Manager, Intellectual Property - Disputes, Claims & Investigations

Stout•Washington, DC

1d•$87,000 - $195,000

About The Position

The Manager, Intellectual Property role supports complex disputes, claims, and investigations by delivering high-quality intellectual property damages analyses. The manager oversees day-to-day engagements and financial and economic analyses, guides teams in producing accurate, defensible work, collaborates with senior experts, mentors junior professionals, and develops trusted client relationships through effective communication and consistent delivery. The role involves managing engagement workplans, deadlines, progress, and critical-path issues; developing and reviewing damages analyses for patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters; conducting and overseeing research; analyzing financial and case records; and preparing expert report materials. The manager also supports client relationships and proposals and helps expand the team's use of emerging AI tools in research, analysis, and document workflows while maintaining accuracy and reliability.

Requirements

Four-year undergraduate degree with a concentration in accounting, economics, and/or finance.
Four to six years of relevant professional experience in damages quantification; experience related to intellectual property disputes is preferred.
Experience in financial analysis, economic consulting, or financial statement auditing is relevant.
Significant experience assisting with the preparation of expert reports and supporting analyses.
Experience coordinating workstreams, reviewing analyses, and guiding junior team members; team management experience.
Strong analytical and technical skills in finance, economics, and/or accounting, including the ability to critically analyze financial statements, accounting records, tax returns, and other financial documents.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and thoroughness.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to clearly convey ideas.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Openness to and curiosity about thoughtfully integrating AI tools into engagement work.

Nice To Haves

Relevant experience in intellectual property dispute damages quantification.

Responsibilities

Work with engagement leaders to develop engagement strategies and workplans, manage deadlines and assignments, monitor progress, and report on critical-path items and issues.
Develop and review financial models and damages analyses involving patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters across industries and technologies.
Oversee and conduct technical, economic, accounting, market, company, industry, and case-specific research to support analyses, assumptions, and conclusions.
Analyze financial statements, accounting records, tax returns, license agreements, and other financial documents across multiple engagements.
Review, organize, and analyze case documentation, testimony, court filings, and financial records.
Draft and review expert report sections, presentations, and graphical exhibits.
Assist with client relationship management, serve as an important point of contact for client communications, and contribute to proposals.
Help build and expand the team's use of emerging AI tools for research, analysis, and document workflows while maintaining accuracy and reliability.
Coordinate workstreams, review analyses, guide junior team members, and contribute to team management.
Manage competing priorities and multiple workstreams while maintaining accurate, defensible work and adapting to changing client-imposed deadlines.