Product Security & Privacy Strategy Leader

Neo4j, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 260,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Neo4j seeks a Senior Director, Product, Security and Privacy to partner with Product, Engineering, Security, and GTM teams, ensuring products comply with applicable laws and risk tolerance. This role embeds across the product lifecycle from roadmap to launch and iteration, enabling fast, responsible innovation in a global enterprise software environment.

The position emphasizes privacy, security, open-source governance, and compliant product development, with a focus on cloud, on-prem, and

Qualifications

• JD or equivalent law degree with active license.
• 10+ years of relevant legal experience in product, technology, or commercial matters.
• Experience supporting enterprise software, cloud services, or developer-focused products.
• Strong working knowledge of software licensing, SaaS models, open-source licensing concepts, and privacy/data protection frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary legal partner for product and engineering teams across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid offerings.
• Advise on legal issues throughout the product development lifecycle, including feature design, data flows, APIs, integrations, and platform architecture.
• Review and help shape product requirements, specifications, and launch plans to proactively manage legal risk.
• Advise on open-source software (OSS) usage, contributions, and licensing models (GPL, AGPL, Apache, MIT, dual licensing).
• Support compliance with open-source obligations and guide product teams on inbound and outbound licensing strategies.
• Partner with engineering and security on OSS governance and tooling.
• Provide guidance on privacy and data protection matters (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, global data transfer frameworks).
• Advise on product-embedded privacy features, security controls, and data-handling practices.
• Partner with Security, Trust, and Compliance teams on incident response, customer security inquiries, and audits.
• Support product-led go-to-market initiatives.
• Help develop scalable legal frameworks that enable enterprise sales while supporting self-serve and cloud motions.
• Monitor emerging laws and regulations affecting enterprise software, AI, data, and cloud services, and translate them into practical guidance for product teams.

Skills

Legal experience

Product & tech

Privacy & data protection

Open-source licensing

Software licensing

Education

JD or equivalent law degree

Tools

OSS governance tooling

Job description

Neo4j seeks a Senior Director, Product, Security and Privacy to partner with Product, Engineering, Security, and GTM teams, ensuring products comply with applicable laws and risk tolerance. This role embeds across the product lifecycle from roadmap to launch and iteration, enabling fast, responsible innovation in a global enterprise software environment.

The position emphasizes privacy, security, open-source governance, and compliant product development, with a focus on cloud, on-prem, and