Director, Patent Litigation Consulting (High-Tech IP)

Accountabilities

• • Lead, manage, and develop technical consultants and IP experts, including distributed contributors across multiple locations, with responsibility for hiring, performance management, coaching, career development, and retention.
  • Own delivery across a portfolio of concurrent patent litigation, licensing, and IP consulting engagements, including scoping, planning, budgeting, staffing, milestones, utilization, risk management, and on-time delivery.
  • Serve as the senior delivery owner for high-value and time-sensitive matters, proactively identifying dependencies and escalating risks with practical solutions.
  • Establish and maintain high-quality standards for technical work, including review protocols, documentation, peer review, defensibility checks, and consistent methodologies.
  • Build repeatable playbooks, templates, training programs, and operational processes that improve delivery efficiency and reduce reliance on individual expertise.
  • Champion the adoption of AI-enabled tools and help shape technology, workflows, and knowledge-management practices used by technical teams.
  • Manage senior client relationships by leading status discussions, resolving escalations, advising on technical approaches, and communicating findings to legal, executive, financial, and other non-technical audiences.
  • Direct and quality-control technical analyses involving claim charts, source code review, reverse engineering, technical due diligence, patent portfolio analysis, damages-supporting work, and expert report preparation.
  • Develop technical narratives that connect rigorous analysis with litigation strategy and support expert witnesses through technical briefing, analysis direction, and preparation of supporting exhibits.
  • Support account expansion by identifying follow-on opportunities within existing client relationships and collaborating with business development teams, while keeping delivery leadership as the primary focus.
  • Represent the practice at industry events, panels, and professional education programs while remaining current on relevant technology, intellectual property, and litigation trends.
  • Partner with functions including legal, finance, product, and people operations to improve cross-functional processes, operating standards, and organizational effectiveness.

  Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline; an advanced degree, MBA, or JD is a plus.
  • 10+ years of combined experience in technical consulting, IP strategy, patent litigation support, licensing, patent law, or related fields, including senior client-facing delivery leadership.
  • At least 5 years of direct people-management experience with responsibility for hiring, performance reviews, coaching, development, and team growth.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent programs or projects, including budgeting, resource allocation, utilization, dependencies, and risk management.
  • Deep, hands-on expertise in at least one high-tech domain, such as telecommunications and wireless, semiconductors and hardware, AI/ML and cloud, software and platforms, or consumer, automotive, and medical technologies.
  • Familiarity with patent litigation and IP workflows, including infringement and invalidity analysis, claim charts, source code review, expert reports, IPR and post-grant proceedings, patent licensing, patent monetization, SEPs, FRAND commitments, and trade secret matters.
  • Strong analytical capabilities and sufficient technical depth to direct and quality-control work involving source code, data analysis, and AI-assisted analytical tools.
  • Strong program and project management capabilities, with experience using structured operating rhythms, project tracking platforms, utilization reporting, capacity planning, and leadership reporting.
  • Proven ability to lead distributed or cross-time-zone teams and allocate shared technical resources effectively.
  • Excellent client-management and stakeholder-engagement skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical specialists, executives, attorneys, judges, juries, and other non-technical audiences.
  • Exceptional technical writing and presentation skills for reports, whitepapers, expert materials, and legal documentation.
  • A track record of building processes, standards, methodologies, or internal tools that improve team performance and delivery quality.
  • Prior experience in IP litigation consulting, expert services, technical analysis, digital forensics, law firm IP practices, in-house IP or licensing, patent prosecution, or patent monetization is highly valued.
  • Experience supporting expert witnesses, large-scale data or source-code reviews, patent litigation, or licensing programs is a significant advantage.
  • USPTO registration, an active bar license, PMP certification, or Certified ScrumMaster credentials are advantageous but not required.

  Benefits

  • Competitive base salary of approximately $175,000–$240,000 per year for candidates based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with compensation adjusted according to experience, technical expertise, leadership scope, and internal equity.
  • Additional annual performance bonus and variable compensation tied to individual and organizational performance.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with significant employer contributions.
  • 401(k) retirement program with competitive employer matching.
  • Accrued paid time off, company holidays, and additional floating holidays for personal or cultural observances.
  • Wellness leave supporting physical and emotional well-being.
  • Paid leave for parental bonding and significant life events, including bereavement.
  • Flexible, remote-first work environment designed around autonomy and effective collaboration.
  • Merit-based career advancement and opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with a globally distributed team of technical, legal, and IP professionals.
  • Exposure to complex, high-stakes technology and intellectual property matters across multiple industries.