Product & IP Counsel

Our Legal & Stock team works cross-functionally to help achieve Asana’s ambitious mission of helping humanity thrive by enabling the world’s teams to work together effortlessly. We’re a collaborative group responsible for supporting all teams throughout Asana to ensure they have the resources they need to be successful while likewise supporting Asana’s core values and interests. We run ideas past each other, we problem-solve together, we partner with other groups to navigate them through challenging issues, and we’re growing.

We’re looking for a Product & IP Counsel to join our Legal & Stock team in our San Francisco office. This is a great opportunity to handle a wide variety of legal issues, including trademark, copyright, and patent prosecution; IP enforcement; domain name management and enforcement; marketing review; product legal support; and potentially some litigation and subpoena/law enforcement intake matters, depending on interest/experience. 

This position will work cross-functionally, including advising corporate and product marketing, product management, and R&D, as well as work with outside counsel on intellectual property (IP) matters.  We are looking for a collaborative team player willing to dive in and bring a business-oriented, thoughtful, practical mindset to solving problems. This role reports to Asana’s Managing Product & IP Counsel; Head of Litigation. 

This role is based in our San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.

What you’ll achieve:

• Support a large marketing organization that covers product marketing, corporate marketing, brand, social media, community, and our internal research group.
• Work on Asana’s IP and domain name portfolio management and enforcement.
• Work directly with Product Marketing and product teams on go-to-market plans and materials. 
• Partner with privacy, commercial, marketing, and corporate legal stakeholders to surface, communicate, and drive resolution around concerns relating to Asana product(s).
• Expand or gain experience in litigation matters and the intake of subpoenas and law enforcement requests.
• Work with product counsel on product and feature development and releases, including advising on general compliance issues related to SaaS companies (privacy, security, IP, contractual, export controls).

About you:

• JD from an accredited law school and U.S-qualified (California bar membership or California registered in-house counsel preferred). 
• 4+ years combined experience working in-house at a SaaS company as product or IP counsel and/or at a law firm counseling high-growth SaaS companies on IP matters.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work cross-functionally with lawyers and non-lawyers across the company. 
• Creative and practical problem-solver, comfortable assessing risk, weighing tradeoffs, and advising on decisions in novel and complex situations.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: IP management and enforcement, domain name management and enforcement, marketing review, and product support.
• Litigation experience preferred.
• Business and customer oriented with experience bringing diverse stakeholders to agreement.
• Familiarity with issue-spotting regulatory issues and supporting driving compliant solutions. 
• Ability to breakdown legal concepts and explain them in plain language to non-lawyers with relevant contextual examples
• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.

At Asana, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

What we’ll offer:

Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit.

For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $202,000 - $229,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified.

In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include:

• Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits
• Career coaching & support
• Inclusive family building benefits
• Long-term savings or retirement plans
• In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences 

These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role.

About us

Asana helps teams orchestrate their work, from small projects to strategic initiatives. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named a Top 10 Best Workplace for 5 years in a row, is Fortune's #1 Best Workplace in the Bay Area, and one of Glassdoor’s and Inc.’s Best Places to Work. After spending more than a year physically distanced, Team Asana is safely and mindfully returning to in-person collaboration, incorporating flexibility that adds hybrid elements to our office-centric culture. With 11+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world.

We believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive. Our goal is to ensure that Asana upholds an environment where all people feel that they are respected and valued, whether they are applying for an open position or working at the company. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also comply with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and similar laws in other locations.

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