Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, IP & Litigation

Unity Technologies SF•San Francisco, CA

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

Unity is seeking a senior legal leader to lead its IP and Litigation function, partnering closely with the Chief Legal Officer and internal IP team to develop and drive legal strategy for Unity’s intellectual property portfolio. The position serves as the company’s senior legal leader for non-employment litigation and disputes. Its IP remit covers patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, enforcement and defense, open source, and IP issues in mergers and acquisitions. The role leads litigation and dispute resolution across intellectual property, commercial, securities, privacy, and regulatory matters in partnership with legal subject-matter specialists. It also manages outside counsel, litigation budgets and practices, company-wide litigation readiness, and a team of legal professionals. The position is based in San Francisco or New York, with in-office work three days per week strongly preferred and travel of up to approximately 15%.

Requirements

10+ years of experience, including leading IP strategy (patent, trademark, and/or copyright) and complex litigation in a global organization or law firm.
Experience creatively and practically partnering with the business.
JD from an accredited law school.
Admission to at least one state bar.
Demonstrated experience managing complex IP and commercial disputes through all stages, including trial or appellate exposure, and directing outside counsel.
Sufficient English knowledge for professional verbal and written exchanges, including frequent communication with colleagues and partners worldwide.

Nice To Haves

Admission to practice before the USPTO.
Experience managing a broad litigation docket across multiple practice areas, such as commercial, securities, privacy/consumer, and regulatory matters.
Experience with IP enforcement, defense, litigation management, and risk mitigation in an advertising technology or software environment.
Experience with IP strategies and issues relating to generative artificial intelligence.
Experience with a public company, including securities litigation and related disclosure and insurance considerations.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute enforcement and defense strategies for patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights, including demand letters, cease-and-desist actions, takedowns, and infringement responses.
Partner with IP professionals and outside counsel to build and implement Unity’s global IP strategy and grow its patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright portfolios.
Engage in invention harvesting and patent prosecution, ensuring the portfolio is strategically aligned and defensible.
Develop trade secret strategy, including training on identifying and protecting trade secrets.
Align the global trademark portfolio with business needs and pursue enforcement as needed.
Guide the organization on copyright issues, including risk assessment and dispute avoidance.
Partner with product attorneys on open source compliance and licensing processes, including license violations and compliance claims.
Support IP due diligence for M&A and IP-related agreements, including settlement and license agreements arising from disputes.
Lead IP disputes and litigation from pre-suit assessment through resolution, including outside counsel, case strategy, discovery, and settlement.
Set strategy for Unity’s worldwide litigation, arbitration, and disputes, including commercial and contract, securities and shareholder, consumer and privacy, and regulatory matters.
Manage the litigation docket and outside counsel, including budgets, staffing, motion practice, trial and appellate exposure, and settlement.
Oversee non-employment litigation management practices, including litigation holds, e-discovery and preservation, privilege protocols, case reporting, and early case assessment and reserve input to Finance and Legal leadership.
Coordinate with the CLO, Finance, and legal team leads on disclosures, insurance and D&O coverage, and communications with the Board and executive team on material matters.
Partner with the business and commercial, privacy, and regulatory counsel to identify dispute risks early, avoid disputes, and resolve them practically.
Respond to and manage government inquiries, subpoenas, and investigations with appropriate legal and compliance stakeholders.
Prepare and deliver training on IP, litigation readiness, document retention, and dispute avoidance.
Manage the budget for litigation spend, outside counsel, and settlements, including forecasting and regular reporting to the CLO.
Lead and develop a team of legal professionals.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance.
Commute subsidy.
Employee stock ownership.
Competitive retirement or pension plans.
Generous vacation and personal days.
Leave and family-care programs supporting new parents.
Office food and snacks.
Mental health and wellbeing programs and support.
Employee Resource Groups.
Global Employee Assistance Program.
Training and development programs.
Volunteering and donation matching program.
May be eligible for equity awards and company incentive plans, such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions.