Director, Sr. Business and Technology Transactions Counsel

Applied Materials is seeking a highly skilled, experienced, creative, and energetic team player to support IP licensing agreements, joint development and collaboration agreements, IP acquisitions and divestitures, and other complex transactions, and provide general business counseling in connection with Applied’s strategic growth plans. This person must be comfortable interacting with business executives, product and development teams, our sales force, our customers, and external collaborators. This Director level position will report to a Senior Director in the Legal and Compliance Organization.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing business and legal advice to business stakeholders.
• Framing, reviewing, drafting and negotiating a broad range of IP, commercial, and complex transactions, including IP licensing agreements, joint development and collaboration agreements, and product qualification agreements, to achieve desired business objectives.
• Counseling business/sales team and other stakeholders regarding contract provisions and implications and assessing and mitigating legal/business risks (e.g., indemnifications, liability, etc.).
• Partnering effectively with other groups in the Legal and Compliance Organization to deliver effective and comprehensive legal support to business stakeholders.
• Manage outside counsel work product quality and budgets.
• Actively participating in process and technology projects designed to improve service and efficiency within the Legal and Compliance Organization.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited and recognized law school.
• 10+ years of relevant legal experience with a focus on IP licensing (with a focus on patent licensing), joint development agreements, IP purchases and sales, royalty-bearing agreements, and other complex transactions.
• Deep understanding of contract terms relating to creation and allocation of technology and IP rights; sound legal and business judgment.
• Excellent negotiation skills, including first-hand experience leading negotiations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills necessary to support a global business.
• Ability to spot compliance and regulatory implications of new businesses.
• Ability to work collaboratively across organizational boundaries and with a diverse group of colleagues in multiple countries.
• Ability to travel occasionally.
• Licensed to practice law in California.

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Attributes:

• Work experience in both law firm and in-house corporate legal departments.
• Degree in engineering or hard sciences, and/or experience in the engineering or semiconductor industry.
• Registered US patent attorney.
• Ability to translate business needs into contract language and creatively resolve business issues.
• Passionate, proactive, highly motivated self-starter.
• Excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail and ability to create specific action plans based on general guidance and deliver results.
• Ability to see the big picture and identify and design-out problems from the outset; continuous improvement mindset.

## Qualifications

### Education:

Doctorate Degree

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### Years of Experience:

10 - 15 Years

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## Additional Information

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### Shift:

10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America)

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### Travel:

Yes, 10% of the Time

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### Relocation Eligible:

No

### Referral Payment Plan:

None

Salary Range:

$212,000.00 - $291,500.00

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.