Senior Counsel - Patents
Core
Strategic intellectual property advisor shaping enterprise innovation protection and leveraging AI/legal tech for patent strategy, litigation, and portfolio management.
Role type
Senior Counsel (Patents)
Builds
Enterprise patent strategy, protectable IP assets, and legal service delivery for AI, payments, and digital banking.
Domain
Financial Services / Intellectual Property Law
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Patent prosecution, patentability assessment, freedom-to-operate analysis, outside counsel management, litigation strategy, IP policy governance, AI tool integration, strategic advisory
Preferred skills
USPTO registration, software/FinTech invention evaluation, large enterprise portfolio strategy, AI-enabled legal tools, knowledge of AI/payments/fraud/cloud/cybersecurity
Technologies
AI legal tools, patent analytics platforms
Responsibilities
Serve as strategic advisor to business and technology leaders; lead invention harvesting and disclosure reviews; evaluate inventions for patentability and strategic value; provide strategic oversight of outside counsel for patent prosecution; conduct patentability assessments, landscape intelligence, and freedom-to-operate analyses; build partnerships with inventors and engineers; deliver IP education and training programs; leverage AI and legal tech tools for efficiency; shape strategic priorities of the IP Section; support IP litigation and disputes; advise senior leadership on IP strategy and governance.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
