Overview
The organization is seeking an Associate General Counsel, Product to serve as a trusted legal partner to product, research, engineering, finance, privacy, compliance, trade, and other cross-functional teams.
This role is focused on matters that shape how the organization’s products are designed, built, manufactured, and brought to market. Success in this position requires deep regulatory compliance expertise for technology products, along with the ability to drive complex, technology-driven transactions through to completion.
Responsibilities
- Provide practical, business-calibrated legal guidance to product and research teams across the full product lifecycle, with regulatory compliance and strategic transactions as signature areas of expertise
- Lead regulatory compliance efforts for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of the organization’s products, in the United States and abroad
- Draft, negotiate, and execute complex technology-driven transactions that advance product strategy, including:
- Strategic partnerships
- Licensing
- Joint development
- Supply and manufacturing arrangements
- Help shape the playbooks, processes, and infrastructure of a new product legal function designed to scale with the business
- Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders (including product, research, engineering, finance, privacy, compliance, trade) and outside counsel
- Translate legal concepts for non-lawyers, and translate product, engineering, and business strategy into clear priorities for product legal
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar (or eligibility for in-house/registered counsel status in your state of employment)
- 8+ years of relevant experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department
- Substantial experience advising on regulatory compliance for the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of technology products, in the US and abroad
- Proven experience drafting, negotiating, and executing complex technology transactions with direct impact on business or product strategy
- Demonstrated versatility across regulatory and transactional matters, including willingness to build skills beyond core practice areas
- Ability to advise confidently amid ambiguity and interest in novel legal questions where technology is unprecedented and legal frameworks are still developing
- Desire to improve team speed and efficiency, including leveraging existing AI tools and helping to build superior tools
Preferred Qualifications
- In-house legal experience with a mature US technology company
- Experience supporting hardware products or hardware-focused businesses
- Experience supporting post-acquisition integration of products, technologies, or businesses
- Proficiency with multiple languages
Compensation & Benefits
The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options.