Legal Counsel (Product and Privacy)

📋 Description

• Partner with Product teams to advise on new features, especially AI and candidate data.
• Own privacy compliance: global DPAs, privacy policy updates, and DSAR responses.
• Respond to security and compliance questionnaires; build scalable processes.
• Create customer-facing compliance docs, FAQs, and GTM materials with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with Ashby Security to respond to security incidents and draft communications.
• Stay current on AI/privacy regs (GDPR, EU AI Act, US laws) and advise on data use.

🎯 Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school and active US license (or equivalent in relevant jurisdiction).
• 6-8 years of legal experience with focus on product, privacy, and data protection.
• In-house experience at a fast-growing tech company; pure law firm backgrounds are unlikely to fit.
• Experience with AI, SaaS, or high-growth product environments; work closely with Product, Engineering, and Security teams.
• Strong technical curiosity; understand product architecture and data flows; commercial mindset.
• Bonus: privacy certifications (CIPP/CIPM/CIPT) and experience using regulatory tracking platforms.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10-year stock option exercise window.
• Unlimited PTO with four weeks annually.
• Twelve weeks fully paid family leave in the US, with expansion to other countries.
• Generous equipment, software, and office budget.
• If you’re in the US, top-notch health insurance for you and your dependents with premiums covered by us.