Overview
This role sits within the Product Counsel team, partnering closely with R&D and product leadership to help teams deliver rapid, responsible product innovation—particularly as AI reshapes software and how teams collaborate.
The organization supports flexible work arrangements and can hire in any country where it has a legal entity.
Responsibilities
- Counsel product and engineering teams on emerging, first-impression legal and regulatory issues, with emphasis on AI/ML technologies, data governance, intellectual property, and platform architectures.
- Operate as a generalist across products, technical stacks, and subject areas as business priorities evolve.
- Develop an “AI era” playbook by partnering cross-functionally to design repeatable frameworks, launch checklists, and scalable legal guardrails that enable R&D teams to ship AI features with velocity and confidence.
- Serve as a primary legal partner and “front door” for product initiatives, collaborating with Legal SMEs (Privacy, IP, Commercial, Regulatory) to deliver cohesive, business-first guidance.
- Mature the Product Counsel function by introducing new ideas, experimenting with ways of working, and leveraging modern technology and async tools to scale impact.
Requirements
- 8+ years of legal experience counseling software products, ideally in the B2B Enterprise SaaS space, including experience supporting fast-moving Product and Engineering teams.
- Required Juris Doctor, with a license to practice law in your jurisdiction.
- Background in both law firm and in-house legal teams.
- Strong generalist product counseling capability, including the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar product surfaces, technical architectures, and business models.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and novel issues, including evaluating emerging AI, data, IP, regulatory, and platform questions where there may be no clear playbook.
- Demonstrated agility to engage with complex technical architectures, synthesize inputs across multiple legal disciplines, and adapt quickly to unfamiliar product surfaces.
- Strong writing and simplification skills, including ability to communicate clearly for product teams (no legalese), and effectiveness in an async environment.
- Comfort using technology to get work done.
- Ability to build processes and artifacts from scratch, with fluency working asynchronously and collaborating through modern team tooling.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with the organization’s tools (bonus).
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation
Base pay will be set within the range for the candidate’s geographic pay zone. The role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Pay Ranges (United States)
For new hires in each geographic pay zone:
- Zone A: $229,500 - $299,625
- Zone B: $206,550 - $269,663
- Zone C: $190,485 - $248,689
Benefits & Perks
Benefits and perks include health and wellbeing resources and paid volunteer days, among other offerings.
Location
The organization can hire in any country where it has a legal entity.
For the United States, the role uses three geographic pay zones; candidates should confirm the zone for their specific location with their recruiter.