Associate General Counsel, Senior Director of IP
ŌURA
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Alaska • Iowa • United States
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Salary
💰 $232,050 - $273,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead day-to-day management of Oura’s global patent portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives
- Oversee invention harvesting, disclosure review, filing decisions, and prosecution strategy with outside counsel
- Drive high-quality collaboration between legal, engineering, science, and product teams
- Support M&A teams in IP diligence and valuation for new company targets
- Manage IP litigation, enforcement, and dispute resolution matters in coordination with senior leadership and outside counsel
- Support enforcement and licensing initiatives
- Ensure consistent, disciplined approaches to enforcement across jurisdictions
- Oversee execution of trademark and copyright strategies, including clearance, prosecution, and enforcement
- Partner with marketing and brand teams to support product launches and growth while managing IP risk
- Lead invention programs, invention harvesting sessions, and company-wide innovation initiatives (e.g., hack-weeks)
- Promote IP awareness and best practices through education and practical guidance for internal teams
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing, globally distributed IP team
- Manage outside counsel relationships, budgets, and performance
- Build scalable IP operations, processes, and reporting to support growth
Requirements
- 10-15+ years of intellectual property experience, including significant in-house or top-tier law firm experience supporting technology companies
- JD from an accredited law school; active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
- Registration to practice before the USPTO
- Deep experience with patent prosecution strategy and IP litigation management
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, set strategy, and partner cross-functionally with technical and business leaders
- Strong judgment, executive presence, and ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment.
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Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
patent prosecution strategyIP litigation managementinvention harvestingdisclosure reviewtrademark strategiescopyright strategiesenforcement initiativeslicensing initiativesIP diligencevaluation
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationstrategic thinkingmentoringjudgmentexecutive presencecross-functional partnershipcommunicationteam developmentinnovation promotion
Certifications
JD from an accredited law schoolactive membership in a U.S. state barregistration to practice before the USPTO