Senior Patent Counsel, Figma
$198-317k
Salary range is only for SF/NY Hubs. + Equity
Design platform for product teams
Job no longer available
Design platform for product teams
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$198-317k
Salary range is only for SF/NY Hubs. + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Figma's mission is to help teams create, share, test, and ship better designs from start to finish.
Role
Who you are
- 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
Desirable
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
Our take
Figma is a web-based design platform that helps cross-functional teams of designers, project managers, and developers easily collaborate on product design projects. Its standout feature, Multiplayer mode, is like Google Docs for design, letting team members collaborate in real-time on project files that are hosted in the cloud.
Founded in 2012, Figma quickly established itself among its competitors in the sector and achieved a valuation exceeding $10 billion in 2021, boosted by a trend towards remote work. Its acquistion by Adobe for twice that amount just a year later raised eyebrows, but is a testament to the huge potential of this company and its product.
Thousands of industry-leading companies such as AirBnB, Dropbox, GitHub and Microsoft use Figma to scale their design efforts easily across distributed teams. Adobe has committed to leaving Figma autonomous going forward, and Figma will benefit from Adobe's digital imaging and AI tech in its product development.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
97% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2024
$415.7m
SERIES F
Jan 2022
$0.5m
SERIES E
Total funding: $749.1m
Company benefits
- Equity
- Health, Dental, & Vision
- Retirement with company contribution
- Parental leave & fertility support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Generous PTO
- Company recharge days
- Learning & development stipend
- Work from home stipend
- Cell phone reimbursement
Company values
- Build community
- Run with it
- Love your craft
- Grow as you go
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Dylan Field
(CEO)Previous Research Assistant at Microsoft for 1 year. Spent 2.5 years at Brown University pursuing a CS/Math degree, dropping out with the support of the Thiel Fellowship, when he earnt a grant of $100,000 to pursue entrepreneurial projects.
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