Intellectual Property (IP) Director of Operations

Leading international IP legal services company headquartered in New York City’s Financial District is seeking an entrepreneurial, business-oriented, and creative legal counsel who is passionate about helping to build our consulting practice in Israel. Reporting to the COO, you will have the opportunity to work with the company founders, account executives, product managers, along with the broader management team.
We are looking for someone with a background in Intellectual Property to build our operations team from the ground up. You will be a founding member of this subsidiary contributing to product development and procedures.  There are two major components to this position: 1. Interview potential clients to evaluate their operations and in conjunction with company management, fit proposals to serve client needs, and 2. Deliver the solution to the client.   
Responsibilities:

• In conjunction with existing functions within the parent company, write procedures to handle all aspects of operations as it relates to this initiative. Client Onboarding, Case Management, Servicing, Accounting
  
• Interview  clients to evaluate their operations.  Help mold the company value proposition based on these meetings and prior IP knowledge.
  
• Working with the sales team and management, create proposals and quotations for client approval
  
• Negotiate client contracts
  
• Fulfill requirements set forth in the proposals operationally.  At first, this will be done by the successful candidate
  
• Create budget
  
• Participation in evaluating potential partnership agreements
  
• Evaluate future staffing needs and manage staff to accomplish their tasks with high quality and efficiency
  
• Recommend product opportunities based on understanding of industry trends
  
• Maintain productive relationship with clients
  

 Requirements:

• Exceptional academic and law firm credentials or paralegal certificate with a minimum of 3+ years experience preferably having a solid mix of both law firm and in-house experience with a specialization in Intellectual Property
  
• Organizational and prioritization skills including ability to work independently and effectively within a fast-paced business environment
  
• Demonstrated history of business-focused decision making and counseling, with the ability to assist the business to meet its objectives 
  
• High integrity and excellent judgment
  
• Demonstrated experience working independently, dealing with and resolving ambiguity and managing multiple projects at one time to meet deadlines
  
• Collaborate well in cross-functional teams dealing with matrixed issues
  

• Demonstration of excellent written, oral communications as well as presentation skills is required
  
• High level of proficiency with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
  
• Prior experience with docketing systems and outsourced legal services providers
  
• Technology savvy
  
• Native, mother tongue English
  
• Experience with privacy regulations (CCPA, GDPR, GDPL) a plus but not required
  

Send CV to jobs@rybtech.com