Overview
This role offers flexibility in where you work (office, remote, or a combination). The organization can hire in any country where it has a legal entity.
The Product Counsel team partners closely with R&D and product leaders to enable rapid, responsible product innovation—particularly as AI changes software development and collaboration. The organization is seeking a creative, adaptable Director of Product Counsel who can address novel legal and regulatory questions, apply strong generalist skills, and help shape the team’s operating model for the AI era.
Responsibilities
- Counsel product and engineering teams on emerging, first-impression legal and regulatory issues, especially across AI/ML technologies, data governance, intellectual property, and platform architectures.
- Apply a versatile generalist approach to pivot across products, technical stacks, and subject areas as business priorities evolve.
- Design repeatable frameworks and scalable guardrails—partner with cross-functional teams to create launch checklists and legal frameworks that help R&D ship AI features with velocity and confidence.
- Serve as a primary legal partner (“front door”) for product initiatives, collaborating closely with Legal SMEs (Privacy, IP, Commercial, Regulatory) to deliver cohesive, business-first guidance.
- Help mature a growing Product Counsel function by introducing fresh ideas, experimenting with new 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, supporting fast-moving Product and Engineering teams.
- Juris Doctor and a license to practice law in your jurisdiction.
- Experience in both law firm and in-house legal environments.
- Strong generalist product counseling skills, 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 not be a clear playbook.
- Demonstrated agility to dive into complex technical architectures, synthesize inputs across multiple legal disciplines, and adapt quickly to unfamiliar product surfaces.
- A “simplifier” approach (strong ability to communicate clearly without excessive legalese) plus strong writing skills for an async environment.
- Enthusiasm for building processes and artifacts from scratch, with fluency working asynchronously and collaborating via modern team tooling.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with the organization’s tools.
Compensation & Benefits
The organization strives to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. Base pay is set within the applicable range based on skills, knowledge, and experience.
Pay Ranges (United States):
- Zone A: $229,500 - $299,625
- Zone B: $206,550 - $269,663
- Zone C: $190,485 - $248,689
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Benefits & Perks
Benefits are designed to support employees and their families, including health and wellbeing resources and paid volunteer days, among other offerings. The organization also supports accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process.
Location
Working arrangement is flexible (office, home, or a combination), and the organization can hire in any country where it has a legal entity. In the United States, base pay ranges vary by geographic pay zone (Zones A, B, and C as listed above).