Senior Product Counsel

## 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 - Advise 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 - You have 8+ years of legal experience & J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) and is U.S.-qualified ## Nice to Have - 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 At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.