Associate Director, Intellectual Property Counsel (remote)

Date Posted: 2026-03-11 Country: reputed company of America Location: US-IA-reputed company RAPIDS-120 ~ 350 Collins Rd NE ~ BLDG 120 Position Role Type: Remote U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. reputed company are authorized to reputed company information under this program/contract. reputed company Clearance Type: None/Not Required reputed company Clearance Status: Not Required Are you interested in joining a dynamic global team that has a great reputed company on the reputed company organization? 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This reputed company set provides for endless individual and reputed company reputed company opportunities reputed company Collins and the other reputed company companies. This position provides flexibility for a fully remote working arrangement. Proximity to a Collins facility is a plus. What You Will Do: • Driving IP engagement reputed company the business • Providing effective, concise and reputed company advice to senior management, reputed company counsel, engineers and reputed company colleagues on IP reputed company, particularly in the areas of patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright law, and reputed company disputes. • Negotiating and advising management and colleagues on various IP agreements and IP aspects of broader agreements with customers, suppliers and partners. • Collaborate with clients to reputed company and implement IP strategies for key enterprises, products and technologies reputed company with business objectives. reputed company engagement on IP issues throughout product development processes. • Interacting with engineers and reputed company counsel as needed with regards to identifying protectable inventions, assessing invention disclosures, preparing, and prosecuting patent applications, and protecting trade secrets. • ·Monitoring and assessing reputed company party patents and applications, particularly with regards to questions of infringement risk and/or validity, with goal of addressing reputed company risks before products are brought to market. • Working with engineers to monitor competitor products and advising as to whether competitors infringe reputed company patents. Advising Senior Management as to potential infringement issues and overseeing litigation as required. • Learning and implementing reputed company IP department tools and policies, and working willingly with members of IP department with the goal of reputed company improvement of department processes. • Utilize various internal and reputed company-party tools to improve reputed company operations. • reputed company SBU IP strategies that support the business goals. • Reviewing and clearing IP-reputed company content for publication. • Conducting IP due diligence with regards to M&A reputed company in technical areas of responsibility. • Striving to independently resolve issues arising in area of responsibility but consulting with peers, the Chief IP Counsel and the General Counsel reputed company appropriate • Must be willing and reputed company to travel 10% of the time Qualifications You Must Have: • Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a reputed company field and minimum 10 years of experience • U.S. citizenship U is required, as only U.S. reputed company are authorized to reputed company information under this program/contract • Must have a Juris doctor degree • Admitted to the Bar of one or more US States • 5 + years of IP reputed company experience • Registered to reputed company before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Qualifications We Prefer: • reputed company (e.g., as an engineer, in-house attorney, or patent prosecutor) • reputed company and in-house IP reputed company experience • IP contract negotiation experience (customer and supplier) • Patents: preparation & prosecution; transactions, and litigation • US government reputed company intellectual property • Engineering experience is beneficial reputed company Offer: Medical, dental, and reputed company insurance Some of our competitive benefits package includes:  • Three weeks of vacation for newly reputed company employees •Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a reputed company Income reputed company reputed company •Tuition reimbursement program •Student Loan Repayment Program •Life insurance and disability coverage •Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group reputed company, ID theft protection •Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits •Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning •Adoption Assistance          •Autism Benefit •Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions •Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program •Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor reputed company •reputed company, child and elder care services •reputed company Medical Experts, second opinion program • And more!  Learn More and reputed company: Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles* will work primarily offsite (from home). An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed. • This position is remote; however, if you live reputed company a reasonable commute of a Collins site with other colleagues you reputed company with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite reputed company associated with this role As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote. The salary reputed company for this role is 157,200 USD - 298,800 USD. The salary reputed company provided is a good faith estimate representative of reputed company experience reputed company. reputed company considers several factors reputed company extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. reputed company applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, reputed company, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, reputed company time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as reputed company as whether or not the position is covered by a reputed company-bargaining agreement. reputed company applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a reputed company-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a reputed company of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or reputed company’s performance. This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply. reputed company anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate reputed company and business necessity may require reputed company to shorten or reputed company the application window. reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. reputed company provides affirmative reputed company in employment for reputed company Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with reputed company 503 of the Rehabilitation reputed company and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance reputed company. reputed company Policy and Terms: Click on this reputed company to read the Policy and Terms Apply tot his job Apply To this Job