Product Counsel

Overview

This role involves serving as a Product Counsel to support the expansion of a rapidly growing product portfolio in the grocery and e-commerce space. The position requires navigating complex and evolving regulatory landscapes to enable product teams to launch new initiatives confidently and efficiently. The role is remote and offers flexibility in work location.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted legal partner for product teams launching in new international markets by identifying jurisdiction-specific risks early and developing scalable compliance frameworks.
• Provide clear, actionable legal guidance for initiatives involving physical hardware and retailer-facing platforms, enabling product, engineering, and design teams to proceed without unnecessary obstacles.
• Improve cross-functional legal processes by identifying leverage points, introducing AI-assisted workflows, and reducing time-to-answer for recurring legal questions across Product, Business Development, and Operations.
• Map and proactively manage exposure across consumer protection, payments, privacy, and commercial compliance with documented risk frameworks and clear escalation paths.
• Foster a legal environment viewed as an enabler rather than a gatekeeper by business partners across the organization.

Requirements

• J.D. from a top-tier law school with active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
• Minimum of 5 years of legal experience at a leading law firm or in-house legal department.
• Familiarity with legal issues in Internet and e-commerce sectors, including copyright, privacy, advertising, payments, and SaaS.
• Ability to provide clear, concise legal advice and drive results across multiple teams.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort working with AI tools to enhance efficiency and streamline legal processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house legal experience at a technology company or retailer, including secondments.
• Experience with technology platforms.
• Background in corporate, pharmaceutical, alcohol, or privacy/data security law, including GDPR and US-EU Privacy Shield.

Compensation & Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation and benefits tailored to the employee's permanent work location.
• Eligibility for new hire equity grants and annual refresh grants.

Base Pay Ranges for U.S. Candidates

• California, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey: $231,000—$244,000 USD
• Washington: $221,000—$233,500 USD
• Oregon, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Illinois, Hawaii: $212,000—$224,000 USD
• All other states: $193,000—$203,500 USD

Location

• Remote position with flexibility to work from home, office, or other preferred locations.
• Must comply with applicable work authorization and bar membership requirements.