Product Counsel

Fivetran Fivetran · Data AI · Denver, CO · Legal Department

Product Counsel for Fivetran, a data infrastructure company, providing legal advice throughout the product development lifecycle, with a focus on AI products, intellectual property, licensing, privacy, security, and regulatory considerations. The role supports innovation, manages risk, and enables data and analytics solutions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Advise Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues throughout the product development lifecycle.
  2. Review and assess new products, features, and initiatives, providing timely, business-oriented legal guidance that balances risk management with innovation and execution speed.
  3. Counsel teams on intellectual property, software licensing, privacy, AI, security, and regulatory considerations affecting company products.
  4. Develop scalable legal guidance, policies, playbooks, and training materials that empower teams to make informed decisions.
  5. Partner with commercial, privacy, security, compliance, and corporate legal colleagues to address cross-functional legal issues and drive alignment.

Skills

Required

  • J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
  • 4-7 years of relevant legal experience counseling SaaS companies.
  • Deliver high-quality legal analysis, attention to detail, and execution across a broad range of product counseling matters.
  • Excellent communication skills (oral and written) with the ability to clearly articulate and defend risk analysis and communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively to technical, business, legal, and executive audiences.
  • Operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while balancing competing priorities and business objectives to drive results.
  • Creative mindset and an ability to find solutions where others see barriers.

Nice to have

  • Experience advising software, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, developer tools companies regarding open-source software licensing, compliance, and governance a bonus.
  • Experience using AI tools (such as Claude or similar) to enhance legal workflow efficiency.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI
  • AI product development lifecycle
  • risk management
  • execution speed
  • legal guidance
  • policies
  • playbooks
  • training materials
  • legal issues
  • regulatory considerations