About City of Hope

City of Hope is an independent biomedical research and treatment organization for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.

Founded in 1913, City of Hope is a leader in bone marrow transplantation and immunotherapy such as CAR T cell therapy. City of Hope’s translational research and personalized treatment protocols advance care throughout the world. Human synthetic insulin, monoclonal antibodies and numerous breakthrough cancer drugs are based on technology developed at the institution. AccessHope™, a subsidiary launched in 2019 serves employers and their health care partners by providing access to City of Hope’s specialized cancer expertise.

A National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, City of Hope is ranked among the nation’s “Best Hospitals” in cancer by U.S. News & World Report and received Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Its main campus is located near Los Angeles, with additional locations throughout Southern California and in Arizona.

City of Hope’s commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We believe diversity, equity and inclusion is key in serving our mission to provide compassionate patient care, drive innovative discovery, and advance vital education focused on eliminating cancer and diabetes in all of our communities. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ensures we bring the full range of skills, perspectives, cultural backgrounds and experiences to our work -- and that our teams align with the people we serve in order to build trust and understanding. We are dedicated to fostering a community that embraces diversity - in ideas, backgrounds and perspectives; this is reflected in our work and represented in our people.

Position Summary

The Vice President, Senior Deputy General Counsel oversees the provision of legal services for City of Hope’s intellectual property and commercialization matters across the City of Hope national system (“System”). The VP oversees a team that advises on legal issues regarding the development, maintenance and protection of City of Hope’s intellectual property and strategy to develop and commercialize intellectual property assets. The VP serves as a trusted thought partner to other leaders across the enterprise, collaborating to anticipate, manage and mitigate risk for an agile, diverse and innovative system. The VP and team serve as key strategic partners for leaders over our technology transfer and digital operations. This role reports to the General Counsel.

Key Responsibilities include:

BUILD A HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAM

• Builds and leads a high-impact and high-performance legal team to serve City of Hope’s business operations.
• Enables long-term development of legal personnel, creating the next generation of diverse legal leadership and talent pool for City of Hope

MANAGE A BROAD RANGE OF LEGAL SERVICES

• Maintains an expert knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations (federal, state and other relevant jurisdictions) applicable to intellectual property and commercialization transactions.
• Manages or serves as a key legal advisor for legal issues relating to intellectual property and commercialization activities, including intellectual property protection and commercialization strategies.
• Oversees drafting and negotiation of intellectual property and technology transaction agreements, including licenses (in-licenses and out-licenses), software and SaaS agreements, manufacturing agreements, research and clinical trial agreements, material transfer agreements and other agreements implicating intellectual property.
• Advises on legal matters implicating intellectual property in support of future and current partnerships and alliances.
• Directs enforcement efforts relating to City of Hope’s intellectual property rights.
• Oversees management of City of Hope’s global trademark, patent, copyright and domain name portfolios.
• Supervises outside counsel retained to advise on relevant matters.
• Oversees management of City of Hope’s global trademark, patent, copyright and domain name portfolios.
• Supervises outside counsel retained to advise on relevant matters.

SERVE AS A TRUSTED ADVISOR

• Provides timely and practical advice on strategic legal and business matters relating to intellectual property and commercialization to business leaders.
• Collaborates with senior leaders across business operations to proactively identify and address legal issues resulting from strategic and operational priorities.
• Effectively communicates about legal risks and mitigation strategies.
• Proactively scans environment internally and externally, and partners with senior leadership, to identify and anticipate impact of a changing environment and effectively develop strategic legal plans to address significant business risks.

Basic education, experience and skills required for consideration:

• JD from an ABA-accredited US law school
• 15 years of recent, relevant and broad legal experience, as well as significant advice and counsel experience in a major law firm or in-house setting and experience leading and managing teams and managing outside counsel

Preferred education experience and skills:

• Advanced degree in scientifically relevant field.
• Experience handling full range of intellectual property, patent prosecution and biotech experience.

Additional Information:

• The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
• As a condition of employment, City of Hope requires staff to comply with all state and federal vaccination mandates.

City of Hope is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.