Overview
This role supports the organization’s global legal affairs, with a focus on building a dedicated product legal function to partner with product, research, engineering, and go-to-market teams from the earliest stages of development.
As Associate General Counsel, Product, you will report to the Head of Product Legal and serve as a trusted legal partner for matters that shape how products are designed, built, and brought to market. Success in this position requires deep regulatory compliance expertise for technology products and the ability to drive complex technology-driven transactions to completion.
Location
This position can work onsite or hybrid from one of the organization’s offices in the US, or fully remote.
Travel
Up to 10%
Responsibilities
- Counsel product and research teams with practical, business-calibrated legal guidance 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 technology 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, and 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 product, research, engineering, finance, privacy, compliance, trade, and other cross-functional stakeholders, as well as outside counsel
- Translate legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers, and convey product/engineering/business strategy back into product legal advice and priorities
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
- Demonstrated experience drafting, negotiating, and executing complex technology transactions with direct impact on business or product strategy
- Versatility to move between regulatory and transactional matters, including the mindset to develop skills beyond core practice areas
- Comfort advising amid ambiguity on novel legal questions, particularly where technology is unprecedented and legal frameworks are still developing
- Interest in improving speed and efficiency, including leveraging existing AI tools and helping to build better ones
Preferred Qualifications
- In-house legal experience with a mature US technology company
- Experience specific to 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.
Wage Transparency (base salary): $160,000—$240,000 USD
Compensation may vary based on factors such as education, qualifications, experience, specific office location, and calibration against relevant market data and internal team equity. Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available.
Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, matching 401(k), unlimited PTO and paid holidays, parental/adoption leave, legal insurance, and a home technology stipend. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided when a candidate receives an offer of employment.
US Export Control / Government Contract Eligibility
- US Technical Jobs. This position requires access to technology subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions. Employment is contingent on verifying “U.S. Person” status (e.g., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum) for export controls and government contracts work, obtaining any necessary license, and/or confirming the availability of a license exception under U.S. export controls. If “U.S. Person” status cannot be confirmed, the organization may choose not to apply for a license or decline to use a license exception (if available) for access to export-controlled technology that may require authorization, and you may not qualify for government contracts work that requires U.S. Persons. The organization may decline to proceed with an application on those bases alone. Additional questions regarding immigration status will be used for export control and compliance purposes and reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.
- US Non-Technical Jobs. Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Additional questions regarding immigration status will be used for export control and compliance purposes and reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The organization is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics under applicable law.