Director, Intellectual Property Counsel

Cerebras
Sunnyvale
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Practical judgment","Organization","Attention to detail","Collaboration","Communication"]

Lead the development and execution of the company’s global intellectual property strategy for AI hardware, software, cloud services, and strategic initiatives. Partner with engineering, research, product, security, marketing, and executive leadership to build and protect a portfolio spanning patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and open source assets. Identify high-value inventions, manage global filings and outside counsel, support IP risk assessments, and advise on licensing and strategic transactions.

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Director, Intellectual Property Counsel

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Job Summary

Lead the development and execution of the company’s global intellectual property strategy for AI hardware, software, cloud services, and strategic initiatives. Partner with engineering, research, product, security, marketing, and executive leadership to build and protect a portfolio spanning patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and open source assets. Identify high-value inventions, manage global filings and outside counsel, support IP risk assessments, and advise on licensing and strategic transactions.
Location: Sunnyvale
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and execute the enterprise intellectual property strategy aligned with product roadmap and business objectives.
  • •Advise executive leadership on IP strategy, competitive landscape, IP risks, licensing opportunities, standards participation, and emerging AI legal developments.
  • •Build and maintain an integrated IP portfolio across patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other proprietary assets.
  • •Drive strategic invention harvesting and manage U.S. and international patent preparation and prosecution, including outside counsel and claim strategy.
  • •Partner with technical and business leaders to identify patentable innovation and advise on IP issues for generative AI, foundation models, and strategic transactions.

Key Requirements

  • •J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California bar membership preferred).
  • •Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  • •10+ years drafting and prosecuting patent applications, preferably with meaningful work in AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, semiconductors, electrical engineering, computer science, systems, networking, or cloud infrastructure.
  • •Technical undergraduate degree or equivalent technical experience in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, physics, or related discipline.
  • •Experience managing outside patent counsel and global patent portfolios, with strong written and verbal communication for explaining patent strategy and risk.
Experience:10+ yearsAI infrastructureHigh-performance computingSemiconductorsCloud infrastructureOpen source
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Practical judgmentOrganizationAttention to detailCollaborationCommunication
Certifications:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office registration

Company Brief

Cerebras
Designs and builds wafer-scale AI accelerators and systems for large-scale deep learning workloads, delivering specialized hardware and software to accelerate model training and inference for enterprises and research institutions.
Industry: Hardware Devices
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, United States
Founded: 2016
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