Senior Legal Counsel, Product & Privacy

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

📋 Description

• Act as the internal legal subject matter expert and collaborate with the executive team on legal strategies and execution related to products.

• Provide guidance on privacy, data, artificial intelligence, compliance, commercial contracts, customer security requirements, and scalable legal support.

• Create practical and repeatable systems for addressing privacy inquiries, particularly regarding Subscriber Signals.

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of Kit, SparkLoop, Subscriber Signals, and the interconnected ecosystem of products and tools.

• Report directly to the Chief Operating Officer while working closely with product, sales, finance, human resources, security, engineering, and other departments.

• Manage essential legal work in-house and assess when specialized external counsel is necessary.

• Evaluate legal agreements, privacy inquiries, and customer security requests.

• Map out data processing, privacy, AI, and other legal projects and future requirements.

• Oversee GDPR and data compliance assessments.

• Create processes for addressing customer security questionnaires.

• Develop playbooks, templates, intake processes, and self-service guidance for recurring questions related to privacy, data usage, and compliance.

• Collaborate throughout the product lifecycle on initiatives and feature launches.

• Prioritize legal risks, decrease dependence on outside counsel, and optimize legal workflows.

• Establish robust systems to support privacy, compliance, product counsel, commercial contracts, and security assistance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Profound expertise in data, compliance, and product matters.

• Strong capability to navigate U.S. and European data privacy regulations, including GDPR and CCPA.

• Understanding of the distinctions between data controllers and processors.

• Ability to convert privacy and compliance requirements into scalable playbooks, templates, intake processes, and self-service resources.

• Experience in supporting customer security questionnaires and collaborating with security, sales, product, and engineering teams.

• Familiarity with SOC 2 Type II and associated legal, privacy, and customer demands.

• Knowledge of intellectual property law, particularly in relation to brand, content, and software.

• Familiarity with commercial contracts.

• Experience serving as in-house counsel at a technology company or providing services to a tech-focused portfolio at a top-tier startup firm.

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school in the United States.

• Active membership in good standing with a State Bar Association.

🏝️ Benefits

• Profit Sharing.

• Kit equity.

• 401k with a 5% match.

• Up to $2,100 per month towards medical premiums; dental and vision premiums fully covered; Health Insurance plans through Aetna.

• $2,000 equipment allowance for the first two years; $1,000 budget for every subsequent two years.

• Company-provided laptops.

• Individual learning and development budget ($3,500/year).

• Gender-affirming benefits.

• Childcare benefit up to $3,000 annually through JOON.

• Twenty (20) days of paid time off each year of employment.

• After-tax bonus of $1,000 for taking five consecutive days of vacation while completely unplugged from work.

• Ten (10) paid holidays each year.

• Two weeks of paid sick time annually, including mental health and well-being days.

• Twelve (12) weeks of paid parental leave and flexible scheduling during your child’s first year.

• Up to six weeks of paid bereavement leave, medical leave, and disaster leave after six months of employment; two weeks of each paid leave during the first six months.

• Winter Break Closure: a week-long collective break at the end of December.

• Four-week paid sabbatical following five years of employment.

• In-person or virtual team retreats held twice a year.