Product Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Wisconsin.

📋 Description

• Provide guidance to Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams on legal matters throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Evaluate and analyze new products, features, and initiatives, delivering timely, business-focused legal advice that balances risk management with innovation and execution speed.

• Advise teams on issues related to intellectual property, software licensing, privacy, AI, security, and regulatory factors impacting company products.

• Create scalable legal frameworks, policies, playbooks, and training resources that enable teams to make informed decisions.

• Collaborate with commercial, privacy, security, compliance, and corporate legal colleagues to resolve cross-functional legal challenges and foster alignment.

• Keep abreast of emerging legal, regulatory, and industry trends and translate these into actionable guidance.

• Carry out additional duties and tasks as required or assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.

• 4-7 years of pertinent legal experience advising SaaS companies.

• Provide high-quality legal analysis, meticulous attention to detail, and execution across a wide range of product counseling issues.

• Exceptional communication skills (both oral and written) with the capability to clearly articulate and justify risk assessments and convey complex concepts effectively to technical, business, legal, and executive audiences.

• Function effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while managing competing priorities and business goals to achieve results.

• Innovative mindset with the ability to identify solutions where others perceive obstacles.

• Experience advising software, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, and developer tools firms regarding open-source software licensing, compliance, and governance is a plus.

• Familiarity with AI tools (such as Claude or similar) to improve legal workflow efficiency.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% employer-sponsored medical insurance.

• Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), in addition to paid sick leave, inclusive parental leave, holidays, and volunteer days off.

• RSU stock grants*

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Company-sponsored virtual happy hours, complimentary meals, and enjoyable team-building activities.

• Monthly cell phone stipend.

• Access to an innovative mental health support platform offering personalized care and resources in areas such as therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their dependents.