Senior Counsel, Product

Role Overview

• Provide Strategic Legal Support to the Product & Engineering Teams
• Support the product counseling function within the Apollo Legal team, including advising the product and engineering teams on compliance with laws, and crafting risk mitigation solutions that balance legal requirements with business objectives
• Develop relationships with product managers and engineering managers to embed the Product Legal team as a stakeholder in the product development process
• Review product documentation and designs in connection with product development, product launches and platform enhancements
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments and assess impact on Apollo’s product offerings
• Scale the Product Counseling Function
• Support the product counseling function within the Apollo legal team, including processes and operations, working closely with product managers and engineering managers in developing best-in-class methods for legal review of our product development process
• Design, implement, and iterate on policies, processes, and procedures to improve the legal team’s engagement model with the product and engineering organizations with a focus on efficiency, automation and reportable metrics
• Develop training materials, legal playbooks and conduct training sessions for product and business teams
• Support the Marketing Function
• Represent Legal as a stakeholder in the product launch process, including reviewing communications and marketing materials related to product launches
• Provide general marketing support, including content review and review of communications in connection with GTM pricing initiatives and strategic legal advice in connection with marketing campaigns initiatives
• Be a Team Player Alongside Privacy & Commercial
• Work closely with Apollo’s Privacy Legal team on shared goals and objectives
• Support the Commercial Legal function in escalated product-related contracting questions and vendor contract review related to product implementations

Requirements

• J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (and ability to obtain in-house registration as required).
• 7-10 years of legal experience (law firm + in-house strongly preferred).
• Experience in a fast-paced, remote-first, global tech company; B2B SaaS strongly preferred.
• Ability to translate between business and technical risk and communicate clearly to business and technical constituencies
• Strong understanding of consumer protection laws and/or global data privacy laws
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple projects efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Builder-mentality
• a roll-up your sleeves attitude to tackle with a collaborative, low-ego approach to collaborating across the organization

Tech Stack

• Apollo

Benefits

• equity
• company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• at least 10 paid holidays per year
• flex PTO
• parental leave
• employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits
• global travel coverage
• life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance
• FSA/HSA and medical, dental, and vision benefits