Senior Product Counsel

As Freshworks Product Counsel you will serve as the first point of legal contact for the Product Engineering and Marketing teams with regard to product development commercialization product marketing and compliance while providing practical daytoday counseling. You will support the development and release of new products and features by identifying and driving the resolution of issues related to intellectual property compliance open source privacy data security marketing and other legal and regulatory areas. 

Responsibilities: 

• Both before the launch of new products and features and on an ongoing basis perform legal due diligence in the areas of data privacy open source IP licensing marketing and other areas
• Draft review and negotiate a variety of agreements relating to product development integrations developer tools thirdparty software development opensource software and other technology and strategic partnerships
• Draft clear and concise disclosures disclaimers FAQs for use in the product and features and the associated processes
• Improve and maintain our product and featurerelated legal processes to help us scale globally
• Research and stay current on the latest laws regulations and updates in Product Privacy and AI space
• Negotiate data processing agreements (DPAs) business associate agreements (BAAs) and other similar agreements directly with customers partners and vendors to support compliance obligations
• Counsel engineering clients on a broad range of topics including opensource software privacy regulatory compliance accessibility and other SAAS and AI related areas 

Please note this is a hybrid role with onsite expectations of 3x/ week (Tuesday Thursday) from our San Mateo HQ. 

Qualifications :

• 8 years of product experience at a leading law firm inhouse or preferably a combination thereof
• Experience in product counseling and commercial transactions in the SaaS/ Software space
• Familiarity with launching new products and features and advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the SaaS/ software space
• Experience with Data Privacy IT Security and Accessibility issues in the technology space (CCPA GDPR HIPPA PCIDSS WCAG etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work across multiple time zones and cultures with remote and global teams
• Solid grasp of business processes related to commercial contracts intellectual property international data privacy and data protection law
• Strong work ethic and sense of professionalism and discretion demonstrating accountability integrity good judgement and respect for confidentiality
• Ability to operate autonomously while being a team player who works collaboratively with internal and external clients
• Law degree from an accredited U.S. law school and license to practice law in California

Additional Information :

This role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and the expected base salary range for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of jobrelated factors such as professional background training work experience business needs and market demand. Therefore in some circumstances the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for a target bonus.

Compensation Package

$204000 $290000 Base Salary

Freshworks offers multiple options for dental medical vision disability and life insurances. Equity ESPP flexible PTO flexible spending commuter benefits and wellness benefits are also offered. Freshworks also offers adoption and parental leave benefits.

At Freshworks we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential purpose and passion irrespective of their background gender race sexual orientation religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees communities and the business.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime