Head of Ip Counsel

2 days ago

Singapore ByteDance Full time

**About Us**:
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

**Why Join Us**:
At ByteDance, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for millions of users across all of our products. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at ByteDance.

Our Global IP team is responsible for all IP-related legal matters cross-business and regions worldwide, including but not limited to copyright, patent, trademark, domain names, trade secret, open source, IP protection and enforcement, and IP complaint management.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide strategic vision addressing the Company’s current and future Intellectual Property and work in partnership with other senior leaders to develop and implement overall strategic directives.
- Stay on top of the industry dynamics and global IP trends, have the ability to make proper judgements and provide forward-looking legal support.
- Responsible for the Company’s intellectual property affairs, including IP strategy/policies formulation and implementation; global layout and management of IP portfolio; IP rights protection, risk control and comprehensive management and governance; IP licensing and other complex commercial transactions; and client counseling and management regarding various IP matters/projects (patent, trademark, copyright, domain name, trade secret, open source, etc).
- Foster career development of the IP in-house team, manage relationships with outside counsels, build and maintain sound collaboration relationships with XFN.
- Manage IP-related budgets, forecasting and resources, operating the global IP assets business.

**Requirements**:

- Minimum of 15 years experience as an IP lawyer working in a top law firm and an in-house legal team of relevant industries.
- Strong leadership ability and management experience for a large team. Strong multi-tasking project management skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and effectively liaise with internal and external teams. Better have some industry influences in IP perspective.
- Demonstrated capacity for critical and forward-looking thinking. Ability to manage ambiguity and thrive in a fast-paced working environment. Entrepreneurial mindset, flexible, self-starting, hard-working, with a tolerance for working across multiple time zones.

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

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