Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.
Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.
Oura is a category-defining consumer technology company operating at the intersection of hardware, software, data science, and health. Intellectual property is a foundational business asset at Oura, embedded in how the company innovates, differentiates, and competes, and integrated into product development and long-term growth decisions. As Oura continues to scale globally, the company is focused on building, protecting, and enforcing an IP portfolio that supports its products, technology roadmap, and long-term business objectives.
Oura is seeking an experienced Associate General Counsel, Senior Director of Intellectual Property to serve as the senior operational and people leader for the IP function, partnering closely with the Deputy General Counsel, SVP of IP, Risk & Compliance. This is a rare opportunity to play a senior leadership role in IP at a company where intellectual property is deeply valued, actively leveraged, and thoughtfully integrated into business strategy. The role offers significant ownership, visibility, and influence, along with the opportunity to help shape how innovation is protected and advanced as Oura continues to grow.
In this role, you will lead execution of Oura’s IP strategy, translate strategic priorities into scalable programs, and manage day-to-day oversight of the company’s global IP portfolio. You will be responsible for ensuring excellence across patent, trademark, copyright, litigation, enforcement, and innovation enablement, while providing clear, practical counsel to technical and business teams.
This role is ideal for a senior IP leader who enjoys combining hands-on legal judgment with team leadership, and who thrives in close partnership with executive leadership. The AGC, Senior Director will manage and develop a global IP team, including the Senior IP Manager (Finland) and Senior IP & Marketing Counsel (U.S.), and will work cross-functionally with engineering, science, product, and marketing teams.
What you will do:
Patent Portfolio & Prosecution Leadership
- Lead day-to-day management of Oura’s global patent portfolio, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives
- Oversee invention harvesting, disclosure review, filing decisions, and prosecution strategy with outside counsel
- Drive high-quality collaboration between legal, engineering, science, and product teams
- Support M&A teams in IP diligence and valuation for new company targets
Litigation, Enforcement & Licensing Support
- Manage IP litigation, enforcement, and dispute resolution matters in coordination with senior leadership and outside counsel
- Support enforcement and licensing initiatives
- Ensure consistent, disciplined approaches to enforcement across jurisdictions
Trademarks, Copyrights & Brand Protection
- Oversee execution of trademark and copyright strategies, including clearance, prosecution, and enforcement
- Partner with marketing and brand teams to support product launches and growth while managing IP risk
Innovation Enablement
- Lead invention programs, invention harvesting sessions, and company-wide innovation initiatives (e.g., hack-weeks)
- Promote IP awareness and best practices through education and practical guidance for internal teams
Team Leadership & Operations
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing, globally distributed IP team
- Manage outside counsel relationships, budgets, and performance
- Build scalable IP operations, processes, and reporting to support growth
This is a remote US role.
Requirements
We would love to consider you for this role if you have:
- 10-15+ years of intellectual property experience, including significant in-house or top-tier law firm experience supporting technology companies
- JD from an accredited law school; active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
- Registration to practice before the USPTO
- Deep experience with patent prosecution strategy and IP litigation management
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, set strategy, and partner cross-functionally with technical and business leaders
- Strong judgment, executive presence, and ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment
Preferred:
- Technical degree in engineering or a related scientific field relevant to wearable technology, such as electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, physics, or materials science
- Experience in wearables, consumer electronics, medical devices, or data-driven technology
- Experience with global IP portfolios and international enforcement
- Experience building or scaling IP functions at growth-stage or category-leading companies
Benefits
At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health and add to our benefits!
What we offer:
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
- Region 1: $232,050 - $273,000
- Region 2: $212,500 - $250,000
- Region 3: $191,250 - $225,000
A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.
We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI).
Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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