Senior Counsel, IP & Tech Disputes (Remote)

Rocket Software; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 113,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Vacation Time

Health and Wellness coverage options

Life and disability coverage

401(k) with matching contributions

Monthly student debt benefit program

Tuition Reimbursement and Certificate

Job summary

Rocket Software is seeking a Senior Counsel, Risk & Enforcement to lead IP disputes, software enforcement, and trade secret matters across Rocket-related offerings. You will design litigation readiness, manage internal investigations, and coordinate with product, engineering, and security teams to mitigate risk before disputes arise.

The role requires deep legal and technical fluency, with experience in software licensing, open source matters, and outside counsel management.

Qualifications

• Excellent academic credentials; J.D. from an accredited law school required.
• Must be in good standing with at least one State Bar.
• Minimum of 10 years of total experience with at least 5 years of experience in a law firm litigation position, including significant in-house experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing intellectual property or technology-related disputes, including meaningful experience with software, trade secret, copyright, patent, licensing, or open source matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead Rocket's strategy for intellectual property and technology-related disputes, including trade secret, patent, copyright, open source, software licensing, and related claims.
• Serve as the dedicated legal partner for significant software and technology disputes, working directly with product management, engineering, security, services, and business teams to understand complex technical facts and translate them into effective legal strategy.
• Develop, implement, and maintain litigation prevention and readiness frameworks, including processes for early risk identification, legal holds, preservation, evidence collection, technical fact development, and escalation of material disputes.
• Lead internal investigations and pre-litigation assessments relating to potential IP misuse, trade secret concerns, software licensing, customer usage, vendor conduct, and other technical disputes.
• Advise on and lead customer license compliance and enforcement matters, including usage reviews, audit rights, demand strategy, negotiations, escalation decisions, and resolution structures.
• Advise on and manage disputes with vendors, partners, competitors, and other third parties involving software, technology, intellectual property, confidentiality, or performance issues.

Skills

IP litigation strategy

Internal investigations

Outside counsel management

Technical fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Tools

e-discovery tools

Job description

Rocket Software is seeking a Senior Counsel, Risk & Enforcement to lead IP disputes, software enforcement, and trade secret matters across Rocket-related offerings. You will design litigation readiness, manage internal investigations, and coordinate with product, engineering, and security teams to mitigate risk before disputes arise.

The role requires deep legal and technical fluency, with experience in software licensing, open source matters, and outside counsel management.