Director, Patent Litigation Consulting; -Tech IP

Lumenci is hiring a Director of Patent Litigation Consulting in Los Angeles to lead our high-tech intellectual property practice on the West Coast. This is a people-management and delivery-leadership role: you will manage a team of technical consultants and IP experts, own program and project delivery across concurrent patent litigation and licensing matters, and set the quality standards behind our technical work product, including claim charts, source code review, reverse engineering, patent portfolio analysis, and expert report support.

Our client matters span software, telecommunications, semiconductors, and emerging technology sectors, including AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, consumer electronics, and medical devices. You are not expected to know all of it. We are looking for a technical consulting leader with deep expertise in at least one of these areas, proven experience managing and developing technical teams, and the executive presence to present complex findings to in-house counsel, litigators, and non-technical decision-makers.

About Lumenci

Founded in 2018, Lumenci is a premier intellectual property consulting firm specialising in patent litigation, expert witness testimony, and patent monetisation for leading corporations and global law firms across the software, telecommunications, semiconductor, and emerging technology sectors.

A key part of our model is the integration of deep technical expertise with litigation strategy. Our teams support high-stakes disputes by developing technical narratives, performing rigorous analysis — including reverse engineering and source-code review — and partnering with world-class expert witnesses whose testimony shapes case outcomes in courts and arbitration forums worldwide. Alongside our services business, our iLumOS platform delivers expert-guided AI for patent intelligence, moving clients from portfolio analysis to action in minutes rather than months.

Today we work with more than 200 clients across the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. We have analysed over 100,000 patents, tested more than 1,000 products, and supported clients in raising over $200M in IP financing, with more than $3.5B tied to verdicts, settlements, and cost savings. That work is delivered by 150 consultants and more than 100 technical experts with exceptional academic backgrounds.

Lumenci is recognised in the IAM 300 and is Vault Top Ranked. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, we deliver end-to-end support spanning technical analysis, expert strategy, valuation, and monetisation execution. We are backed by VSS Capital Partners and Century Equity Partners, and we are growing quickly — our US team expanded 42% over the past year.

Employment Type: Full-time, exempt
Work Arrangement: Remote (Los Angeles, CA)
Location: US
Reports To: Chief Delivery Officer
Travel
:15-25% (client sites, industry events)

Team Leadership and People Management

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of technical consultants and IP experts, including direct reports and matrixed contributors across our US and India delivery teams.
• Own hiring for the practice: partner with People Operations on workforce planning, define role profiles, interview and select candidates, and onboard new consultants.
• Run the performance cycle for your team, including goal setting, regular one-on-ones, feedback, formal reviews, calibration, and compensation recommendations.
• Build individual development plans and career paths, mentoring consultants toward senior client-facing, expert-witness-adjacent, and practice-leadership roles.
• Coordinate training and enablement so consultants can move across matter types, technologies, and analytical methods.
• Foster a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and…