Lead Legal Counsel, IP

Overview

In this Lead Legal Counsel role, you shape Bumble’s global IP strategy and independently manage high-stakes IP matters across brands, products, and technology. You collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable innovation, ensure rights clearance, and protect our intellectual property, including emerging AI-related questions. You will lead complex enforcement, licensing, and portfolio management while guiding senior stakeholders with pragmatic, commercially-minded advice. This is a chance to influence how Bumble protects and monetizes its innovations at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• annual personal learning & development budget
• Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
• Private Dental Insurance
• Babylon Health app
• Mental health support
• Enhanced parental leave, including maternity package highly competitive package? (as stated in ad; keep concise as text) origem? We’ll keep concise: Enhanced parental leave with competitive maternity package

Responsibilities

• Define and execute global IP strategy aligning with business and product priorities
• Own major IP matters: trademarks, copyright, patents, domain names, trade secrets and digital assets
• Provide rights-clearance and IP guidance to cross-functional teams from concept to launch
• Lead complex IP enforcement, dispute management, and evidence handling
• Draft and negotiate IP licenses, assignments, merchandising, technology agreements, and partnerships
• Advise on patent strategy, software development, OSS, and AI-related IP questions
• Support due diligence for partnerships, investments, and acquisitions; develop playbooks and training
• Provide clear, pragmatic advice to senior stakeholders and adapt to evolving priorities
• Utilize approved AI tools for research and knowledge management while ensuring accuracy, privacy, and responsible use

Key requirements

• Qualified solicitor in England and Wales, or equivalent in another European jurisdiction
• 8+ years of experience in IP, with strong experience in consumer technology or complex businesses
• Deep IP expertise across trademarks, copyright, licensing, portfolio management, and technology IP
• Experience advising on software, digital content, AI, and emerging technologies; able to propose practical solutions
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills for sophisticated IP and technology agreements
• Collaborative, relationship-builder with senior stakeholders; proactive and accountable
• Commercial pragmatism with excellent organizational and project-management abilities
• Curiosity, courage, and excellence; comfortable using AI to enhance work with responsible judgment

• collaboration
• strong commercial judgement
• adaptability and agile mindset
• trademarks
• copyright
• patents

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