Assistant General Counsel, IP Strategy (Remote)

What you'll do

• Develop and manage global patent strategy, identifying innovations and making filing, continuation, and abandonment decisions.
• Oversee trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters, and support IP licensing, negotiations, M&A, and patent analyses.
• Implement and govern AI-enabled IP workflows, including quality controls, training, and operational improvements.

What they ask for

• J.D., active bar membership in the state of residence with eligibility to practice as registered in-house counsel, and admission to practice before the USPTO.
• 15+ years of relevant IP experience, including team management.
• Extensive patent prosecution experience in software, SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity and/or AI, plus expertise managing global patent portfolios.
• Experience in trademark, copyright, and trade secret law; demonstrated ability to implement and govern AI use in legal/IP workflows and manage significant budgets.

Nice to have

• Cybersecurity software and SaaS experience.
• Engineering or computer science background; experience supporting IP licensing, M&A, and/or open source.

Pay

$210,000 - $300,000 per year (base salary)

Tools

AI

AI focus

Use and govern AI to improve IP workflows, including invention disclosure intake, prior art review, office action summarization, portfolio analytics, outside counsel review, and budget analysis; train teams and counsel and measure improvements.