Senior Director & Associate General Counsel (product & Privacy)

PagerDuty PagerDuty · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Legal

This role is for a Senior Director & Associate General Counsel leading the Product & Privacy legal team. The position requires deep expertise in product, IP, security, and privacy law, with a focus on advising product, engineering, and security teams, managing the IP portfolio, and overseeing the global privacy program. The role involves navigating complex technical and regulatory landscapes, particularly concerning AI advancements, and translating legal requirements into actionable business strategies and scalable frameworks. While the company uses AI/ML and automation, the role itself is a legal and product-focused position, not directly building or researching AI models.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will lead and manage the Product & Privacy legal team, including managing PagerDuty's intellectual property portfolio, supporting the product, engineering and security teams, and managing our global privacy program.
  2. The position requires building strong relationships across the organization and creating systems and processes to support business goals.
  3. You will be advising stakeholders in developing and launching technology products to mitigate risk and maintain compliance in a fast moving environment, particularly in light of AI advancements, while also promoting business flexibility.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of relevant legal experience
  • deep expertise in at least three of the following areas: Security, Privacy, IP, Commercial Contracts, Litigation, AI or Regulatory compliance
  • Prior experience advising throughout the product development lifecycle, covering security, privacy, intellectual property, contracts, regulatory compliance issues and more
  • Admitted into and in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
  • Prior experience managing and developing successful teams
  • Proven ability to concisely communicate and explain critical legal decisions with context, building trusted executive relationships
  • Track record of successful implementation of cross functional strategy and creation of systems and processes to promote efficient scale of the organization
  • Deep understanding of U.S. and international privacy and security regulatory frameworks and ability to translate multi-jurisdictional requirements into practical legal guidance
  • Outstanding professional judgment and client service focus
  • Team player with a positive attitude and love of solving problems

Nice to have

  • strategic legal partner who can navigate complex technical and regulatory landscapes while driving business innovation
  • translating complex legal requirements into actionable business strategies, and designing scalable frameworks
  • advising stakeholders in developing and launching technology products to mitigate risk and maintain compliance in a fast moving environment, particularly in light of AI advancements, while also promoting business flexibility

What the JD emphasized

  • Security, Privacy, IP, Commercial Contracts, Litigation, AI or Regulatory compliance
  • security, privacy, intellectual property, contracts, regulatory compliance issues and more
  • Deep understanding of U.S. and international privacy and security regulatory frameworks and ability to translate multi-jurisdictional requirements into practical legal guidance