Senior Patent Counsel/Agent (Large Molecule)
Genentech · South San Francisco, CA · Business Strategy & Delivery
About this role
Genentech is hiring a senior-level Legal Counsel based in South San Francisco, CA. The posting calls out experience with Agile. Compensation is listed at $215,400–$400,000 per year.
- Role
- Legal Counsel
- Function
- legal
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- South San Francisco, CA
- Department
- Business Strategy & Delivery
- Posted
- Feb 26, 2026
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Job description
from Genentech careersThe Position
Genentech’s Intellectual Property team is seeking a Senior Patent Counsel/Agent (Large Molecule) whose passion lies in creating and leveraging groundbreaking IP strategies that enable Genentech to “do now what patients need next.” As a key partner and business strategist, this individual will push the boundaries of what is possible in a highly competitive industry. This position reports into the Immunology/Ophthalmology IP team in Genentech’s Legal Department.
The Opportunity
Key responsibilities of this individual contributor role will include but not be limited to the following:
Providing Advice & Counsel:
Designing and delivering impactful global IP portfolios from invention capture to patent issuance and beyond for technologies and products, including large molecule pharmaceutical development candidates and products in combination with other modalities and across various development stages and therapeutic areas;
Rendering legal opinions and providing guidance concerning issues of patentability, validity, and freedom-to-operate
Conducting due diligence investigations and analyses of in-house and partnered programs (including freedom-to-operate, infringement and validity analyses)
Maintaining strong knowledge of legal case law, rules and regulations before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office as well as other jurisdictional IP offices
Managing Docket (patent preparation and prosecution):