[Hiring] Assistant General Counsel, IP Strategy @CrowdStrike

Role Description

CrowdStrike is seeking an AI-forward patent prosecution leader to guide global IP strategy for its cloud-native cybersecurity platform. Reporting to the VP of Legal, you will lead a team that partners closely with our technical leaders to:

• Identify mission-critical innovations
• Strengthen the company's global patent portfolio
• Oversee broader IP assets
• Modernize IP operations through responsible use of AI

This is a prosecution-centered role focused on building and protecting CrowdStrike's global IP portfolio. You will:

• Identify what to protect and determine how to protect it
• Execute a global prosecution strategy that reflects both the speed of our innovation and the realities of the competitive landscape
• Champion the IP function’s new operating model—where AI is a core tool

What You'll Do

• IP Portfolio Strategy
  • 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
• AI-Enabled Operations
  • 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

Qualifications

• J.D. and active bar membership in the state where you live, with eligibility to practice as registered in-house counsel; admitted to practice before the USPTO
• 15+ years of relevant 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
• Proven ability to manage significant budgets effectively
• Team-oriented, detail-oriented, and operationally rigorous
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes

Bonus Points

• Experience with cybersecurity software and SaaS technologies
• Engineering or computer science background
• Experience supporting IP licensing, M&A, and/or open source

Benefits

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe