Lead Product Counsel
New York, NYLegalRemote6+ YOE
Summary
Serves as top product attorney advising on AI product design, safety, privacy, IP, content policies, and commercialization. Partners cross-functionally with engineering, growth, and safety teams on features, compliance, and regulatory developments. Requires JD, 6+ years product counsel experience, AI expertise.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Growth, Research, Privacy, Security, and Safety to provide pragmatic legal guidance throughout the product lifecycle.
- Advise on product features, user flows, marketing initiatives, and data practices.
- Draft and review user-facing terms, privacy policies, disclosures, and marketing materials to ensure compliance while supporting a high-quality user experience.
- Support incident response, privacy risk assessments, and escalation processes related to product use.
- Monitor evolving global legal and regulatory developments that impact AI systems, and translate them into practical internal policies and guidance.
Requirements
- JD with active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (New York preferred).
- 6+ years of product counseling and privacy knowledge and skills, preferably developed in both law firm and in-house roles (in-house product counseling experience strongly preferred).
- Experience counseling on AI models and products, and working closely with Trust & Safety teams.
- Maintain expertise in laws and regulations relevant to AI products and SaaS solutions, including privacy, data protection, consumer protection, content policies, and emerging AI-specific legislation.
- Excellent analytical and communication skills to support cross-functional teams, as well as to engage with external partners.
Skills
AI legal compliancePrivacy lawData protectionIntellectual propertyConsumer protectionContent moderationSaaS regulationsAI governanceProduct counselingTrust & Safety