# Product & Privacy Counsel

**Company:** [Teleport](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/teleport)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $212k – $266k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Privacy Law, GDPR, CCPA, Eu Ai Act, Data Processing Agreements, Privacy Impact Assessments, Ai Governance, Open Source Licensing, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI
**Posted:** 2026-05-27

> Product & Privacy Counsel advising engineering and product teams on AI governance, privacy frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, EU AI Act), and regulatory compliance. Requires 8+ years legal experience with 4+ years product counseling at a software company.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do

### As Product Counsel
- Serve as legal advisor to Product and Engineering, providing timely guidance during product development cycles
- Help shape and implement Teleport's AI governance framework, including use-case risk evaluation standards, and documentation practices
- Contribute to cross-functional workstreams to develop and implement internal, scalable processes and policies for responsible AI use, working closely with engineering, security, and product leadership
- Advise on AI-related intellectual property matters, including licensing and data usage
- Advise on open source licensing models and the legal considerations relevant to open source software development and distribution

### As Privacy Counsel
- Monitor and interpret evolving AI regulations and global privacy frameworks, including the EU AI Act, GDPR, and CCPA/CPRA, translating requirements into clear, actionable guidance for technical and business stakeholders
- Conduct privacy impact assessments (PIAs), data protection impact assessments (DPIAs), and AI risk analyses for new features and product lines
- Support data mapping, data subject requests, and data governance improvements across the product portfolio
- Draft, review, and negotiate data processing agreements (DPAs) and AI-specific addendums, serving as the escalation point for the commercial legal team on privacy and AI issues
- Perform due diligence on vendor compliance, and negotiate contracts to include robust data protection clauses
- Partner with Security on incident response and regulatory inquiries, including breach assessment and stakeholder notifications
- Develop internal playbooks, training programs, and policies, including privacy policies, terms of service, and DPAs, to build a culture of compliance and proactively address emerging risks
- Partner with security and engineering teams to support compliance certifications such as SOC 2, ISO 27001 and 27701, HIPAA and PCI from a privacy and legal perspective

## What We're Looking For
- Admitted to the California Bar or eligible for the Registered In-House Counsel exception, and in good standing
- 8+ years of legal experience, including 4+ years of product legal experience at a software company
- Significant experience counseling product and engineering teams through the full product development lifecycle, from conception to launch, and advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of software product development
- Strong understanding of open source licensing, SaaS business practices, and relevant global regulatory requirements
- Able to quickly form and convincingly communicate a point of view under time pressure and with imperfect information
- Generalist by nature: willing to take on additional responsibilities and explore subjects outside your core expertise, with no job too big or too small
- Strong judgment and risk assessment skills, with the ability to adapt legal requirements in creative and pragmatic ways
- Able to independently manage and negotiate commercial agreements with customers, partners, and vendors
- Thrives in fast-paced, highly variable environments, with a proven track record of building or improving processes at hyper-growth companies

## Nice to Have
- Prior experience in the SaaS and cybersecurity industry
- IAPP certifications (CIPP/US, CIPP/E)
- Experience advising on AI/ML products, including emerging AI governance frameworks such as the EU AI Act
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA

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