Senior Manager Patent Law

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 https://www.jnj.com/.

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a patent attorney to join our Global Legal Organization in Aachen, Germany as a Senior Manager Patent Law . 

This Senior Manager Patent Law position will primarily support the MedTech sector of Johnson & Johnson, and more specifically, its operating company Abiomed. Abiomed is an innovative cardiovascular business with an inspiring mission "Patients First", and a unique guiding company principle "Recovering hearts. Saving lives." With more than 2,000 employees, Abiomed is one of the fastest-growing MedTech businesses in the world with corporate headquarters in Danvers, USA, and major locations in Aachen, Berlin, and Tokyo.

This position is based out of Abiomed’s Aachen, Germany office and reports to a Director Patent Law while also working closely with different research teams in Abiomed’s R&D department.

The successful candidate should be able to work independently while aligned with the Johnson & Johnson Global Legal Organization, balance multiple job tasks, prioritize tasks well, and be comfortable and proficient analyzing and drafting patent-related technical documents.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and handling Abiomed’s patent portfolio, including preparation and prosecution of patent applications around the world.


• Conducting freedom-to-operate analyses in support of new product development.


• Drafting and negotiating complex IP, research, product development, and other agreements.


• Providing due diligence support for business development activities.


• Counseling senior business leaders and other stakeholders on complex legal and business issues.


• Providing IP support for the business and engineering teams in Aachen.


• Working directly with inventors to collect invention disclosures and technical details about inventions.


• Providing IP education and training to local R&D teams and other stakeholders.


• Liaising with external counsel to draft patent applications; review and/or prepare responses to office actions and coordinate prosecution globally; draft and prosecute patent applications as necessary.


• Developing superior knowledge of competitive technologies in the cardiovascular industry.


• Supporting the implementation and execution of the German inventor remuneration process.