Senior Counsel, Product & Privacy

Overview

This role supports the organization’s Legal function as the main legal partner to product, research, and engineering organizations. The position partners closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, release management, security and infosec, and commercial teams across products in audio, image, video, and 3D. Work includes building consistent, documented legal review processes for data and product releases and advancing a privacy program aligned with global growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead product and privacy counseling for multiple generative AI product teams, learning models, products, and development processes well enough to identify legal, security, and ethical risks early.
• Recommend practical approaches to address risks.
• Build and run policies, processes, and documentation governing data and product releases.
• Partner with product, engineering, release management, and security.
• Advance global privacy and data security compliance, and collaborate with infosec on incident response and data security practices.
• Advise on copyright across the model lifecycle, including:
  • Licensing and use of training datasets
  • Rights in generative output
  • Content-hosting obligations such as the DMCA and Article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive
• Track and support compliance with global AI regulation (including the EU AI Act) and help translate ethics and safety initiatives into product execution.
• Guide compliance with trade rules, including US export controls and the Trade Agreements Act.
• Enable the commercial team to understand the organization’s technology, licensing frameworks, and IP strategy so they can confidently respond to customer questions.

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.
• 10+ years of experience as an attorney, with a focus on technology product counseling, privacy, and intellectual property.
• In-house experience as a product counselor at a technology company.
• Experience building and maintaining data privacy compliance programs.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of data privacy law (such as GDPR and CCPA), emerging AI law (such as the EU AI Act), and consumer protection law.
• Strong ability to translate technical explanations into concrete legal mitigations and contract provisions.
• Practical approach to commercially reasonable risk mitigation when both the law and the business are uncertain.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to distill complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset for identifying and addressing legal risks.
• Ability to address problems creatively with an open mind.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with flexibility as priorities change.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate with internal clients.
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and attention to detail.
• Inquisitive attitude focused on problem solving and consensus-building.

Additional Strengths

• Understanding of how data is used to train generative AI models, including associated risks and opportunities.
• Experience with open source, data, or source-available licensing, and with open source communities.
• Experience drafting and updating terms of service and privacy policies for a global technology company, or privacy certifications such as CIPP/US or CIPP/E.

Compensation & Benefits

• Remote-first environment with teammates across multiple countries.
• Health coverage for you and your family; choose from PPO and HMO plans, including select plans where the employer covers 100% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
• HSA and FSA accounts to set aside pre-tax dollars for healthcare and other eligible expenses.
• Company-paid life insurance, with option to add voluntary coverage for yourself, your spouse, and your children.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match of up to 4%.
• Paid parental leave.
• Flexible paid time off plus paid company holidays.
• Equipment provided to support your work.
• Annual base salary range: $200,000 - $270,000 USD (for candidates hired within the United States).
• Eligible employees participate in an equity program.

Location

Remote-first; candidates hired within the United States.