Epiq Counsel

Epiq Counsel is seeking a full-time (40/hr per week) Product Counsel for a globally recognized, publicly traded technology company that operates one of the world's largest consumer-facing digital platforms.

The client is open to remote but a hybrid schedule in San Mateo is a plus factor.

This attorney will partner with product, engineering, marketing, and business stakeholders to help launch and scale innovative products used by millions of people worldwide.

Required Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Must have 3–8+ years of relevant legal experience serving as a Product Counsel.
• Strong expertise in one or more of the following areas: Product counseling, Technology transactions, Intellectual property, Privacy, Consumer protection, Digital platform legal issues.
• Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across stakeholder groups.
• Ability to independently manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Willingness to support a hybrid role requiring two days onsite in Northern California (Bay Area) based office.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Preferred Qualifications

• Combination of law firm and in-house legal experience.
• Experience supporting consumer-facing technology companies.
• Background advising product, advertising, platform, creator economy, marketplace, content, or emerging technology teams.
• Experience counseling on AI initiatives, user-generated content, digital media, online platforms, or creator-focused products.

What You'll Do

As Product Counsel, you will serve as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams developing innovative technology products and platform features. Responsibilities will include:

• Advising product and business teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Counseling stakeholders on product, technology, privacy, intellectual property, consumer protection, and marketing-related matters.
• Supporting products and tools that enable users and creators to develop and launch digital experiences.
• Identifying legal risks and providing practical, business-focused recommendations.
• Collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, marketing professionals, and operational leaders.
• Advising on emerging legal issues involving artificial intelligence and evolving technology products.

Benefits

• Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO and paid federal holidays
• Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (as applicable)

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

About Epiq Counsel

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful in-house legal work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers and legal professionals work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each professionals practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with compelling engagement opportunities with leading law departments across the globe.

It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.