Sr. Corporate Counsel, Product and Compliance

Parallels; Canada; Remote; CAD 200,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Parallels is seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Counsel for Product and Compliance to partner with Product and Engineering on development, AI governance, privacy, IP, and regulatory compliance. The role emphasizes practical, risk‑calibrated guidance across the product lifecycle and external counsel coordination.

You will advise on export controls, data protection, and open‑source licensing while supporting deals, negotiations, and cross‑functional collaboration in a fully remote environment

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership.
• Experience spanning a leading law firm and high‑growth technology company.

Responsibilities

• Serve as embedded compliance and product counsel partnering with Product and Engineering teams early in development — during roadmap, design, and testing — to identify legal, regulatory, privacy, IP, and customer trust considerations.
• Create and operate legal and compliance review processes for software products and AI features, ensuring privacy, security, regulatory, IP, and customer trust considerations throughout the product lifecycle.
• Translate evolving AI, privacy, consumer protection, IP, and regulatory requirements into product criteria, required third‑party certifications, and monitoring obligations.
• Advise Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders on global trade and export control compliance requirements, including sanctions and export classification.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, and leadership teams to identify, evaluate, and protect innovations through patents and other intellectual property rights.
• Act as a senior legal advisor on privacy‑sensitive product design, data use, retention and deletion, cross‑border data flows, DPAs, security commitments, and privacy documentation.
• Advise cross‑functional stakeholders during security incidents, audits, customer escalations and compliance reviews, helping the business assess legal and operational risks and align product behavior with contractual and regulatory commitments.
• Advise Product and Engineering on copyright, trademark, patent, open‑source, licensing, data rights, and other IP issues arising from software development and AI systems.
• Support customer‑facing and commercial matters when product, AI, regulatory, privacy, data, IP, or security questions affect a deal, renewal, expansion, or strategic partnership.
• Participate in selected customer and prospect conversations as a subject matter expert.
• Draft, review, and negotiate customer, partner and vendor agreements, particularly where product, AI, privacy, security intellectual property or compliance issues are involved.
• Collaborate closely with a small, agile global legal team to provide practical, coordinated support across the business.

Skills

In-house experience

Product and Compliance law

AI governance knowledge

Privacy and data protection

Intellectual property

Regulatory compliance

Contract negotiation

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar admission

Job description

Sr. Corporate Counsel, Product and Compliance

Regular Full-Time Remote, CA

4 days ago Requisition ID: 1070

Salary Range: CA$200,000.00 To CA$235,000.00 Annually

Sr. Corporate Counsel, Product and Compliance

Parallels has an immediate vacancy for this role.

Push the boundaries of tech. In your sweatpants.

Parallels is seeking an experienced Product and Compliance Counsel to serve as a trusted legal partner to our Product and Engineering teams for a portfolio of Parallels software products. This role will provide practical, risk-calibrated guidance across product development, AI governance, privacy, security, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance, helping the business innovate responsibly while supporting its product and commercial objectives.

The top creative and technical minds could work anywhere. So why are so many of them choosing Parallels? Here are three reasons:

• This is the moment. It’s an exciting time at Parallels, with strong leadership, a refreshed brand, and a whole new approach to changing the way the world works. We’re at the forefront of a movement, and we want you to ride this wave with us.
• We want you to be you. Too often, companies tell you about their culture and then expect you to fit it. Our culture is built from the people who work here. We want you to feel safe to be who you are, take risks, and show us what you’ve got.
• It’s your world. We know you have a life. We want to be part of it, but not all of it. At Parallels, we’re serious about empowering people to work when, how, and where they want. Couch? Sweatpants? Cool with us. We believe that happy employees mean happy customers. That’s why we hire amazing people and get out of their way.

Sound good so far? Awesome. Let’s talk more about the Sr. Corporate Counsel role and see if we’re destined to be together.

As a Senior Corporate Counsel, you will:

• Serve as embedded compliance and product counsel partnering with Product and Engineering teams early in development —during roadmap, design, and testing—to identify legal, regulatory, privacy, IP, and customer trust considerations before they become launch blockers. In addition, you will provide practical, risk-calibrated recommendations that give Product and Engineering clear paths forward.
• Create and operate legal and compliance review processes for software products and AI features, ensuring that privacy, security, regulatory, intellectual property, and customer trust considerations are addressed throughout the product lifecycle.
• Translate evolving AI, privacy, consumer protection, IP, and regulatory requirements into product criteria, required third‑party certifications, and monitoring obligations.
• Advise Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders on global trade and export control compliance requirements, including sanctions and export classification, translating legal requirements into practical product and operational guidance.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, and leadership teams to identify, evaluate, and protect innovations through patents and other intellectual property rights, serving as a liaison to outside counsel and helping shape and scale the company's patent and invention disclosure program.
• Act as a senior legal advisor on privacy‑sensitive product design, data use, retention and deletion, cross‑border data flows, data protection agreements, security commitments, and privacy documentation.
• Advise cross‑functional stakeholders during security incidents, audits, customer escalations and compliance reviews, helping the business assess legal and operational risks and align product behavior with contractual and regulatory commitments.
• Advise Product and Engineering on copyright, trademark, patent, open‑source, licensing, data rights, and other IP issues arising from software development and AI systems.
• Support customer‑facing and commercial matters when product, AI, regulatory, privacy, data, IP, or security questions affect a deal, renewal, expansion, or strategic partnership.
• Participate in selected customer and prospect conversations as a subject matter expert.
• Draft, review, and negotiate customer, partner and vendor agreements, particularly where product, AI, privacy, security intellectual property or compliance issues are involved.
• Collaborate closely with a small, agile global legal team to provide practical, coordinated support across the business.

What YOU bring to the team:

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership, with substantial legal experience spanning a leading law firm and high‑growth technology company. 8+ years of legal experience preferred with at least 5 of those in‑house.
• Deep experience in at least one of the following: software licensing, security, or privacy/data protection.
• Familiarity with export control, sanctions, and trade compliance considerations relevant to global software products, cloud services, and international product distribution.
• Experience advising on intellectual property strategy, including patents, invention disclosure programs, open‑source software, licensing, trademarks, copyrights, and technology commercialization.
• Demonstrated ability to advise on complex, ambiguous matters involving product design, data, emerging AI legislation, intellectual property, security, open source software, and practical commercial risk.
• Experience building or improving scalable legal programs, including governance frameworks, review processes, playbooks, templates, decision tools, training, or knowledge systems.
• Ability to translate technical, legal, and regulatory complexity into clear practical guidance.
• Consistently strong judgment with the ability to balance legal risk, customer trust, product usability, delivery timelines, and company goals; identify difficult decisions; and elevate appropriately.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Solid technical understanding of software licensing, open source software, AI, a challenger approach to the future of legal work, paired with critical thinking, consideration of business context, and ability to find practical solutions.

US:

• Parallels features award‑winning solutions that have helped millions of users for 40 years (can you believe it?!).
• We have millions of users and decades of innovation under our belts.
• We offer a fully remote workspace. There is no pressure to work in an office whatsoever.
• Hours are flexible, too! You’ve worked hard to build your life, and we don’t want you to give it up for work.
• Our team is growing fast, and there’s a ton of energy and a lot of really smart, motivated, fun people ready to welcome you in.

About Parallels

Parallels is a top VDI/EUC product helping businesses since 1999. Whether it’s desktop or cloud, on‑prem or hybrid, Parallels has a solution to help your company optimize the speed and security of your work environment at an affordable price.

Our products enable millions of connected knowledge workers around the world to do great work faster. Our success is driven by an unwavering commitment to deliver a broad portfolio of innovative applications – including Parallels RAS, Parallels Desktop Enterprise, and Parallels DaaS, among others.

It is our policy and practice to offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, age, religion, national origin, sex, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetics, or any other protected characteristic.

Parallels is committed to an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment and selection process and work environment. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodation that are required. Appropriate accommodation will be provided upon request as required by Federal and Provincial regulations and Company Policy. Any information received relating to accommodation will be treated as confidential.

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