Remote Chief IP Counsel – AI-Driven Prosecution

CrowdStrike Inc.; Annapolis (MD); À distance; USD 210 000 - 300 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Market-leading compensation

Comprehensive wellness programs

Paid parental and adoption leave

Professional development opportunities

Employee networks and volunteer events

Résumé du poste

CrowdStrike is seeking an AI-forward patent prosecution leader to guide global IP strategy for its cloud-native cybersecurity platform. You will lead a team partnering with Product and Engineering to identify innovations and strengthen the company's patent portfolio while modernizing IP operations with AI.

The role emphasizes building a proactive IP program, managing trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and driving AI-enabled workflows across the IP function to improve efficiency and

Qualifications

• J.D. and active bar membership in the state you reside, with eligibility to practice as in-house counsel; admitted before the USPTO.
• 15+ years of IP experience, including team management.
• Extensive experience identifying, prosecuting, and procuring patentable technologies in software, SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity and/or AI.
• Expertise managing global patent portfolios, including jurisdictional filing strategy and decisions on continuation, abandonment, and maintenance.
• Experience in trademark, copyright, and trade secret law.
• Demonstrated AI fluency: able to identify, implement, and govern practical AI use cases in legal and IP workflows, not just acknowledge AI's potential.
• Proven ability to manage significant budgets effectively.
• Team-oriented, detail-oriented, and operationally rigorous.

Responsabilités

• Develop and manage a global patent prosecution strategy aligned with product roadmap and market indicators.
• Identify mission-critical innovations across CrowdStrike's products and technology in partnership with Product and Engineering.
• Make strategic filing, continuation, and abandonment decisions based on business value, competitive landscape, and jurisdictional priorities.
• Use portfolio analytics, competitive intelligence, prosecution data, and business metrics to identify coverage gaps, evaluate portfolio strength, guide investment decisions, and communicate IP performance and priorities to senior leadership.
• Manage CrowdStrike's global trademark portfolio, including filing, prosecution, and maintenance across relevant jurisdictions.
• Oversee trademark clearance processes for new product names, features, campaign terms, and brand extensions—coordinating with Marketing, Product, and outside trademark counsel.
• Manage trademark renewals, watch services, and opposition or cancellation proceedings, working with outside specialists.
• Advise on copyright ownership, registration, and protection for CrowdStrike's software, research publications, technical documentation, and other content assets.
• Develop and maintain copyright policies covering employee-created works, contractor contributions, open-source usage, and third-party content.
• Provide strategic advice on trade secret protection.
• Support IP licensing, negotiations, M&A activities, third-party demands, and patent analyses.
• Manage outside patent counsel to ensure high-quality, timely, and cost-effective work product.
• Actively manage patent and trademark dockets, budgets, and outside spend.
• Evaluate, implement, and govern AI-enabled workflows across the IP function—including invention disclosure intake, prior art review, office action summarization, portfolio analytics, outside counsel review, and budget analysis.
• Drive responsible AI adoption across the team with appropriate quality controls, confidentiality safeguards, and attorney oversight.
• Train internal teams and outside counsel on acceptable AI use in IP workflows.
• Measure and improve the team's operating leverage through AI and automation.

Formation

J.D. with bar admission

Description du poste

CrowdStrike is seeking an AI-forward patent prosecution leader to guide global IP strategy for its cloud-native cybersecurity platform. You will lead a team partnering with Product and Engineering to identify innovations and strengthen the company's patent portfolio while modernizing IP operations with AI.

The role emphasizes building a proactive IP program, managing trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and driving AI-enabled workflows across the IP function to improve efficiency and