Managing Counsel, Intellectual Property

What You'll Do

• Provide advice on a wide variety of intellectual property topics for engineering and business teams, including assessment of patent and trademark assets and implications for business outcomes
• Support the business in connection with transactions involving material IP aspects
• Research and assess patent and licensing demand requests in collaboration with engineering, business, and legal teams
• Create and maintain IP-related forms, playbooks, and training materials to address common IP concerns
• Provide support and strategic guidance to business leadership regarding the company’s patent portfolio and IP matters
• Review and assess questions and concerns related to open-source software
• Liaise with colleagues in APAC and EMEA to ensure consistency of strategy and risk allocation across the global business

What You'll Bring

• Juris Doctor degree and licensed to practice in one or more US jurisdictions
• Minimum of 15 years of practice experience at a well-regarded law firm and/or company
• Experience structuring and leading negotiation of intellectual property transactions across technology areas, including physical goods and software licenses, as well as exposure to prosecuting and enforcing IP rights
• Ability to proactively identify problems, drive projects, make complex cost/benefit assessments, and deliver creative legal and business solutions
• Demonstrated capacity to work autonomously and collaboratively while managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to earn colleague confidence and communicate effectively at all organizational levels
• High standards, impeccable integrity and ethics, strong judgment, and superior analytical, oral, and written communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Medical plans
• Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Dental and vision plans
• HSA Contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Other financial benefits
• Basic life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time
• Paid holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs

Expected Compensation

$188,000 - $318,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits