Product Counsel - PEO/Employment Law

📋 Description

• Provide front-line legal support to PEO product and operations teams.
• Drive legal and compliance workstreams and cross-functional collaboration for pre-launch milestones, compliance frameworks, vendor onboarding, and Go-to-Market readiness.
• Advise on risk, product design, features, and operational workflows; address compliance with employment, payroll, HR, licensing, and other requirements relevant to the PEO offering.
• Develop actionable guidance, templates, and internal training for PEO-related products.
• Partner cross-functionally and build consensus with Legal and Compliance, Product, Finance, and Operations teams.
• Create and maintain PEO-related compliance work-product to support internal compliance tracking and content creation processes.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of legal experience, including in-house experience at a technology company. Employment law, litigation, and product counseling. Strong preference for PEO experience.
• Deep experience providing pragmatic legal guidance on tech products and employment obligations.
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus and strong working relationships.
• A collaborative, solution-oriented mindset with a focus on progress and teamwork.
• An eagerness to dive in, take ownership of projects, and manage work with accountability with escalation to senior counsel when needed.
• Experience using AI tools to deliver efficiency in your work and processes.
• JD degree and State bar license to practice law.

🎁 Benefits

• $177k-$208k/year in Denver
• $208k-$245k/year in New York/San Francisco
• Equity package and performance bonuses