Product Counsel

Asana Asana · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Legal

Product Counsel at Asana, a company focused on human + AI collaboration. This role partners with product and engineering teams on product development, feature releases, and go-to-market plans, advising on general compliance and legal reviews. The role requires a JD, 5+ years of experience, and preferred experience in AI, consumer protection, or productivity software. The company offers a hybrid work model and competitive compensation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner directly with Asana’s product and engineering teams on product and feature development and releases, including advising on general compliance issues.
  2. Partner directly with Product Marketing and product teams on go-to-market plans and materials.
  3. Conduct comprehensive legal reviews of new products, features, and UI/UX flows, particularly around collaboration tools, automated workflows, and enterprise-grade administration features.
  4. Focus on outcomes by gaining a deep understanding of one or more product areas, R&D processes, and customer-facing product programs to become a trusted cross-functional partner.

Skills

Required

  • JD from an accredited law school
  • U.S.-qualified (California bar membership or California registered in-house counsel preferred)
  • 5+ years of combined experience working in-house at a SaaS company as product counsel and/or at a law firm in technology transactions or counseling high-growth SaaS companies on product, intellectual property, and/or strategic partnerships
  • strong collaboration skills
  • ability to work cross-functionally with lawyers and non-lawyers across the company
  • creative problem solver comfortable with assessing risks and making clear decisions
  • Business and customer-oriented with experience bringing diverse stakeholders to agreement
  • excellent legal and business judgment with the ability to assess and clearly communicate risks and tradeoffs to business partners in plain language

Nice to have

  • AI tools and emerging technologies
  • artificial intelligence
  • consumer protection
  • payments
  • productivity software
  • international compliance
  • technical integrations/iPaaS

What the JD emphasized

  • AI tools and emerging technologies
  • artificial intelligence