Portfolio Operations Manager

About InterDigital

InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud-based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today’s most advanced Wi-Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq.

InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.

For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.

Summary

InterDigital is seeking an experienced intellectual property professional to manage the company’s Portfolio Operations team. The Portfolio Operations team supports the administrative management of InterDigital’s worldwide patent portfolio of more than 30,000 patents and applications. The team is responsible for coordinating filings, supervising patent prosecution processes, annuities, maintaining portfolio data, and supporting portfolio acquisitions and divestitures. Reporting to the Director of Patent Administration, the successful candidate will oversee a team of patent professionals and act as an authority on efficient portfolio and prosecution administration practices and data maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of portfolio administrators based in the US and France who oversee and support patent portfolio lifecycle activities, including invention disclosure processing, the administrative practices of internal and external patent counsel, and annuities.  

• Oversee entry and maintenance of portfolio data and implement best practices to ensure data integrity

• Collaborate with patent professionals, inventors and management to facilitate portfolio analysis and reporting

• Support acquisition and divestiture of patent portfolios

• Supervise patent invoice processes

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in patent prosecution administration required, with significant knowledge of US, PCT, and worldwide patent practices

• Experience managing personnel

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability to shift priorities quickly in a dynamic work environment

• Significant experience with patent management software solutions, IPfolio experience preferred

• Experience with legal billing applications, Legal Tracker experience preferred

• Bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate preferred

Location: Wilmington, DE or Conshohocken, PA

InterDigital is an equal employment opportunity employer. InterDigital will not engage in or tolerate unlawful discrimination with regard to any employment decision, policy or practice based on a person’s sex, gender, pregnancy (including childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local  law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, assignments, evaluations, coaching, promotion, discipline, discharge and layoff.