# Associate General Counsel, Product and Privacy
**Company:** [Scale AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/scale-ai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Salary:** $265K-$331K
**Experience:** 9+ years
**Skills:** Privacy Law, GDPR, CCPA, Ai Regulations, Data Protection, Intellectual Property, Commercial Agreements, Regulatory Compliance, Generative AI, Machine Learning
**Posted:** 2026-05-12
> Provides strategic legal counsel on product development, privacy, AI regulations, and compliance. Partners with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to manage risks, ensure regulatory adherence, and support innovative AI initiatives. Requires 9+ years experience in tech privacy law.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities

- Identify and manage legal risks in product development, including **privacy**, **regulatory**, **licensing**, **intellectual property**, and others.
- Develop the product and privacy legal functions, with a focus on maturing, operationalizing, and scaling legal support in these areas.
- Partner closely with technical and non-technical teams, including **Product**, **Engineering**, **Operations**, and **Security**, to future-proof key strategic initiatives involving customer data, payments, and responsible AI.
- Be a subject matter expert on **US and global privacy laws** and other laws related to products.
- Build positive and influential relationships with Scale product leadership and cross-functional partners regarding regulatory matters.
- Help advance the General Counsel’s and Product and Privacy Legal team’s strategic vision across the company.
- Develop creative solutions, in partnership with Legal and Product stakeholders, for how legal frameworks can support new products and customer experiences.
- Support the drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements, including **data protection agreements** and others related to products and services.
- Help ensure compliance with global privacy and data protection laws, including **CCPA**, **GDPR**, and other data protection and AI requirements.
- Work hands-on with business and product teams to embed privacy into Scale’s products and processes by design and implement best-in-class privacy and compliance.

## Requirements

- **9+ years** of legal experience, with a focus on emerging technologies and privacy and data protection counseling.
- Expertise in **US and global privacy regulations**.
- Familiarity and experience with launching products and advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the technology space.
- Fluency in translating legal advice into actionable guidance for **Product**, **Engineering**, and **Operations** teams.
- Ability to think strategically at a high-level and from deep in the details to drive complex problem solving and develop creative, business-forward solutions.
- Ability to calibrate risk, distinguish business from legal risk, and communicate it clearly to business and technical audiences.
- A roll-up-your-sleeves attitude to tackle projects large and small with a low-ego approach to collaborating across the organization.
- Deep interest in **artificial intelligence**, **generative AI**, and **machine learning** technology and applications.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- **JD** and a member of a state bar in good standing.

## Nice to Haves

- Familiarity with the legal and ethical implications of **AI**, and the technical aspects of **AI systems**, including **large language models** and **machine learning**.
- Experience developing a **privacy program**.

## Compensation

- Base salary range: **$264,800 - $331,000 USD** (San Francisco, New York, Seattle).
- Equity-based compensation.
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, learning and development stipend, generous PTO, commuter stipend.
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