IP Diligence Strategy: Own and refine IP diligence methodologies across M&A, venture financings, carve-outs, and spin-outs (chain of title, open source exposure, inbound/outbound scope, and change-of-control triggers).Practice & Team Leadership: Build, recruit, staff, and mentor a team of 10+ attorneys, establishing an elite work-product bar within a high-velocity startup environment. Hybrid Experience Preferred: Background spanning both high-bar law firms and in-house tech legal teams (understanding where legal typically bottlenecks business deals).Full Tech Toolkit: Command of licensing, SaaS/platform contracts, data/AI terms, trade secrets, open source compliance, and IP reps, warranties, and disclosure schedules.