Senior Patent Counsel, Oncology

• Job title Senior Patent Counsel, Oncology
• Function Legal & Compliance
• Sub function Intellectual Property Law
• Category Director, Intellectual Property Law (P9)
• Location New Brunswick / San Diego / Spring House / United States of America
• Date posted May 21 2026
• Requisition number R-077539
• Work pattern Hybrid Work

This job posting is anticipated to close on May 28 2026. We may however extend this time period, in which case the posting will remain available on www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

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At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

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We are searching for the best talent for Senior Patent Counsel, Oncology to join our Global Legal Organization located in New Brunswick, NJ; San Diego, CA; or Spring House, PA.

About Oncology

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

This role supports programs across many phases of development, from discovery through clinical development and commercialization. The position offers the opportunity to work on a wide range of programs, encompassing multiple technology platforms and modalities. In addition, the role involves regular collaboration with key functions across the organization, including research, development, manufacturing and supply, regulatory affairs, business development, commercial teams, and other legal colleagues.

As a Senior Patent Counsel, Oncology, you will:

• Primarily support Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine and more specifically, the oncology business.
• Develop and execute best-in-class patent strategies in an ever-evolving IP environment.
• Provide a full range of patent support functions for product development teams, including identifying inventions, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, performing freedom-to-operate analyses, rendering opinions, managing outside counsel, drafting and negotiating license and collaboration agreements, providing due diligence support for business development transactions and client counseling.
• Regularly make presentations and engage with the business clients regarding intellectual property and related partnership and contractual matters.
  

Qualifications:

• A J.D. or LL.M. with admission to and good standing with the bar of one state or the District of Columbia is required. Admission to the USPTO is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of large molecule patent experience at a law firm or in-house legal department of a multinational corporation is required. (Note: time accrued as a practicing patent agent may be considered)
• Ability to articulate and positively engage internal clients and external partners is required.
• Capability to give well-organized, thoughtful presentations to upper management is required.
• A demonstrated competency in the field of biopharmaceutical discovery, development, and commercialization is required.
• Working competency with protein, biologic, and cellular technologies with a required competency for analyzing legal matters associated with the research, development, and commercialization of protein, biologic, and cellular therapeutics.
• Substantial experience drafting and prosecuting biopharmaceutical-related patent applications is required.
• Experience in rendering patentability and non-infringement opinions is required.
• Experience in due diligence activities, license/agreement drafting and negotiation is preferred.
• The ability to accommodate occasional travel is required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers .Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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