Senior Corporate Counsel (Product)

Abridge; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work environment

Unlimited PTO and 12 holidays

Equity for all new employees

16 weeks paid parental leave

Home office equipment budget $1600

Job summary

Abridge is seeking a practical, versatile product lawyer to join our in-house legal team. You will serve as a trusted advisor to product and engineering teams, embedding legal and compliance frameworks into our product lifecycle.

You will own matters independently and help turn recurring questions into durable systems that support innovation while ensuring compliance with healthcare, privacy, and other regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal experience, including 3+ years in product counseling.
• In-house experience at a technology company is required.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory concepts into practical guidance for non-legal colleagues.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and commercial teams.
• Experience with healthcare laws such as HIPAA and health privacy laws.
• Expertise in IP, AI, or software and technology transactions.
• Familiarity with AI trends and responsible AI principles.
• Experience with FDA, FTC, fraud, waste and abuse regulations, and health data interoperability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal partner for products from early design through launch and post-launch review.
• Embed legal and compliance frameworks into the product lifecycle.
• Provide actionable guidance on regulatory, privacy, and compliance matters for AI/ML.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to mitigate risk.
• Develop scalable legal processes, frameworks, and templates for fast-moving teams.

Skills

Product counseling

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

Regulatory analysis

IP expertise

AI/ML regulatory knowledge

Job description

• Abridge’s in-house legal team is a group of lawyers and legal professionals operating across multiple disciplines
• As we continue to expand, we are looking for a practical, versatile product lawyer to join our growing legal team
• You will serve as a trusted advisor to product and engineering teams, embedding legal and compliance frameworks into our product lifecycle
• You will own matters independently and help turn recurring questions into clear guidance and durable systems that support innovation while ensuring compliance with healthcare, privacy, and other regulatory requirements
• This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of both AI and healthcare
• Serve as a primary legal partner for our products and features from early design through launch and post-launch review
• Partner with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, policy, partner experience, marketing, IT, finance, corporate development, and commercial to ensure alignment and mitigate risk
• Review product launches, feature changes, user-facing disclosures, and marketing claims
• Develop and scale practical legal processes, frameworks, and templates that enable teams to move quickly with appropriate guardrails
• Provide actionable legal guidance on regulatory, privacy, and compliance matters, including the evolving AI/ML landscape
• Flex across the broader Product, Privacy and Regulatory Legal portfolio as company priorities and risk change
• Coordinate with external counsel to resolve specialist issues and ensure fast delivery of actionable legal guidance and risk analysis
• Monitor emerging laws and regulations affecting Abridge’s products and data practices and advise internal stakeholders on their implications

Benefits

• Flexible working hours — we care more about what you accomplish than what specific hours you’re working
• Remote work environment
• Unlimited PTO, plus 12 national holidays
• Equity for all new employees
• 16 weeks paid parental leave, for all employees
• Generous equipment budget for your home office setup ($1600)
• Opportunity to work and grow with talented individuals, and have ownership and impact at a high growth startup

The right person can identify the legal issue quickly, learn the product deeply, and give the business a practical path forwardDemonstrated ability to work independently and exercise business judgement; interest in joining a small team that prioritizes autonomy and trustProven ability to communicate and translate complex regulatory and legal concepts into clear, practical guidance for non-legal counterparts and colleaguesComfort and confidence with juggling a high volume of projects, tight timelines, and competing prioritiesProven ability to work cross-functionally, particularly with technical teams, designers, and commercial teams, building relationships and earning their confidence5+ years of legal experience, including 3+ years in product counseling. Prior in-house experience at a technology company is a requirementAbility to spot issues across a broad range of legal areas, dig into unfamiliar regulatory questions, and know when to bring in specialist expertisePassion for Abridge’s mission and the energy and drive to support fast-moving product and operational teamsWorking knowledge of privacy and data protection, consumer protection, and intellectual property issues as they apply to technology productsCreativity in solving and navigating novel legal matters; experience in crafting new processes and language to meet the needs of a rapidly-moving enterprise in a novel industryExpertise in intellectual property, AI, or software and technology transactions (e.g., licensing, open source)Familiarity with recent trends in AI, particularly with large language models and responsible AI principlesStrong understanding of and experience with federal and state healthcare laws, including HIPAA and state health privacy lawsPrior experience at a growth-stage, AI-native, or healthcare technology companyExperience with healthcare regulatory matters, including FDA, FTC, fraud, waste, and abuse laws, health data interoperability and information blocking rules, and related state laws