[Hiring] Lead Legal Counsel @Bumble Inc.

Role Description

At Bumble, our mission is to create a world where healthy and equitable relationships and friendships thrive, and our Legal team plays an important role in protecting the ideas, brands, technology, and experiences that bring that mission to life. As Lead Legal Counsel within our IP team, you’ll be a senior subject-matter expert helping Bumble navigate complex intellectual property questions across our brands, products, technology, content, and creative work.

• Shape and execute Bumble’s global intellectual property strategy in partnership with Legal leadership.
• Take ownership of significant matters across Bumble’s international trademark, copyright, patent, domain name, trade secret, and broader digital asset portfolio.
• Collaborate with purpose across Marketing, Creative, Brand, Design, Product, and Engineering.
• Independently lead complex IP enforcement and dispute matters.
• Advise on the creation, ownership, protection, licensing, and commercialization of Bumble-developed intellectual property.
• Partner with Product and Engineering on patent strategy, software development, and innovation protection.
• Take ownership of IP priorities from insight to impact.
• Champion Bumble’s values of Excellence and Respect.

Qualifications

• Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, or hold an equivalent qualification in another European jurisdiction.
• Typically requires 8+ years of experience.
• Deep intellectual property expertise, particularly across trademarks, copyright, brand protection, licensing, portfolio management, rights clearance, and technology-related IP matters.
• Strong experience advising consumer technology or similarly complex businesses on intellectual property issues.
• Accomplished drafter and negotiator who can manage sophisticated IP and technology arrangements.
• Collaborate with purpose and build trusted relationships with senior partners across different disciplines.
• Combine sound commercial judgement with strong organisational and project-management skills.
• Demonstrate Curiosity, Courage, and Excellence in how you work.

Requirements

• Strong experience in advising on software, digital content, product innovation, AI, and emerging technologies.
• Ability to independently develop practical solutions to significant or unusual legal questions.
• Comfortable identifying and using AI opportunities to improve effectiveness and insight.

Benefits

• Annual personal learning & development budget.
• Private Medical Insurance (PMI).
• Private Dental Insurance.
• Babylon Health app.
• Mental health support.
• Enhanced parental leave, including a highly competitive maternity package.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Subsidised gym membership.
• ‘Double matched’ pension contributions up to 6%.
• Premium App Access.