Patent Operations, Senior Associate Paralegal (Biotech)

Location: United States - Remote; may also be based in Thousand Oaks, California; Cambridge, Massachusetts; or South San Francisco, California.

Annual salary: USD 104,606.10–141,525.90

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company developing and delivering medicines for serious illnesses across oncology, inflammation, general medicine, and rare disease.

What you will do

• Provide paralegal and docketing support to the Patent Law group for U.S. and foreign patent matters.
• Open patent matters in the IP Management System and maintain accurate filing dates, application data, parties, and docket information.
• Review patent office, outside counsel, and service provider correspondence; docket prosecution events, tasks, and deadlines.
• Coordinate PCT national phase entries, foreign filing decisions, filing instructions, supporting documents, acknowledgments, and confirmations.
• Generate docket and portfolio reports, perform data-quality reviews, and coordinate corrections.
• Coordinate patent annuities, maintenance fees, invention disclosure intake, records management, and process-improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Master’s degree, or a bachelor’s degree plus 2 years of intellectual property docketing experience, or an associate’s degree plus 6 years of experience, or a high school diploma/GED plus 8 years of experience.
• Experience supporting U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, including PCT national phase entries, Paris Convention filings, and foreign filing formalities.
• Proficiency in ANAQUA or a comparable intellectual property management and docketing system, including docket and portfolio reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, follow-up, judgment, and discrepancy-escalation skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, maintain accuracy under deadline pressure, and collaborate across teams.

Nice to have

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree or completion of an ABA-approved legal assistant or paralegal program.
• Four or more years of intellectual property experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and science-based work environment.
• Health, dental, vision, life, disability, and flexible spending benefits.
• Retirement and savings plan with company contributions.
• Discretionary annual bonus program and stock-based long-term incentives.
• Paid time-off plans and career development opportunities.
• Sponsorship is not guaranteed.