legal
Posted Jun 4Senior Corporate Counsel 1 - Intellectual Property
at Snowflake
Hybrid
Requirements
- 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.
- 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.
- Experience managing patent portfolios, overseeing outside patent counsel, and driving prosecution strategy - Familiarity with patent litigation proceedings, including
- experience supporting pre-litigation and litigation matters - Demonstrated ability and willingness to use and implement AI tools to improve legal workflows - Strong ability to understand and articulate complex technical concepts and translate them into sound IP strategy - Excellent judgment, written and verbal communication skills, and ability to deliver practical, business-oriented advice - Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and take ownership in a fast-paced environment - A
- Experience in or exposure to open source legal matters or trademark is a plus but not required Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data.
- Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties.
- Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth.
Benefits
- How do you want to make your impact? For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and
Contact
- benefits information: careers.snowflake.com http://careers.snowflake.com
Additional details
- At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 closely with engineers and product teams to identify and
- responsibilities as needed, with opportunity to develop expertise in open source and trademark matters
- experience - Registered to practice before the USPTO -
- It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.
- We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.