Assistant General Counsel, IP Strategy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and oversee a comprehensive global patent prosecution strategy in alignment with product roadmaps and market indicators.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to identify critical innovations across CrowdStrike’s products and technologies.

• Make informed strategic decisions regarding filings, continuations, and abandonments based on business value, competitive landscape, and jurisdictional priorities.

• Utilize portfolio analytics, competitive intelligence, prosecution data, and business metrics to pinpoint coverage gaps and assess portfolio robustness.

• Communicate the performance and priorities of intellectual property (IP) to senior leaders.

• Manage CrowdStrike’s global trademark portfolio, encompassing filing, prosecution, and maintenance activities.

• Supervise trademark clearance processes for product names, features, campaign terms, and brand expansions.

• Handle trademark renewals, watch services, and opposition or cancellation proceedings.

• Provide guidance on copyright ownership, registration, and protection for software, publications, documentation, and content assets.

• Develop and sustain copyright policies.

• Offer strategic counsel on trade secret protection.

• Assist with IP licensing, negotiations, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities, third-party demands, and patent analyses.

• Manage external patent counsel to guarantee high-quality, timely, and cost-effective work.

• Oversee patent and trademark dockets, budgets, and external expenditures.

• Evaluate, implement, and govern AI-enabled workflows throughout the IP function.

• Promote responsible AI adoption with quality controls, confidentiality safeguards, and attorney oversight.

• Train internal teams and external counsel on appropriate AI utilization in IP workflows.

• Measure and enhance operational leverage through AI and automation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

• Active bar membership in the state of residence.

• Eligibility to practice as registered in-house counsel.

• Admission to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

• Over 15 years of pertinent IP experience, including team management.

• Extensive experience in identifying, prosecuting, and securing patentable technologies in software, SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity, and/or AI sectors.

• Expertise in managing global patent portfolios, including strategies for jurisdictional filings, continuations, abandonments, and maintenance decisions.

• Knowledge of trademark, copyright, and trade secret law.

• Demonstrated fluency in AI and the ability to implement and govern practical AI applications in legal and IP workflows.

• Proven capability to manage substantial budgets effectively.

• Established experience in leveraging AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and drive business results.

• Experience with cybersecurity software and SaaS technologies is an advantage.

• A background in engineering or computer science is a plus.

• Experience in supporting IP licensing, M&A, and/or open source initiatives is a bonus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards that set market standards.

• Comprehensive wellness programs addressing both physical and mental health.

• Generous vacation and holiday policies for ample rest and rejuvenation.

• Paid parental and adoption leave policies.

• Opportunities for professional development available for all employees, regardless of their role or level.

• Employee Networks, local neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to foster connections.

• A vibrant office culture equipped with world-class amenities.

• Health insurance coverage.

• 401k retirement plan.

• Paid time off policies.

• Performance-based bonuses.

• Equity grants to promote employee ownership.