Head of Product, Legal
Lead product-legal decisions at Polymarket by reviewing new market categories and features for regulatory risk, translating compliance constraints into actionable product requirements, and embedding legal considerations into the design and roadmap process. Requires JD, 8+ years experience at legal-product intersection in crypto/tech, strong regulatory knowledge, and product instincts.
About the job
What You'll Do
- Review new market categories and product features for regulatory exposure before they launch, and give the product team a clear, actionable answer on what's viable and what isn't.
- Translate legal and compliance constraints into specific product requirements that engineering can build to, without requiring lawyers in every sprint.
- Contribute to the overall product roadmap by flagging regulatory risk early and helping prioritize what we build and in what order.
- Work directly with product managers and engineers to embed legal thinking into the design process from the start, not as a final review gate.
- Build internal frameworks and guidelines that let the team move faster by making common legal questions answerable without escalation.
- Monitor the regulatory environment across crypto, derivatives, and prediction markets and bring relevant developments to the product and leadership team before they become problems.
- Make fast, well-reasoned calls on novel legal risk in real time, owning those decisions and documenting the rationale clearly.
What We're Looking For
- JD required. You have practiced law and understand how to construct a legal argument, not just summarize one.
- 8 or more years of experience at the intersection of legal and product, either in-house at a tech or crypto company or in a regulatory advisory role where you were embedded with a product team.
- You know how regulators think and what they look for.
- Prior work in crypto.
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment. You don't need a large team or established playbooks to do your best work.
- Strong product instincts. You have worked at or with world-class product teams, understand the full surface of a consumer product, and can think in terms of user flows and tradeoffs.
- (Plus) Direct experience with CFTC regulation or derivatives compliance. If you've dealt with prediction markets, swaps, or event contracts specifically, that's a meaningful edge.
Benefits
- Competitive salary & equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage
- 401k match
- Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories
Skills
Crypto Compliance, Financial Regulation, Cftc Regulation, Derivatives Compliance, Prediction Markets, Regulatory Risk Assessment, Product Roadmap, Legal Frameworks
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