Job Description SummaryReporting to the General Counsel of GE Licensing, the role will provide legal counsel for complex IP transactions, including technology transfer, joint ventures, and equity partnerships, anchored on all forms of intangible assets. It will provide legal support for patent and technology licensing programs at GE Licensing (from mining and early development to negotiation and closure). S/he will advise transaction leaders on legal matters in real time commercial discussions with third parties. S/he will be committed to mentoring across teams, forging strong relationships internally and externally, as well as passionate about teamwork and exploring creative business models to innovate and maximize intellectual property value.Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Working remotely, partner with commercial leads on negotiating multi-faceted complex technology based transactions, including technology transfer licenses, software licenses, joint ventures and partnerships, joint developments, research partnerships, etc.
- Draft, review and help negotiate associated agreements
- Identify and scope relevant IP portfolios, developing IP and technology programs, asserting IP, negotiating transactions, drafting IP or technology licenses, and facilitating IP sales, acquisitions, and investments
- Counsel business executives on protecting technology and IP and on legal impact of business decisions or actions
- Secure and manage proper use of outside counsel and experts as required to complement internal activities
- Stay up-to-date with latest changes in US and global patent law, and educate the senior leadership team on how such changes impact current and future licensing activities
- Provide other general legal advice and guidance as required
Basic Qualifications/Requirements
- Juris Doctor from an accredited school and membership in good standing in at least one state (or D.C.) bar.
- Licensed and in good standing to practice law in a state or territory of the U.S.
- Bachelors degree in a technical discipline from an accredited school
- Minimum of three years of experience negotiating and drafting complex agreements
- Working knowledge of patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property law
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 35
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in private practice in a big law firm with a focus on intellectual property or corporate transactional law with IP focus
- Bachelors degree in electrical/communications/electronics engineering or physics from an accredited school
- Experience managing IP portfolios, including patents, trademarks, and/or trade secret management
- Experience on transaction teams as legal advisor for complex and creative business models anchored in intellectual property.
- Familiarity with export control laws as applied to transferring technology across borders
Desired Characteristics
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, and prioritize on critical tasks that add value
- Strong substantive expertise, sharp intellect, and experience in forging proactive, pragmatic and imaginative legal solutions that will advance business goals
- Outstanding commercial business acumen across a broad array of technologies
- Ability to clearly articulate legal risk issues to business leaders, and foster discussion around cost & return v risk in IP-anchored transactions
- Exceptional judgment and the ability to engender immediate trust
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and work with minimal supervision with unquestioned integrity, gravitas and stature
About Use
GE Licensing is a technology and licensing platform built to qualify internal and/or external intangible assets to monetize and grow underlying technical differentiators, often through commercialization partnership such as patent pools and technology transfer ventures. Current programs qualified and launched include a wide array of technologies, including video codecs, chemistries for advanced displays, wireless charging, and EV charging, hybrid & electric vehicle technologies, and sodium batteries.
Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.
General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
The base pay range for this position is $135,500 to $226,000. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on March 29th.
This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.
Additional Information
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
