VP Legal IP Strategy; Remote

USA - Remote

Full time

R29665

As a global leader in cybersecurity, Crowd Strike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn't changed — we're here to stop breaches, and we've redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily.

Our customers span all industries, and they count on Crowd Strike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. Crowd Strikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation.

We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We're always looking to add talented Crowd Strikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters?

The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

Crowd Strike is seeking an AI-forward Vice President of IP Strategy to lead global IP strategy for its cloud-native cybersecurity platform. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer you will lead the IP function and partner closely with executive and technical leadership to identify mission-critical innovations, strengthen the company's global IP portfolio, drive IP licensing discussions, support IP litigation strategy, and modernize IP operations through responsible use of AI.

This is a leadership role, with a primary focus on building and protecting Crowd Strike's global IP portfolio while providing strategic support for IP litigation and enforcement matters.

You will set the strategic direction for what to protect, determine how to protect it, and oversee a global prosecution and licensing strategy that reflects both the speed of our innovation and the realities of the competitive landscape. You'll also be expected to continue championing the IP function's new operating model, where AI is a core tool, not an afterthought. We need someone who is genuinely immersed in AI and excited to use it to expand what this team can do.

• Lead and execute a global patent prosecution strategy aligned with Crowd Strike's business priorities, product roadmap, and market indicators.
• Identify mission-critical innovations across Crowd Strike's products and technology in partnership with Product and Engineering leadership.
• Oversee strategic filing, continuation, and abandonment decisions based on business value, competitive landscape, and jurisdictional priorities.
• Use portfolio analytics, competitive intelligence, prosecution data, and business metrics to identify coverage gaps, evaluate portfolio strength, guide investment decisions, and communicate IP performance and priorities to executive leadership.
• Manage Crowd Strike's global trademark portfolio, including filing, prosecution, and maintenance across relevant jurisdictions.
• Oversee trademark clearance processes for new product names, features, campaign terms, and brand extensions, coordinating with Marketing, Product, and outside trademark counsel.
• Manage trademark renewals, watch services, and opposition or cancellation proceedings, working with outside specialists.
• Advise on copyright ownership, registration, and protection for Crowd Strike's software, research publications, technical documentation, and other content assets.
• Develop and maintain copyright policies covering employee-created works, contractor contributions, open-source usage, and third-party content.
• Provide strategic advice on trade secret protection.
• Support IP licensing, negotiations, M&A activities, third-party demands, and patent analyses.
• Provide strategic support for IP litigation, enforcement, and dispute resolution matters, partnering with internal stakeholders and outside litigation counsel on patent analysis,