Intellectual Property Policy Expert Job Listing at SPA in Alexandria, VA (Job ID 2024-18843)

Description

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience with Intellectual Property Rights
• Expertise in Intellectual Property evaluation, valuation, licensing and acquisition
• Demonstrated capability to engage with senior DoD personnel, develop recommendations, and provide professional written or verbal assessments and correspondence supporting policy
• Active DoD Secret clearance

Desired:

• 5+ years of experience developing IP policies, guides, regulations, or handbooks
• 10+ years of experience interpreting and implementing IP laws, regulations, policies, and guides
• 10+ years of experience negotiating IP data rights for either the government or a government contractor
• 5+ years of experience supporting a Headquarters-level DoD organization
  
  

The candidate will provide Intellectual Property (IP) and cross-functional acquisition expertise, advice, and assistance in developing, promulgating, and implementing IP policy, guidance, and training in the areas of law, contracting, program management, product support, engineering, finance, and workforce training. Will support Congressional, GAO, and IG engagements, directives, and reporting requirements. Apply expertise in the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and systems engineering to coordinate and collaborate with the client and other engineering bodies to ensure IP objectives are implemented in engineering policy and guidance. In this capacity, will conduct IP evaluation and valuation related to tailored IP licenses, rights, and agreements, including specially negotiated licenses and conditions-based IP strategies. Identify and recommend available techniques and best government and commercial practices for acquiring, licensing, and managing IP early in the acquisition process. On a day-to-day basis, the candidate will be responsible for reviewing acquisition program documentation and offering approaches that encourage customized IP acquisition strategies based on the unique characteristics of the system and its components, the product support strategy for the system, the organic industrial base strategy, and the commercial market. Will provide subject matter expertise across acquisition functional including cost estimating, product support planning, acquisition strategy development, and on industry IP practices and support initiatives.