Principal Counsel, Regulatory & Privacy

About the Role

Eight Sleep is seeking a versatile and experienced in-house counsel to join our legal team as the second lawyer, reporting to our first in-house legal counsel. This role is primarily focused on privacy and regulatory matters but requires a genuine generalist who can handle a wide range of legal issues, from commercial contracts to litigation support. As a key member of a small but growing legal function, you’ll have the opportunity to build programs and processes from the ground up, working in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Responsibilities

• Privacy and Data Protection:
  • Build and manage our global privacy program across frameworks like CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, and others, including disclosures, consent, records of processing, and data subject requests.
  • Handle data processing agreements, cross-border transfer compliance, and breach response playbooks.
  • Ensure compliance for biometric and health data, and conduct privacy reviews for new features, integrations, and AI models.
• Regulatory and Consumer Protection:
  • Manage FTC and consumer protection matters, including health and wellness claims, advertising review, and subscription compliance.
  • Ensure compliance with market-specific requirements for product launches, including registration, import, labeling, and disclosures.
  • Track medical device and healthcare regulatory issues, and help navigate legal pathways for new product categories (FDA classification, corporate practice of medicine, anti-kickback, HIPAA).
• Beyond Privacy and Regulatory:
  • Take on diverse legal matters as needed, including commercial contracts, litigation support, and product counseling.
  • Act as embedded counsel to product and engineering teams, and contribute to building out the legal function and operations.

Required Qualifications

• JD and active bar membership in at least one US state.
• 8 to 12 years of relevant experience, with significant in-house experience.
• Solid working knowledge of US privacy laws (CCPA/CPRA), GDPR, and FTC/consumer protection regulations.
• Proven ability to work as a versatile generalist, comfortable handling unfamiliar matters independently.
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic, capable of making decisions and advising the business directly.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, build-oriented environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house experience at a consumer technology, healthtech, wearable, or DTC subscription company.
• Experience as a first or early regulatory or privacy hire.
• Familiarity with biometric or health data, cross-border data transfers, and data localization.
• Experience with advertising, health claims, or healthcare regulatory matters (HIPAA, corporate practice of medicine, FDA/FTC intersection).
• Knowledge of AI governance and emerging AI regulation.
• CIPP/US or CIPP/E certification is a plus, though experience is prioritized over credentials.

Why Join Eight Sleep?

• Innovation in a Culture of Excellence: Be part of a team that pushes the boundaries of sleep fitness technology, with a flagship product beloved by hundreds of thousands worldwide.
• Immediate Responsibility and Accelerated Career Growth: Take on impactful projects from day one, owning your work and driving both personal and company growth in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaboration with Exceptional Talent: Work alongside brilliant, passionate innovators who thrive in a dynamic setting.
• Equitable Compensation and Continuous Equity Investment: Enjoy competitive pay, equity participation, and periodic equity refreshments based on performance.
• Great Benefits: Receive your own Pod, full health insurance, supplemental life insurance, flexible PTO, commuter benefits, and paid parental leave (benefits may vary by location).

At Eight Sleep, we celebrate diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.