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FigmaFigmaSan Francisco, CA

Senior Product Counsel

Senior Product Counsel partnering with PDE teams at Figma to provide practical legal guidance on product development, go-to-market, privacy, IP, consumer protection, and AI regulations. Requires 8+ years legal experience, JD, business-oriented mindset, and AI interest.

204k – 317k
Hybrid8+ YOELegal

About the role

What you’ll do at Figma

  • Partner directly with Figma's Product, Design, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to provide practical legal guidance on product development and go-to-market strategy
  • Review product user experiences, disclosures, and external marketing and communications materials to mitigate legal risk while helping our teams achieve their goals
  • Partner with cross-functional Legal teams (Commercial, IP, Regulatory) to ensure cohesive strategy and support
  • Advise on legal issues relating to data protection, privacy, consumer protection, IP, and evolving AI-specific laws and regulations
  • Develop and build out the processes, resources, and scaffolding needed to help our team scale our legal guidance as our product releases accelerate
  • Identify and communicate emerging legal risks early in the product development cycle to enable faster, more confident decision-making

Requirements

  • In-depth experience counseling on legal issues relating to technology, IP, privacy, data protection, consumer protection, and AI
  • Proven ownership mentality, including hands-on engagement with product details, process-building from scratch, and independent prioritization
  • A business-first, solution-oriented approach, including comfort making independent decisions and taking smart risks with imperfect information
  • Demonstrated interest in AI and experience advising on AI-powered products or platforms
  • 8+ years of legal experience
  • J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) and U.S.-qualified

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience working in-house at a SaaS company
  • Familiarity with using and advising on ML/AI products
  • A technical background

Skills

Technology LawIp LawPrivacy LawData ProtectionConsumer ProtectionAi RegulationProduct CounselingRisk Management

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