Snowflake
Legal
SeniorCorporateCounsel1-IntellectualProperty
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“Senior Corporate Counsel 1 - Intellectual Property at Snowflake. Skills: Intellectual Property, Patent prosecution, Patent litigation. Manage global patent portfolio. Oversee prosecution strategy”
Industry & Context.
Confidentiality standards, Security standards, Data security plan
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
JD from accredited law school, Active bar membership, Registered to practice before USPTO, 6+ years IP experience, Patent prosecution experience, IP litigation experience, In-house experience
Nice to Have
Experience in open source legal matters, Trademark experience
What You'll Do.
Manage global patent portfolio
Oversee prosecution strategy
Manage outside counsel relationships
Lead internal patent program
Improve inventor education
Improve invention submission
Improve evaluation processes
Review outside patent counsel
Supervise outside patent counsel
Draft new patent applications
Manage prosecution strategy
Identify key innovations
Protect key innovations
Manage third party IP disputes
Manage IP litigations
Provide IP counseling
Identify opportunities for scalable processes
Build scalable processes
Improve efficiency of IP function
Improve impact of IP function
Support other IP team responsibilities
Develop expertise in open source
Develop expertise in trademark matters
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with engineers; Work with product teams; Collaborate with Litigation team; Counsel internal clients
Communication Scope
Written communication; Verbal communication
Full Job Description
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. We are looking for a driven and collaborative IP attorney to join Snowflake's growing Intellectual Property team. Reporting to the Director, Assistant General Counsel – Intellectual Property, this role will be a core member of a lean, high-impact IP team where you will have direct ownership over meaningful work from day one. You will manage Snowflake's patent portfolio, lead patent prosecution strategy, and support pre-litigation and IP litigation matters. This is an exceptional opportunity for a patent attorney who brings both prosecution and litigation experience, thrives in a fast-moving technology environment, and is eager to grow their practice into adjacent areas such as open source. This is a hybrid role based in Menlo Park, CA or Dublin, CA with a preference for Menlo Park where the majority of the IP team is based. RESPONSIBILITIES - Manage Snowflake's global patent portfolio, including overseeing prosecution strategy, outside counsel relationships, and budget - Lead and continuously improve Snowflake's internal patent program, including inventor education, invention submission, and evaluation processes - Review and supervise outside patent counsel on the drafting of new patent applications and prosecution strategy across Snowflake's patent portfolio, working close
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