Senior Patent Portfolio Manager (Patent Prosecution) (Electrical)

Location: Any Finnegan Office 

Position Summary 

The Senior Patent Portfolio Manager is a senior patent professional responsible for overseeing complex patent portfolios, managing client relationships, and leading teams of patent agents and technical professionals in drafting and prosecuting patents. This role serves as a strategic advisor to clients and attorneys on patent prosecution, portfolio development, and portfolio management.  
 
The ideal candidate will be a patent agent or a portfolio manager with significant experience managing large patent portfolios, working directly with clients, training patent agents and technical specialists, and being responsive to attorneys within a law firm. International patent portfolio experience encouraged. 

Key Responsibilities 

• High-level strategy, client management, mentoring, and quality control related to patent applications and portfolios. 

• Lead drafting and prosecution efforts for key technologies or clients.  

• Lead meetings with clients, examiners, and inventors. 

• Provide strategic counseling on patent preparation and prosecution (e.g., where/when to file, claim scope strategy). 

• Supervise and review work of junior/mid-level patent agents and technical specialists. 

• Build and maintain strong client relationships; act as the point of contact for these relationships and always have timely and accurate communications. 

• Oversee large patent portfolios, often across multiple jurisdictions. 

• Provide opinions on freedom-to-operate, invalidity, and infringement. 

• Support litigation or licensing matters with strategic input or expert declarations. 

• Stay updated on developments in patent preparation and prosecution and advise clients accordingly. 

• Assist with client relationship building (presentations, networking, thought leadership). 

• Participate in relevant committees at patent trade associations (e.g., AIPLA and IPO). 

• Train junior patent agents and technical specialists. 

• Review bills for billing partners and consult with billing partners about strategies to meet client expectations and budgets; provide input to budgets as needed. 

• Communicate effectively with key stakeholders internally and externally about ongoing drafting or portfolio efforts. 

Qualifications 

• 10+ years of patent prosecution experience. 

• Must be admitted to practice before the USPTO. 

• Computer Science background preferred. 

• Significant experience managing client relationships and serving in a client-facing role. 

• Previous experience working in a law firm.  

• Proven experience supervising and mentoring patent agents or other patent professionals. 

• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and strategic counseling skills

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The base annual pay range for this role is between $200,000 - $235,000. The base pay to be offered will vary and depend on skills and qualifications, experience, location and will also take into account internal equity. A full range of medical, financial and/or other benefits dependent on the position will also be offered.  

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