Product Counsel (Open Source)

Paragon Legal; United States; À distance; USD 145 000 - 158 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Paragon Legal seeks an interim Product Counsel to support its product legal team during an attorney leave. You will partner with the product team on product documents, OSS matters, escalations, RFPs, data mapping, and GTM initiatives, including trademark clears and website terms.

The ideal candidate has a strong Product Counsel foundation, hands-on OSS experience, and ideally public company background, with fast-paced independence, clear ownership of priorities, and proactive communication

Qualifications

• Strong Product Counsel foundation with hands-on OSS experience.
• Public company experience strongly preferred.
• Prior cybersecurity industry experience is advantageous.
• Ability to ramp quickly and work independently with business judgment.

Responsabilités

• Review product-related documents and terms.
• Handle open source software matters and related compliance.
• Support commercial legal escalations and RFPs/customer questionnaires.
• Assist with acquisition integration and data mapping.
• Contribute to new go-to-market initiatives, trademark clearances, and website terms.

Connaissances

Product Counsel

Open Source Experience

Public Company Experience

Cybersecurity Industry Knowledge

Business Judgment

Critical Thinking

Proactive Communication

Description du poste

A leading cybersecurity company is seeking an experienced interim Product Counsel to support its product legal team during an upcoming attorney leave. This attorney will partner closely with the product team and support a variety of product and product-adjacent matters, including product document review, open source software matters, commercial legal escalations, RFP/customer questionnaires, acquisition integration and data mapping, new go-to-market initiatives, trademark clearance searches, and updates to website terms and conditions.

The ideal candidate will have a strong Product Counsel foundation and hands‑on open source software experience, which is a must‑have for this role. Public company experience is strongly preferred, as is prior experience within the cybersecurity industry. The team operates in an extremely fast-paced, high-volume environment, so this person should be able to ramp quickly, work independently, exercise strong business judgment and critical thinking, and proactively communicate ownership, priorities, and timing.

This project starts between mid‑December and January 4, is expected to last five to six months, is fully remote and time zone agnostic, and requires a minimum of 20 hours per week with the potential for up to 40 hours per week.

The hourly rate for this assignment is expected to be between $105 and $115 This range is an estimate; an employee’s compensation will be based on the employee’s qualifications, skillset, and relevant experience, specific client needs, project requirements, and other considerations permitted by law.

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About Paragon

Paragon is on a mission to make in‑house legal practice a better experience for everyone. We provide legal departments at leading corporations with high quality, flexible legal talent to help them meet their changing workload demands. At the same time, we offer talented attorneys and other legal professionals a way to practice law outside the traditional career path, empowering them to achieve both their professional and personal goals. Our corporate clients include the nation’s top, cutting‑edge technology, healthcare, consumer products companies, and more. In the last several years we have taken our strong reputation in the Bay Area and expanded to clients and candidates across the country.

At Paragon, we put people first, take pride in operating with integrity, and aspire for excellence in everything we do. Our unique attorney‑led attorney development team will support you through and beyond your initial project.

Our Commitments

Equal Opportunity Employer: Paragon Legal Group LLC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, and training. Paragon Legal makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

San Francisco Fair Chance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records and do not conduct background screens prior to an offer of employment.