Product Counsel Program Manager

Teradata is a leading company in cloud analytics and data platform for AI. They are seeking a Product Counsel Program Manager to oversee the development and management of innovative technology products while ensuring regulatory compliance and managing legal risks.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain operational processes and workflows for the Product Counsel function
• Build mechanisms for tracking legal reviews, escalations, approvals, and deliverables across product teams
• Manage intake processes, SLAs, work queues, and cross-functional communications
• Partner with Legal Ops (if applicable) to align on tooling, metrics, and governance
• Develop and maintain templates, playbooks, guidance materials, and self-service resources
• Ensure Product Counsel is integrated into product roadmapping, and release cycles
• Maintain visibility into product timelines, launches, and changes that may trigger legal review
• Coordinate between engineering, product managers, and Product Counsel to ensure timely legal engagement
• Partner with Product Counsel and the Law Team to identify emerging regulatory and risk themes impacting product strategy
• Help translate legal risk positions into scalable operational frameworks and playbooks
• Assist in framing structured risk tradeoff discussions for leadership, including preparation of decision materials
• Coordinate closely with Product Counsel Contract Manager to ensure alignment between product-level legal decisions and downstream commercial execution
• Drive recurring cross-functional meetings, including agendas, materials, and followups
• Serve as the operational liaison between Product Counsel and other internal functions (Product, Engineering, Privacy, InfoSec, Compliance, Go-to-Market, etc.)
• Own cross-functional initiative tracking, ensuring that legal requirements or changes are implemented
• Support alignment with privacy, regulatory, and security frameworks relevant to products
• Define and track KPIs for the Product Counsel function (e. g. , cycle time, review volumes, SLA adherence)
• Create dashboards and periodic reporting for leadership
• Use data to identify operational bottlenecks and recommend improvements

Requirements:

• 5–8+ years of program or project management experience, ideally within tech, SaaS, cloud, or legal/compliance-oriented environments
• Proven experience building and operationalizing cross-functional programs
• Strong understanding of product development and engineering workflows (e. g. , agile, DevOps)
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across legal, privacy, engineering, and product teams
• Experience with productivity and workflow tools (JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, etc.)
• Background in product operations, legal operations, or technical program management to help set the Product Counsel Function up for success
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks relevant to AI products and systems, as well as general privacy regulations and how they apply to tech products (e. g. , GDPR, CPRA, EU AI Act, Open Source)
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage a high-volume workload in a fast-paced and demanding work environment and have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Bias and drive for action, learning and problem solving; a service-focused approach
• Collaborative teammate and able to work independently