Associate General Counsel, Product & Privacy

• Serve as the primary legal partner to Product, Engineering, Design, AI Research, and Security teams throughout the product development lifecycle.


• Advise on the design, development, launch, and iteration of AI-powered products and features, providing practical, product-focused legal guidance.


• Partner early with product teams to identify legal and regulatory considerations, enabling innovation while thoughtfully managing risk.


• Collaborate with technical teams to develop scalable solutions that balance user experience, business objectives, and compliance requirements.


• Advise on global privacy, data governance, and AI regulatory matters, including the collection, use, retention, and sharing of user and training data.


• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Security to implement privacy-by-design principles across products and internal systems.


• Help develop governance frameworks for emerging AI technologies, responsible AI, data usage, intellectual property, and evolving regulatory requirements.


• Monitor developments in global privacy and AI regulations and translate new requirements into practical guidance and operational processes.


• Lead legal workstreams for new product launches, coordinating across Product, Engineering, Security, Design, Trust & Safety, and Executive Leadership.


• Manage complex, cross-functional initiatives by driving timelines, aligning stakeholders, and removing blockers to execution.


• Build scalable legal review processes that enable rapid product development while maintaining appropriate legal and regulatory guardrails.


• Develop playbooks, templates, and workflows that improve collaboration between Legal and product teams.


• Provide practical legal guidance on commercial, corporate, intellectual property, and operational matters that support product growth.


• Advise leadership on legal risks associated with new technologies, strategic partnerships, platform integrations, and global expansion.


• Partner with cross-functional leaders to balance legal risk with product velocity and business priorities.


• Contribute to company-wide strategic initiatives outside of traditional legal work as a trusted business partner.


• Help establish repeatable processes, governance frameworks, and operational tools that allow the Legal function to scale alongside the business.


• Improve visibility into legal priorities through effective project management, documentation, and stakeholder communication.


• Identify opportunities to streamline legal operations and improve efficiency across Product, Engineering, and Legal teams.


• Foster a collaborative, solutions-oriented partnership with teams across the company, enabling rapid execution while supporting responsible innovation.

Requirements

• J.D. and active membership in at least one state bar with ability to practice in-house in California.


• 6+ years of legal experience, ideally including a mix of law firm and in-house experience.


• Strong business judgment and ability to provide practical, solutions-oriented legal advice in a fast-moving environment.


• Broad experience across corporate, commercial, operational, regulatory, employment, privacy, compliance, and general technology-related legal matters.


• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to quickly learn new areas of law and business operations as company needs evolve.


• Low-ego, highly execution-oriented mindset. Someone who is comfortable rolling up their sleeves and handling both strategic initiatives and day-to-day legal work.


• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, business-friendly guidance for cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.


• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth, highly collaborative environment with globally distributed teams.


• Strongly preferred: prior experience supporting high-growth technology or AI-driven companies.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in providing legal guidance on AI technologies, privacy, and compliance while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive product development and manage legal risks. Possesses strong business judgment and communication skills to translate complex legal concepts into actionable strategies.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• J.D. Degree


• 6+ Years Legal Experience


• AI Regulatory Matters


• Privacy Governance


• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Hard Skills

• Legal Guidance


• Regulatory Compliance


• Data Governance


• Intellectual Property


• Commercial Law


• Operational Law


• Technology Law


• Risk Management


• Legal Review Processes


• Governance Frameworks

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication Skills


• Business Judgment


• Solutions-Oriented Mindset


• Collaborative Partnership


• Execution-Oriented

Certifications & Qualifications

• Active State Bar Membership

Industry Keywords

• AI-Powered Products


• Privacy-By-Design Principles


• High-Growth Technology


• Product Development Lifecycle


• Global Privacy Regulations