Chief IP Counsel, Masimo Corporation

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Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Masimo, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Masimo is a global medical technology company that develops and produces a wide array of industry-leading monitoring technologies, including non-invasive measurements, sensors, patient monitors, and automation and connectivity solutions. Our mission is, Masimo innovations empower clinicians to transform patient care. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a culture that’s driven by passion, challenging the status quo, and making an impact in the lives of others.

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The Chief IP Counsel develops, implements, and executes Masimo’s global intellectual property (IP) strategy in support of the company’s business objectives and innovation pipeline.  This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, requiring both the ability to architect portfolio-level IP strategy and the technical expertise to personally drive complex matters to resolution.  The Chief IP Counsel leads a team of IP professionals while maintaining direct involvement in the company’s highest-stakes IP decisions and most sophisticated legal work.

This position reports to the VP & Chief IP Counsel, DHR Diagnostics and will be onsite in our Irvine, CA office.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Architect and execute IP strategies that create measurable competitive advantage, translating business objectives and technology roadmaps into actionable IP plans with clear success metrics and resource allocation decisions.

• Build and manage a strategic global IP portfolio, making data-driven decisions about patent prosecution, trademark protection, and trade secret strategies that maximize return on investment and minimize competitive risk.

• Lead and develop a team of IP professionals through direct mentorship and hands-on collaboration on complex matters, establishing standards of excellence and building capability that scales with business growth.

• Conduct and personally drive freedom to operate analyses, competitive intelligence assessments, and IP due diligence for high-stakes business initiatives, providing business leaders with clear risk assessments and practical mitigation strategies that enable decision-making.

• Work in partnership with the company’s contracting function, personally support the company’s most sophisticated licensing, collaboration, and technology transfer deals while developing team capability on standard agreements.

• Support offensive and defensive IP litigation strategy, leading and supporting adversarial proceedings including patent litigation, European Oppositions, and U.S. IPRs, making strategic decisions in partnership with business leadership and coordinating internal and external counsel to achieve optimal business outcomes.

• Collaborate with other Chief IP Counsels at DX Platform and other Danaher Operating Companies to drive and achieve strategic goals.

The essential requirements of the job include**:**

• JD with excellent academic credentials from an accredited US law school, active bar membership in good standing in at least one US jurisdiction, and admission to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

• 10+ years of IP legal experience, including hands-on patent prosecution with complex portfolios and drafting/negotiating IP-related agreements in both law firm and in-house environments.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex IP issues clearly and concisely to business leaders and associates at all levels of the company.

• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability and desire to manage and develop a team and balance strategic portfolio management with hands-on technical work.

• Advanced degree in biological science, chemistry, engineering, or other field relevant to life sciences or the medical diagnostic industry.

• Experience in the medical device industry.

• Experience with international patent law, particularly with respect to Europe and China.

Masimo, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $280,000 - $300,000.  This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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