions and lead the preparation of patent application documents.
• Assist Scientists and Patent Counsels in the technical analysis of 3rd party prior art related to patentability, Freedom to Operate analysis or patents oppositions. Be the contact and liaison person between Scientists and Patent Attorneys.
• Collect data and prepare technical description of technologies to be analyzed for third-party IP risk assessments or for patent oppositions.
• Operate competitors patent monitoring, analyze, and present results to the internal technology stakeholders, identify patents/patent applications to watch and/or oppose.
• Carry out projects such as patent and prior art searches and analyses upon request from technical, marketing or business teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Masters in Lifesciences (MSc./M.Pharm) or Law with life science background and with working knowledge of Patent and IP laws.
• 3 years of relevant work experience working with Patents, IP and technical writing required.
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Attention to detail with an ability to perform critical review of various types of documents.
• Outstanding communication and writing skills
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team player on multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to interact with Inventors and Patent Counsels, strong team spirit.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects with tight deadlines, ability to work with multiple demanding internal customers.
• Demonstrated leadership and capacity to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Proficient with usual IT tools such as MS Office

Working Conditions

This position operates in an office setting and may include 20% of travel.

Physical Requirements

This is a largely sedentary role

Ocugen is an equal opportunity employer. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, we make all of our employment decisions based upon merit, qualifications, abilities, and an individual’s conduct and performance. We will not make any of our decisions, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy), gender (including sexual orientation, gender identity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past,
current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected from discrimination under the law. Ocugen complies with applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.