Senior Product Counsel

Overview

An innovative and rapidly growing cloud company recognized on the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list is seeking an experienced Product Counsel to join its legal team. The organization supports over 3,000 customers with a focus on real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads. This role involves partnering closely with product and engineering teams throughout the full product lifecycle, with a particular emphasis on AI, privacy, and data-related legal issues.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a founding member of the product legal team, providing legal partnership to product, engineering, and design teams across the product development lifecycle.
• Build strong relationships with product and engineering leadership and act as a pragmatic, solutions-oriented legal advisor.
• Advise on legal matters related to new and evolving product features, focusing on AI/ML (including training data, model outputs, IP ownership, and regulatory frameworks), data privacy, intellectual property, and open-source software.
• Draft, review, and negotiate technology licensing and integration partnership agreements with strategic product and ecosystem partners.
• Provide guidance on open-source licensing strategy and compliance.
• Draft, review, and maintain product-specific legal terms, policies, and documentation.
• Support legal integration efforts related to acquisitions, including diligence of acquired product IP, policy alignment, and creation of legal terms for acquired company customers.
• Advise on trademark and brand protection, including monitoring for infringement, responding to third-party claims, and counseling on product naming and go-to-market materials.
• Collaborate with Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams to embed privacy-by-design practices into product development and ensure compliance with global data protection regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
• Partner with Security and Privacy teams on incident response, including notification obligations, regulatory reporting, and customer communications.
• Monitor and advise on regulatory, compliance, and legal developments impacting the product, including AI, privacy, and export compliance.
• Develop scalable legal workflows to support rapid product iteration and growth.

Requirements

• Law degree and membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
• Exceptional academic background, including a law degree from a highly ranked law school (e.g., Top 30) and/or experience at a top-tier technology law firm.
• 4 to 8 years of relevant experience, ideally combining Big Law and in-house roles at technology companies.
• Currently located in the United States.
• Experience in a product counsel role or a role with significant product counsel responsibilities (e.g., product/commercial or product/privacy hybrid).
• Strong expertise in AI/ML legal issues, privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA), open-source licensing, and intellectual property.
• Excellent judgment and business orientation with the ability to translate complex legal risks into practical product advice.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills, capable of managing multiple priorities in a high-growth environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at a SaaS company, particularly in databases, data infrastructure, or data platforms.
• Hands-on experience advising on product-related AI regulatory compliance (e.g., EU AI Act, state AI legislation) or training data governance.

Compensation & Benefits

• Typical starting salary range in the United States: $250,000 - $275,000 USD.
• Salary may vary based on location, education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and business needs.
• Flexible work environment with remote-friendly policies; the organization operates globally across more than 20 countries.
• Employer contributions toward healthcare.
• Stock options granted to all new team members.
• Flexible time off policies in the U.S. and generous leave entitlements in other countries.
• $500 home office setup allowance for remote employees.
• Opportunities for in-person engagement through company-wide offsites.

Location

• United States (remote work supported)

Equal Opportunity

The organization provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.