Intellectual Property Attorney, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

5h•Remote

About The Position

This legal counsel position will partner with the business to facilitate the development and sale of products and solutions to Federal Government and Commercial Customers. Working in close collaboration with others in the Intellectual Property Team and other Legal Department team members, this role will counsel businesses on intellectual property matters, leverage best practices to mitigate risk, ensure a consistent approach to development and sales across supported market groups, and operationalize a broad range of risk mitigation techniques to assist broader business goals. This role will assist in providing subject matter expertise on intellectual property protection, on product compliance regulatory regimes in the government and commercial sectors, and coordinate with other subject matter experts in the Legal Department and across the company to position the business for compliance with anticipated ethical and regulatory regimes. The Counsel will leverage expertise in federal government contracts counseling, data rights, contract negotiations, and software or solutions sales to anticipate risk and protect the company's strategic investments.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in legal counseling on intellectual property, product and solution sales, or primarily to federal government clients, including drafting and negotiating intellectual property licenses and developing data rights protection best practices
Experience with drafting and advising on intellectual property in commercial contracts
Experience in working with or managing patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and open-source software
Experience with advising on and being conversant with emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data security, incident response, and highly technical concepts and associated regulatory and contractual requirements
Experience with government contracts law, including FAR, DFARS, negotiating other transaction agreements, federal procurement statutes, and regulations in a law firm or corporate legal department
Experience with negotiating commercial intellectual property issues relevant to product development and delivery agreements
Ability to translate highly technical concepts into plain language
Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and manage the workload and simultaneous tasks, and meet deadlines in a changing, fast-paced environment
J.D. degree
U.S. citizenship is required

Nice To Haves

Experience with advising professional services companies, including commercial or government industry
Experience with drafting and negotiating contractual requirements for software development, systems, products, and solutions agreements, including change control processes, other delivery-focused mitigation approaches, or acceptance criteria
Ability to be highly responsive and organized
Ability to provide practical and pragmatic advice to legal and business colleagues
Ability to show superior legal and analytical expertise and business-oriented approach to problem-solving
Ability to display excellent judgment and initiative in selecting the most effective solutions
Possession of excellent organizational, interpersonal, client relations, and team skills
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Counsel businesses on intellectual property matters.
Leverage best practices to mitigate risk.
Ensure a consistent approach to development and sales across supported market groups.
Operationalize a broad range of risk mitigation techniques to assist broader business goals.
Assist in providing subject matter expertise on intellectual property protection.
Assist in providing subject matter expertise on product compliance regulatory regimes in the government and commercial sectors.
Coordinate with other subject matter experts in the Legal Department and across the company to position the business for compliance with anticipated ethical and regulatory regimes.
Leverage expertise in federal government contracts counseling, data rights, contract negotiations, and software or solutions sales to anticipate risk and protect the company's strategic investments.