Managing Counsel, Intellectual Property

What To Expect
Tesla is looking for a Managing Counsel, Intellectual Property, based in our CA or TX offices to support the growth of our ever expanding and evolving innovations on a worldwide basis. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property, you will focus on enabling freedom to operate initiatives to enable our talented engineering and business teams to pursue their compelling and creative ideas in our pursuit of transitioning the world to sustainable energy.
This is a great opportunity for a pro-active and entrepreneurial lawyer to work at a fast growing and dynamic company.
What You’ll Do

• Create playbooks and training materials to enable fellow legal team members as well as members of the engineering and business teams to address common IP concerns.
• Liaise with colleagues in APAC and EMEA to ensure consistency of strategy and risk allocation across the global business.
• Review and assess questions or concerns related to open source software.
• Research and assess patent and licensing demand requests in collaboration with the engineering, business and legal teams.
• Provide support and strategic guidance to technology curators inside the organization on making clever decisions regarding the company’s patent portfolio.
• Prepare and maintain applicable IP contract forms and/or clauses.
• Provide advice on a wide variety of intellectual property topics for the engineering and business teams, including assessment of particular patent or trademark assets and the implication on desired business outcomes.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to quickly earn the confidence of your colleagues and effectively communicate with people at all levels of the organization.
• A minimum of 6 years of practice experience at a well-regarded law firm, with in-house experience at a company in the energy industry strongly preferred.
• Experience structuring and leading negotiation of intellectual property transactions in various technology areas ranging from physical goods to software licenses as well as exposure to prosecuting and enforcing various IP rights.
• High standards, impeccable integrity and ethics, unquestionable good judgment, well-honed analytical skills, superior oral and written communications skills.
• A quick and flexible learner, intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change.
• A current licence to practice in one or more US jurisdictions.
• Excellent academic credentials, preferably with a J.D. from a top-ranked law school.
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively and to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced, challenging environment.
• A team player with the ability to proactively identify problems, drive projects, make complex cost/benefit assessments, and identify pragmatic/creative legal and business solutions.

Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction

Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution

Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA

Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

LGBTQ+ care concierge services

401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays

Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs

Tesla Babies program

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation
$136,000 - $465,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
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