Product Counsel Legal Lead

Overview

A global professional services organization is seeking a Senior Manager to serve as Products Counsel within their Global Services Legal team. This role involves leading a team of legal professionals focused on enabling the go-to-market strategies for software products, providing legal risk analysis, and supporting strategic business initiatives related to software product development and commercialization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a global legal team focused on software product go-to-market enablement, including team structure, workflow, relationship building, project execution, and reporting.
• Support senior business leadership in strategic initiatives such as designing new software products and bringing them to market.
• Review global software products and provide practical legal risk analyses and mitigation strategies to ensure legal compliance and strategic alignment.
• Collaborate with business teams and legal subject matter experts to evaluate technology, data supply, regulatory challenges, and client-facing templates across different geographies.
• Develop clear communication materials, guidance, templates, and training related to technology and data components of products for go-to-market teams, development teams, and the broader legal organization.
• Assist in designing and implementing tools and processes to improve request management, legal risk assessments, and coordination with business and legal colleagues.
• Provide guidance to transaction teams on operational and contractual measures to preserve the path to productization before deal closure.

Requirements

• Minimum of 12 years of experience at a law firm and/or as in-house counsel at a technology company, managing software products and/or services offerings and complex commercial arrangements.
• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.
• Strong passion for supporting innovative technology and bringing software products and services to market.
• Fluency in English with excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience working with international teams in a global business environment and ability to work across cultures.
• Proven team management experience, including training junior team members and managing remote employees across multiple time zones.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight.
• Track record of developing trusted relationships with business leaders.
• Adaptability to changing business strategies.
• Experience drafting and negotiating technology-focused client-facing and/or vendor-facing agreements such as data licensing, SaaS agreements, cloud agreements, software license agreements, or software development agreements.
• Working knowledge of data and security privacy issues, intellectual property law, open source software licensing, and general product development considerations.
• Understanding of the connection between inbound agreements and client-facing agreements.
• Interest in technology enablement of legal functions, including exploring legal AI agents.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading teams, mentoring legal team members, and supporting career development.

Location

This position is open in multiple U.S. locations including but not limited to:

• Chicago, IL
• Arlington, VA
• Atlanta, GA
• Austin, TX
• Bentonville, AR
• Boston, MA
• Carmel, IN
• Charlotte, NC
• Cincinnati, OH
• Cleveland, OH
• Columbus, OH
• Culver City, CA
• Denver, CO
• Des Moines, IA
• Detroit, MI
• Hartford, CT
• Houston, TX
• Irving, TX
• Miami, FL
• Milwaukee, WI
• Minneapolis, MN
• Morristown, NJ
• Mountain View, CA
• Nashville, TN
• New York City, NY
• Oklahoma City, OK
• Overland Park, KS
• Philadelphia, PA
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Raleigh, NC
• Redmond, WA
• Sacramento, CA
• San Diego, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• Scottsdale, AZ
• Seattle, WA
• St. Louis, MO
• St. Petersburg, FL
• Walnut Creek, CA

Equal Employment Opportunity

The employer is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.

Additional Information

• Applicants must have work authorization in the United States that does not require sponsorship now or in the future.
• Candidates currently employed by a client of the organization or an affiliated business may not be eligible.
• Criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment; applicants are not obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for persons with disabilities or religious observances during the hiring process and employment.

Compensation & Benefits

Details regarding compensation and benefits are not specified in this listing.