Intellectual Property Counsel

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360®, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext™, Guardant360 Response™, and GuardantOMNI® tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal™ for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield™ test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.

Guardant Health, Inc. is seeking an experienced and motivated Intellectual Property Counsel to join its IP Team. As a member of the IP Team, you will be responsible for providing guidance on a wide range of IP and general legal matters related to the cancer diagnostics field. You will combine your legal and technical knowledge to implement and execute the company’s IP strategy for Guardant’s growing patent portfolio. The technology you will be exposed to is critical to Guardant’s mission of improving the lives of cancer patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Continue to build and manage a global patent portfolio, including preparing and prosecuting patent applications, identifying strategic areas for patenting, harvesting patentable inventions, and evaluating the patentability of invention submissions;
• Collaborate with other members of the IP Team to develop and advise on global patent and IP strategy;
• Oversee and coordinate with outside counsel as necessary with respect to IP protection;
• Perform infringement and validity analyses and evaluate risk mitigation strategies;
• Develop relationships with, counsel and educate scientists and other employees on patent-related matters;
• Partner with relevant stakeholders across the company to provide strategic IP counseling with respect to research and product development;
• Support litigation and other dispute efforts concerning IP;
• Assist with licensing, M&A, and other commercial transactions as needed.

• Juris Doctorate from a nationally accredited law school;
• Registration with the USPTO and a member of a state bar (California preferred);
• Advanced degree in Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology; Cancer Genomics, Genetics, Statistics or similar field preferred;
• 5+ years of relevant patent prosecution experience at a law firm or in-house position;
• Experience with drafting, prosecuting, and reviewing patent applications focused on methods for analyzing genomic data from diagnostic next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays;
• Understanding of algorithms and tools used in cancer genomics (e.g., sequence alignment, variant calling);
• Familiarity with library preparation methods used to generate NGS data, including targeted sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, methylation sequencing, or RNA-seq;
• Excellent communicator, project manager, and team player;
• Strong interpersonal skills and be willing to work closely with scientists, managers, and employee teams;
• Adaptable, flexible, and creative in a rapidly changing environment.

Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant Health, we have defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.

For positions based in Palo Alto, CA or Redwood City, CA, the base salary range for this full-time position is $190,600 to $257,220. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $152,480 to $205,780. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries across all US locations for the posted role with the exception of any locations specifically referenced below (if any).

Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including, but not limited to, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. If you are selected to move forward, the recruiting team will provide details specific to the factors above.

Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected]

Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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