Hybrid Senior Vice President, Licensing

at WiLAN

• Job title: Senior Vice President, Licensing
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Ontario, Canada

About the role

• Senior Vice President, Licensing managing WiLAN technology portfolios in hybrid capacity. Overseeing patent acquisition, licensing negotiations, and technical teams for various projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee one of the licensing teams of WiLAN’s technology portfolios
• Drive licensing revenue through considered assertions
• Manage the patent prosecution and acquisition teams with determinations of patentability and use in the industry
• Oversee and identify patent portfolio acquisitions, including searching, due diligence, and recommending patents and portfolios to acquire
• Manage prosecution and continuation practice in support of litigation and licensing programs for business unit’s projects
• Manage all technical support for licensing, business development, and litigation for business unit’s projects
• Manage technical team in the analysis of patents for infringement and create claim charts
• Manage patent acquisition and licensing negotiations by providing advice in response to substantive patent questions such as claim construction, infringement, and validity
• Analyze patents in WiLAN’s portfolio for potential applicability to products and/or standards
• Manage budgets and resources
• Find and retain external counsel and experts to support the business

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• Strong knowledge of US & international patent law
• Extensive experience licensing and litigating patents around the world gained either in private practice or in-house
• Strong track record of closing licenses
• Ability to manage internal and external engineers and counsel
• Strong presentation skills and ability to develop presentation materials/reports by using standard MS Office tools
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Solid negotiation and contract drafting skills
• Outstanding research and organizational skills
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Innovative problem-solving skills combined with a thorough analytical approach
• Excellent team player, able to prioritize and multi-task on multiple high-priority projects, and deliver results to schedule

Benefits

• Accommodations are available upon request for all applicants with a disability throughout the recruitment process.