Senior Product Counsel
Senior Product Counsel
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$ 198000 - 308000
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Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figmas platform helps teams bring ideas to lifewhether youre brainstorming creating a prototype translating designs into code or iterating with AI. From idea to product Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows move faster and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If youre excited to shape the future of design and collaboration join us!
Figmas Legal Team is looking for a Senior Product Counsel to join our dynamic team at an exciting time for our growing business. This is a great time to join if you are a business minded lawyer looking to make a real impact at what is still an early stage of our Legal Teams growth. You will be responsible for counseling half of our core and developing products - along with a host of additional responsibilities that are sure to come along as we continue to grow. You will report to the Legal VP of Product Privacy Marketing and IP.
This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
What youll do at Figma:
- Be integrated with product managers designers researchers analysts engineers and others to help them solve problems and achieve business objectives while minimizing risk. You will regularly meet with internal teams (e.g. product) to understand strategies roadmap and initiatives and advise on new features activities markets etc. to ensure alignment
- Provide advice strategic vision and legal direction to a wide variety of teams from the initial stages of project development to launch. This includes providing mentorship on the design and modification of products proactively identifying associated risks and recommending mitigation strategies reviewing product user experiences to ensure legal compliance and accurate disclosures and documenting that guidance for consumption by members of both the legal and product teams
- Serve as liaison between your product teams and other members of the legal team - across corporate commercial international IP and privacy - to ensure your business partners receive comprehensive clear and effective legal guidance across fields
- Build playbooks and establish processes to help scale our advice as a legal team
Wed love to hear from you if you have:
- 8 years of legal practice experience
- 2 years in-house legal experience
- J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent)
- Membership in at least 1 U.S. State Bar with good standing
- Product counseling experience
- Ability to make decisions in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment with strong legal judgment
- Ability to manage and prioritize a high volume of requests from a wide range of client teams and with limited direction
- Experience translating sophisticated legal concepts into practical and actionable advice for a non-legal audience
While not required its an added plus if you also have:
- Experience working in a SaaS organization
Pay Transparency Disclosure
If based in Figmas San Francisco or New York hub offices this role has the annual base salary range stated below.
Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including but not limited to individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience potential impact and scope of role) market demands and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.
Figma offers equity to employees as well a 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. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figmas compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$198000 - $308000 USD
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts experiences and opinions allows our employees our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - 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 histories consistent with legal requirements.
We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role participate in the interview process perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation please reach out to . These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.
Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Holding interviews in an accessible location
- Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
- Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
- Changing the mode or format of interviews
To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.
By applying for this job the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figmas Candidate Privacy Notice.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
