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Genentech, a member of the Roche group and founder of the biotechnology industry, is dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. To solve the world's most complex health challenges, we ask bigger questions that challenge our industry and the boundaries of science to transform society. Our transformational discoveries include the first targeted antibody for cancer and the first medicine for primary progressive multiple sclerosis.

Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) are critical to the success of our company and our impact on society. We believe that by championing diversity of background, thought and experience, we can foster a sense of belonging and provide an environment where every employee feels valued, included, and able to contribute their best for the patients we serve. We’re focused on attracting, retaining, developing and advancing our people to their full potential by rewarding bold ways of thinking and integrating inclusive behaviors into every aspect of our work.

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Genentech is an equal opportunity employer & prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status. For more information about equal employment opportunity, visit our Genentech Careers page.

May 20, 2022
Full time
Senior Counsel/Senior Counsel Specialist, Assistant General Counsel, Personalized Healthcare (PHC) and Digital Health (DH), Corporate Law
Genentech South San Francisco, CA, USA
Job ID: 202112-135872 Position Scope and Key Responsibilities: Senior Counsel/Senior Counsel Specialist, Assistant General Counsel, Personalized Healthcare (PHC) and Digital Health (DH), Corporate Law   Genentech is expanding its Personalized Healthcare Business by investing in digital health tools that inform and tailor clinical decision-making by generating or using real world data, including sensor-based measures (e.g. via a smartphone, wearables or other sensors and connected devices) and digital tools to integrate data into care. The Senior Counsel/Senior Counsel Specialist, Assistant General Counsel, Personalized Healthcare (PHC) and Digital Health (DH), Corporate Law will work as part of the Global Functional Practice Group in the Corporate Law Group within Genentech's Legal department.  The Global Functional Practice Group supports activities conducted by teams operating globally with respect to issues related to product development,...
May 20, 2022
Full time
Senior Patent Counsel, OMNI Intellectual Property Practice Group
Genentech
Position Scope and Key Responsibilities: Genentech’s Intellectual Property team is seeking an intellectual property attorney whose passion lies in creating & leveraging game-changing IP strategies that enable Roche & 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 directly to a Director & Assistant General Counsel in the Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, Immunology & Infectious Disease (“OMNI”) IP Practice Group in the Genentech Legal Department and will be located in our South San Francisco campus. Key Responsibilities include: Driving strategic IP procurement and management of global intellectual property rights for individual small molecule (pharmaceutical) candidates and products. Partnering in all intellectual property-related transactions, adverse proceedings, and litigation activities related...
May 20, 2022
Full time
Director and Assistant General Counsel, Large Molecule, Oncology, Intellectual Property
Genentech
Position Scope and Key Responsibilities: Genentech’s Intellectual Property team is seeking a leader whose passion lies in creating & leveraging game-changing IP strategies that enable Roche & Genentech to do now what patients need next .  As a senior business strategist for Genentech, this individual will be pushing the boundaries of what is possible in a highly competitive industry while leading, empowering and developing great attorneys and staff across a dynamic & diverse global organization.  This position reports directly to a Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, Oncology IP Practice Group Lead in the Genentech Legal Department and will be located in our South San Francisco campus. Key Responsibilities include: Driving strategic IP procurement and management of global intellectual property rights including drafting & prosecuting patent portfolios, licensing transactions, due diligence assessments, freedom-to-operate, infringement and...
Apr 20, 2022
Full time
Corporate Counsel, Product Support, Healthcare Law Group
Genentech
Position Scope and Key Responsibilities: The Corporate Counsel will work as part of the Healthcare Law Group within Genentech's Legal Department. The position will have the opportunity to provide legal advice and support across the lifecycle of Genentech's products, including commercial, medical affairs, market access, and government affairs. Supported teams include product sales and marketing, commercial strategic and operational functions, regulatory, market access (patient access, pricing, contracting and distribution), and U.S medical affairs. Specific activities may include the following: Providing advice, education, training and legal direction on healthcare fraud and abuse laws, pricing, FDA labeling and promotional matters, cGMP compliance, products liability, antitrust, privacy and other laws impacting the commercialization of biotech products; Serving as lead legal counsel for product lifecycle and cross-functional product or therapeutic area-focused...
Apr 05, 2022
Full time
Vice President of Intellectual Property
Genentech
Job ID: 202107-121243 Position Scope and Key Responsibilities: The Position: We are seeking an exceptionally qualified attorney for the role of Vice President, Intellectual Property within the Genentech Legal Department in South San Francisco. In this role, you will lead our in-house team of attorneys, patent agents, and other professionals to secure legal protection for the Company’s intellectual property assets through patents, and to a lesser extent, trademarks and copyrights. You will be accountable for developing and implementing innovative patenting strategies that anticipate changes in the law, the business, and the external environment; responsible for managing the Company’s substantial portfolio of patents and patent applications, including advising on in-licensing and out-licensing opportunities and patent litigation matters; assuring the delivery of timely, high-quality legal counsel and work product to Genentech Research Early Development Organization...
Apr 05, 2022
Full time
Vice President - Litigation
Genentech
Job ID: ​​202201-104490 Position Scope and Key Responsibilities: Who we are: Doing now what patients need next… Every day, our teams work to solve some of the hardest biomedical problems in the history of mankind, always with the goal of putting patients first. Considered the founder of the biotech industry, Genentech, now a member of the Roche Group, has been delivering on the promise of biotechnology for over 45 years. We are a leading biotech company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. Genentech has multiple products on the market and a promising development pipeline with 45 medicines on the market and 58 molecules in its pipeline. In 2009, Genentech became a member of the Roche Group. As part of the merger, Roche and Genentech combined their pharmaceutical operations in the United States. Genentech’s South San Francisco campus now serves as the...
Apr 05, 2022
Full time
Senior Corporate Counsel, Managed Care, Healthcare Law Group
Genentech South San Francisco, CA, USA
Job ID: 202203-113849 Position Scope and Key Responsibilities: The Senior Corporate Counsel, Managed Care, Healthcare Law Group will work as part of the Healthcare Law Group within Genentech's Legal Department. The position will have the opportunity to provide legal advice and support to Genentech's Market Access Function, which includes pricing, contracting, and distribution strategy and operations functions; sales, marketing and account management teams; product logistics support; and other commercial support functions.  Specific activities may include the following: Providing advice, education, training and legal direction on: Government price reporting, payer/provider contracts, distribution agreements Healthcare fraud and abuse laws, privacy, antitrust, and other laws impacting the commercialization of biotech and pharmaceutical drugs, and Key policies, procedures, practices and requirements for healthcare and related legal compliance, and on current...