Senior Product Counsel

About the role

Figma is growing its Product Legal team to support the rapid release of new features and products. This role is specifically for a Senior Product Counsel to provide legal guidance to the Product, Design, and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with Figma's Product, Design, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to provide practical legal guidance on product development and go-to-market strategy
• Review product user experiences, disclosures, and external marketing and communications materials to mitigate legal risk while helping our teams achieve their goals
• Partner with cross-functional Legal teams (Commercial, IP, Regulatory) to ensure cohesive strategy and support
• Advises on legal issues relating to data protection, privacy, consumer protection, IP, and evolving AI-specific laws and regulations
• Develop and build out the processes, resources, and scaffolding needed to help our team scale our legal guidance as our product releases accelerate
• Identify and communicate emerging legal risks early in the product development cycle to enable faster, more confident decision-making

Requirements

• In-depth experience counseling on legal issues relating to technology, IP, privacy, data protection, consumer protection, and AI
• Proven ownership mentality, including hands-on engagement with product details, process-building from scratch, and independent prioritization
• A business-first, solution-oriented approach, including comfort making independent decisions and taking smart risks with imperfect information
• Demonstrated interest in AI and experience advising on AI-powered products or platforms

Qualifications

• 8+ years of legal experience & J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent)
• U.S.-qualified

Skills

• Experience working in-house at a SaaS company
• Familiarity with using and advising on ML/AI products
• A technical background is a huge plus

Benefits

• Competitive package of additional benefits including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement
• Sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles

Pay

The annual base salary range for this role is $204,000—$317,000 USD. Pay transparency is provided in the Pay Transparency Disclosure section.

Schedule

This role can be held from one of Figma's US hubs or remotely in the United States.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Figma is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal history, consistent with legal requirements.