Director, Product and Privacy

podium81; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

podium81 is seeking a Senior Product and Privacy Counsel to guide a software business building AI tools for customer engagement. Report to the General Counsel, you will advise teams across product development and deployment, lead privacy and AI governance programs, and influence decisions across healthcare, automotive, and home-services sectors.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, AI, marketing, security, and legal teams, review disclosures, manage data rights, and negotiate

Qualifications

• J.D., admission to a state bar or eligibility to register as in-house counsel.
• At least eight years of legal experience, including five or more years in-house; technology-company experience is preferred.
• Required privacy certification such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or CIPT.
• Experience with business privacy laws and frameworks, including CCPA, CPRA, GDPR, TCPA, and relevant US and global data-protection rules.
• Product counseling experience involving technology risk; knowledge of AI, payments, telecommunications, or regulated sectors is relevant.
• Strong judgment, communication, project-management, and stakeholder skills; able to use AI tools carefully while protecting confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Advise product, engineering, AI, marketing, security, partnerships, and legal teams from early design through launch and ongoing monitoring.
• Counsel on AI, privacy, data rights, intellectual property, consumer protection, payments, and messaging or telecommunications compliance.
• Review product experiences and disclosures, identify legal risks, recommend mitigations, and turn guidance into implementable product requirements.
• Negotiate and advise on agreements with AI, data, and integration partners, including product terms and data-processing arrangements.
• Build scalable product, privacy, and AI review processes, including impact assessments, launch criteria, playbooks, and escalation routes.
• Lead privacy projects involving data mapping, permitted uses, retention, deletion, and tracking; coordinate with security on incidents and compliance reviews.

Skills

Regulatory analysis

AI governance

Stakeholder management

Data privacy

Education

J.D.

In-house bar admission or eligibility

CIPP/US

CIPP/E

CIPM

CIPT

Job description

Role overview

Serve as senior product and privacy counsel for a software business building AI tools for customer engagement and operations. Reporting to the General Counsel, this individual contributor will advise teams throughout product development and deployment, lead practical privacy and AI governance programs, and influence product decisions across healthcare, automotive, and home-services applications. The role combines legal counseling, regulatory analysis, partner transactions, and cross-functional program ownership.

Responsibilities

• Advise product, engineering, AI, marketing, security, partnerships, and legal teams from early design through launch and ongoing monitoring.
• Counsel on AI, privacy, data rights, intellectual property, consumer protection, payments, and messaging or telecommunications compliance.
• Review product experiences and disclosures, identify legal risks, recommend mitigations, and turn guidance into implementable product requirements.
• Negotiate and advise on agreements with AI, data, and integration partners, including product terms and data-processing arrangements.
• Build scalable product, privacy, and AI review processes, including impact assessments, launch criteria, playbooks, and escalation routes.
• Lead privacy projects involving data mapping, permitted uses, retention, deletion, and tracking; coordinate with security on incidents and compliance reviews.

Requirements

• J.D., strong academic credentials, and admission to a state bar or eligibility to register as in-house counsel.
• At least eight years of legal experience, including five or more years in-house; technology-company experience is preferred.
• Required privacy certification such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or CIPT.
• Experience with business privacy laws and frameworks, including CCPA, CPRA, GDPR, TCPA, and relevant US and global data-protection rules.
• Product counseling experience involving technology risk; knowledge of AI, payments, telecommunications, or regulated sectors is relevant.
• Strong judgment, communication, project-management, and stakeholder skills; able to use AI tools carefully while protecting confidential information.

Nice to have

• Experience advising on rules affecting healthcare, automotive, or home-services products, and familiarity with US and global telecommunications regulation.

Benefits and work setup

• health, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
• retirement plan
• paid parental leave
• fertility support
• generous vacation, including three four-day summer holiday weekends
• Utah headquarters amenities include a gym with classes and subsidized onsite childcare.