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Senior Patent Counsel

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Full Remote
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Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

8+ years patent prosecution experience, Experience in patent acquisitions, Track record translating complex ideas.

Key responsabilities:

  • Develop patent strategy based on Figma’s position
  • Manage patent portfolio, oversee global applications
  • Collaborate with clients and manage outside counsel
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Figma XLarge https://figma.com/
1001 - 5000 Employees
HQ: San Francisco
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Job description

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Your missions

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

As Strategic Patent Counsel, you will develop our patent strategy, ensuring we stay ahead in a constantly evolving tech landscape. You will be responsible for managing Figma’s patent portfolio, overseeing global applications, and collaborating with clients across the business.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:
  • Develop Figma’s patent strategy, based on Figma’s strategic and competitive position 
  • Manage Figma’s patent portfolio and related activities, including invention identification, invention disclosure meetings, and overseeing global patent application preparation and prosecution
  • Prepare invention disclosures, provisional patent applications and utility patent applications, including drawings and figures
  • Work collaboratively with clients and manage outside counsel and service providers to support patent related work
  • Train, educate, and counsel product, engineering teams, and other partners in patent matters
  • Support IP aspects of technology transactions, as well as patent acquisitions, licensing, and litigation
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
  • 8+ years combined of patent prosecution experience and in-house patent counseling experience (if applicable)
  • Experience with patent acquisitions
  • A proven track record of translating complex ideas into easily understood concepts
While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
  • Strong technical capability and written communication skills
  • Experience building a patent program from the ground up 
  • Ability to influence others within a diverse, global, cross-functional team
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.  

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information. 

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.  Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our Pay Transparency Policy by clicking on the corresponding link.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$198,000$317,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. 

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: 

  • Holding interviews in an accessible location
  • Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
  • Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
  • Changing the mode or format of interviews 

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with the applicable candidate section of Figma's Privacy Policy.

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Experience

Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
Spoken language(s):
English
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Hard Skills

Soft Skills

  • Practical Skills
  • Team Collaboration

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