Your responsibilities will include:

• Responding to or escalating requests from internal partners in product, business, and marketing who need Legal support.
• Training clients on the contracting process and tools, and ensuring that the correct process and approvals are in place for each deal.
• Independently negotiating non-disclosure agreements with external partners using well-defined processes, standard templates, and established playbooks.
• Advising clients on basic commercial, marketing, and business legal concepts; reviewing and editing marketing materials and external communications with oversight.
• Negotiating and redlining marketing, influencer, and consulting agreements using established playbooks with minimal oversight.
• Supporting the IP team across various areas, including trademark portfolio research, IP clearances, and brand enforcement workflows.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to leverage your prior work experience to help drive implementation of a new contracts management system to ensure smooth adoption across different functions. You will also maintain and improve legal and cross-functional resources, including directories, playbooks, policies, and other key documentation.

We are looking for someone with a BA/BS or equivalent work experience, demonstrated written and spoken communication skills, curiosity and ability to jump into less familiar areas and learn while doing, effective critical thinking, problem-solving, and project management skills, excellent organizational skills, time management, and attention to detail.

Bonus points if you are familiar with Discord, Google Workspace, and AI tools, demonstrated experience with a contract management system or contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, and enjoy talking about absurd and improbable ideas for fun.

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The ideal candidate will have experience with or a strong interest in handling and/or supporting all other aspects of Okta's intellectual property work, including trademark, copyright, and trade secrets.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

Portfolio Management & Strategic Advice Refine and execute offensive and defensive IP strategies to maintain Okta's competitive edge in the identity market. Serve as an advisor on IP-related business risks and emerging legal trends. Translate complex IP concepts into business-oriented advice for non-legal stakeholders. Refine company-wide IP policies, including invention disclosure programs and patent incentive schemes.

Patent Partner with engineering and product teams to identify patentable inventions and develop patent literacy among them. Collaborate with outside counsel on the drafting and prosecution of high-quality patent applications. Develop knowledge of industry's patent landscape to guide patent strategy and approach to patent drafting. Refine Okta's patent strategy to ensure broad protection of our core technologies and to put forward-looking systems in place to identify and protect our next-generation ideas.

Other IP Issues Advise on strategic trade secret issues and help implement related policies. Help provide guidance on software copyright protection and the use of OSS within Okta products, and manage copyright claims. Support the protection of the Okta and Auth0 brands through trademark registration and enforcement.

Compliance and Policy Assist with IP-related compliance issues and industry standards relevant to SaaS and cybersecurity. Deliver training to employees on IP best practices and confidentiality.

Litigation Support all phases of IP litigation.

Qualifications J.D. from an accredited law school and active Bar membership. Undergraduate or graduate degree(s) in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or the like. USPTO Registered Patent Attorney. 5+ years of IP experience, including software patent prosecution. Technical Savvy Experience with SaaS, cloud-based software, or other relevant technology. Mindset A 'builder' who thrives in fast-paced environments and can balance rigorous legal analysis with practical business needs. Flexibility and team mentality. Sense of humour. Ability and desire to work independently.

To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us

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This role is for someone who can think big, move decisively, and help guide the company through its next phase of growth. You'll partner directly with the C-suite and senior leadership to provide strategic legal guidance and risk analysis on key initiatives and company direction.

Key responsibilities include structuring and advising on complex commercial arrangements, serving as a senior legal advisor across the full enterprise, managing the internal legal team, and partnering and coordinating with outside counsel.

We're looking for someone with a background in IP, media, technology, music, and/or entertainment law, with strong commercial instincts. Proven ability to operate at a strategic level, advising executives and influencing business outcomes while maintaining strong relationships internally and externally.

Experience managing or leading legal teams and partnering with outside counsel is essential. Deep understanding of commercial deal structures, rights frameworks, and global business operations is also required.

As a senior legal advisor, you'll guide product, technology, and international teams on launches, expansion, and regulatory considerations. You'll oversee and manage enforcing rights, dispute resolution strategy, including pre-litigation, litigation, and settlement approach.

You'll ensure the company operates with a practical, business-forward legal posture that enables growth rather than restricts it.

We offer a competitive salary range of $220,000 - $250,000, with a wide variety of profiles considered. The salary range may vary based on qualifications, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.

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Legal Ops is very well-loved here, maybe a little too well-loved! This role exists because there's more demand than we can cover today. Our attorneys actively seek out our help and trust us to make their work better, faster, and more efficient. You'll step in as a dedicated project partner, owning complex and cross-functional initiatives from start to finish. Expect lots of variety, a fast-moving environment, and plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. You'll wear multiple hats and act as a true force multiplier for the team.

You'll partner closely with attorneys to provide hands-on project management support across a wide range of legal areas, including corporate, litigation, IP, regulatory, product, privacy, commercial, and employment. You'll support day-to-day corporate work like entity management, board and stockholder matters, corporate records, and compliance, and you'll help drive larger transactions and milestone moments when they come up. You'll own and help manage our patent and trademark portfolios and run the patent incentive program. You'll support product and regulatory work by helping manage licensing requirements, product compliance efforts, taking the lead on exams, audits, and due diligence, and driving new product development that benefits both our company and our customers.

A big part of the role is building better ways of working. You'll design and document new processes, fix ones that aren't working, and introduce tooling, automation, and reporting. You'll also explore and implement AI solutions to reduce manual work and scale our impact.

You'll own project plans, timelines, and status updates, anticipate friction, escalate thoughtfully, and keep things moving even when the path isn't perfectly clear. You'll lead cross-functional initiatives with product, partnerships, compliance, finance, and our exec team, and collaborate externally with outside counsel, consultants, and financial partners. Along the way, you'll make decisions, take ownership, and move projects forward with confidence.

We're looking for someone with 8+ years of experience in legal project management or as a senior paralegal, with a mix of law firm and in-house experience, ideally at a technology company. Experience supporting complex work in corporate, litigation, IP, and/or regulatory areas is required, and experience in Fintech, financial services or a highly regulated tech environment is a plus.

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Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Legal

Compensation

• $297K – $330K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

• Mental health and wellness support

• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

• Relocation support for eligible employees

• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.

About the Team

OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises legal professionals from diverse fields, including technology, privacy, IP, corporate, cybersecurity, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation.

About the Role

We’re growing our world-class Litigation and Regulatory team and seek an experienced counsel to support regulatory matters and investigations, litigation, and dispute resolution related to our business. This role is highly cross-functional across OpenAI, including work across our Legal, Communications, Global Affairs, and Executive teams.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Provide legal advice and counsel on a wide range of regulatory matters, including informal inquiries, investigations and enforcement actions in the US and globally.

• Assist with related regulatory litigation and enforcement matters.

• Assist with civil litigation (copyright, trademark, IP, open source, privacy, class actions, competition, and other civil issues), especially where issues dovetail with regulatory scrutiny.

• Assist with discovery and requests for information from regulators and courts.

• Prepare employees to provide deposition and trial testimony and/or appearances before regulators.

• Manage dispute resolution for inbound demands, complaints, or regulatory actions.

• Oversee and choose outside counsel.

• Assist with proactive/affirmative engagement across litigation and regulatory issues.

• Assist with strategy on proactive engagement with regulators.

• Stay current on relevant laws, regulations, and industry trends, and provide updates and legal guidance to company leadership and stakeholders.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather relevant information, assess risk, and develop legal strategies to resolve disputes.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have at least 10+ years of combined regulatory investigations and/or litigation experience at innovative technology companies and law firms.

• Have a strong sense of ownership, are inquisitive and enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations.

• Have a JD and license or qualification to practice in CA.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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