Karkidi
Principal Counsel, Consumer Product Legal
Karkidi, Los Gatos, CA, United States
As Principal Counsel, you are passionate about helping our business partners discern a practical real-world risk from a theoretical one. You have the diplomatic skills to unite people together and guide them through impasses by fostering confidence. You thrive in a loosely-coupled world where thoughtfulness and creativity govern, not rule.
Responsibilities
- Working closely with product, design, and engineering teams to understand and assess risks for new consumer-facing experiences, from ideation to launch.
- Providing risk-calibrated legal guidance to support consumer product innovation, counseling the business on privacy, IP, consumer protection and other issues while coordinating with subject matter experts as needed.
- Coordinating with stakeholder partners (including cross-functional, cross-regional, and specialist teams) to share context on product and legal strategy, ensuring we are supporting stakeholder needs effectively.
- Becoming an expert on our consumer product to help ensure we remain helpful thought partners and advance business objectives.
- Helping to scale our team and legal organization by developing innovative processes to support the above.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in product legal roles, working directly with product managers, engineers, and designers to provide practical and risk-calibrated legal guidance.
- Deep experience counseling on consumer protection, privacy, IP, marketing and other issues.
- Strong track record demonstrating a collaborative approach, effective communication skills, and excellent legal/business judgment.
- Strategic and creative thinker who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment characterized by ambiguity.
- Demonstrated curiosity and ability to master new areas of tech and law.
Preferred
- Experience with consumer-facing digital products/services, in particular with AI/ML innovation.