# Product Counsel

**Company:** [Fivetran](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fivetran)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $217k – $272k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** legal counseling, product development lifecycle, intellectual property, software licensing, privacy, ai regulations, Security, open source licensing, SaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, AI Tools
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Product Counsel providing practical legal advice to Product, Engineering, and GTM teams throughout the product development lifecycle. Requires JD, 4-7 years SaaS product counseling experience, and strong business judgment in fast-paced tech environments.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- Advise Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Review and assess new products, features, and initiatives, providing timely, business-oriented legal guidance that balances risk management with innovation and execution speed.
- Counsel teams on intellectual property, software licensing, privacy, AI, security, and regulatory considerations affecting company products.
- Develop scalable legal guidance, policies, playbooks, and training materials that empower teams to make informed decisions.
- Partner with commercial, privacy, security, compliance, and corporate legal colleagues to address cross-functional legal issues and drive alignment.
- Monitor emerging legal, regulatory, and industry developments and translate them into actionable guidance.

## Skills We’re Looking For

- J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
- 4-7 years of relevant legal experience counseling SaaS companies.
- Deliver high-quality legal analysis, attention to detail, and execution across a broad range of product counseling matters.
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) with the ability to clearly articulate and defend risk analysis and communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively to technical, business, legal, and executive audiences.
- Operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while balancing competing priorities and business objectives to drive results.
- Creative mindset and an ability to find solutions where others see barriers.
- Experience advising software, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, developer tools companies regarding open-source software licensing, compliance, and governance a bonus.
- Experience using AI tools (such as Claude or similar) to enhance legal workflow efficiency.

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