Senior Corporate Counsel, Product

DigitalOcean; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel, Product to guide legal strategy across the product lifecycle, from concept to global launch. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Operations teams, navigating privacy, licensing, and IP concerns while supporting complex commercial agreements.

You will advise on US and international privacy laws, data protection, and evolving AI regulations, ensuring compliant product launches and responsible governance across regions.

Qualifications

• Requires JD and bar admission; extensive experience advising product teams.
• Strong background in privacy, data protection, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and data protection addenda.
• Familiarity with AI regulations and cross-border data transfers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary partner to Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Operations teams.
• Assess legal risks in product development, including privacy, licensing, and IP concerns.
• Advise on data protection, privacy laws (CCPA, GDPR) and emerging AI regulations.
• Draft and negotiate vendor agreements, tech partnerships, terms of service, and policies.
• Support incident response strategy and regulatory investigations, collaborating with Security and Privacy teams.

Skills

Privacy law

Commercial contracts

Regulatory compliance

Intellectual property

Product counsel

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Tools

Contract management software

Job description

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you'll find your place here. We value winning together- while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

We are looking to add a Senior Corporate Counsel, Product

who is passionate about solving complex legal challenges at the leading edge of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. As a Senior Corporate Counsel, Product, reporting to the Associate General Counsel at DigitalOcean, you will join a small and dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. DigitalOcean's mission is to simplify cloud computing and AI so that builders and businesses can spend more time creating software that changes the world. In this role, you will act as a versatile, full-stack product counsel who advises product, engineering, and go-to-market teams across the entire product lifecycle from first concept through global launch and beyond. Working alongside dedicated product, security, and regulatory colleagues, you will guide critical initiatives spanning cutting-edge product development, customer trust, and data-driven growth.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as a trusted partner and a primary point of contact for DigitalOcean’s technical and non-technical teams, including Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Operations.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of legal risks in product development, including addressing privacy, regulatory, licensing, and intellectual property concerns, to support the product lifecycle from design and definition to global launch and post-release iteration.
• Identify, assess, and drive resolution of legal issues related to customer data, privacy, security, export control, open-source software, and responsible AI.
• Help shape the long-term strategy, structure, and priorities of the product counsel function.
• Advise on US and global privacy laws (such as CCPA and GDPR) and emerging AI regulations to ensure that DigitalOcean and its affiliates maintain strict global compliance.
• Support the drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements and data protection agreements to seamlessly facilitate product launches and safeguard corporate interests, including vendor agreements, technology partnership agreements, terms of service, product specific terms, privacy policies, and acceptable use policies.
• Support legal strategy for critical incident response and regulatory investigations, partnering with Security, Privacy,