[Hiring] Intellectual Property & Technology Counsel @BMC Software

Role Description

BMC's legal team is a tight-knit, high-impact legal team at the heart of a fast-moving tech company. Smart, curious, and highly collaborative, we bring sharp legal minds to the table—without the ego.

We are currently seeking an early-career Intellectual Property & Technology Counsel with 3-6 years of relevant experience to join the team. This role involves managing and protecting BMC's intellectual property and advising on a broad range of legal issues involving software and technology. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney looking to broaden their experience across a wide range of intellectual property and technology matters. You'll work on everything from patents, trademarks, and copyrights to open source software, AI, agreements, marketing, cybersecurity, and IP disputes.

Here is how, through this exciting role, YOU will contribute to BMC's and your own success:

• Manage BMC's patent and trademark portfolios, including leading the Patent Review Committee and overseeing prosecution, maintenance, and enforcement.
• Advise on copyright and trade secret matters.
• Work with inventors, business teams, and outside counsel to develop IP strategy, set portfolio priorities, and manage budgets.
• Manage BMC's open source compliance program, including reviewing licenses, assessing risks, advising R&D and Product teams on licensing obligations, and addressing compliance issues.
• Handle or assist with IP disputes and pre-litigation matters, including infringement assessments, cease-and-desist letters, trademark oppositions, domain name disputes, and settlement discussions.
• Review and negotiate IP-related provisions in commercial, licensing, confidentiality, and other technology agreements.
• Advise on legal issues related to AI, including IP ownership, AI-generated content and code, responsible use, internal policies, product claims, and changing legal requirements.
• Advise Marketing on trademark and copyright issues, advertising claims, endorsements, customer stories, social media, promotional materials, and third-party content licensing.
• Work with Privacy, Information Security, and other teams on cybersecurity matters and the safeguarding of BMC’s confidential information.
• Draft and update policies and guidance on IP, confidential information, open source software, AI, and technology use.
• Provide training to business and technical teams and keep up with relevant legal developments.

Qualifications

• You hold a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and patent prosecution experience.
• You have 3-6 years of relevant legal experience involving intellectual property gained at a law firm, in-house, or both.
• You have a strong understanding of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills, along with the ability to assess and clearly communicate and advise on legal risks.
• Good judgment, curiosity, and a willingness to learn new areas of law and technology.
• The ability to work independently, take ownership of matters, and know when to ask for help or involve others.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well and build strong relationships with individuals across different teams.

Benefits

• BMC’s culture is built around its people.
• We have 6000+ brilliant minds working together across the globe.
• You won’t be known just by your employee number, but for your true authentic self.
• BMC lets you be YOU!