Senior Counsel, Product & AI — Remote + Equity

Owner.com; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Remote-first workplace

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Owner.com is seeking its first Senior Corporate Counsel to serve as the embedded legal partner for Product and Engineering, with emphasis on AI governance, privacy, and payments. You will advise on data practices, model risk, and regulatory requirements from concept through launch.

This remote role can be based anywhere in the United States, with preference for SF Bay Area or NYC-based candidates, and reports to the Head of Legal. You will build scalable playbooks and negotiate vendor agreements.

Qualifications

• J.D. and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 6+ years of legal experience, including meaningful in-house product counsel experience at a technology company.
• Direct experience advising on AI/ML products, with familiarity with the emerging AI regulatory landscape.
• Experience with fintech or payments products - embedded payments, money movement, card issuing, or similar.
• Substantive privacy law experience (CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, and state comprehensive privacy laws).
• Experience in restaurant technology, hospitality tech, or vertical SaaS strongly preferred.
• Strong builder mentality, with experience creating processes, playbooks, and standards rather than just applying existing ones.
• Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance for product and engineering teams.
• Comfort working independently in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment with incomplete information.

Responsibilities

• Serve as embedded legal counsel to Product, Engineering, and Payments team advising on new features, AI-powered tools, pricing models, and payments integrations from concept through launch.
• Own legal review of AI-related products and features, including training data sourcing, model risk, algorithmic decision-making, and required disclosures.
• Advise on regulatory compliance for payments and fintech-adjacent products, including embedded payments, money movement, card network rules, and PCI-DSS considerations.
• Build and maintain the privacy program elements most relevant to product: data collection and retention practices, consumer disclosures, and compliance with CCPA/CPRA and other state privacy laws.
• Monitor emerging AI regulation (state AI laws, FTC guidance, and international frameworks where relevant) and translate it into practical, actionable product guidance.
• Draft and negotiate technology, data, and AI vendor agreements, including data and model licensing terms.
• Advise on digital accessibility compliance for product and engineering (e.g., ADA Title III risk, WCAG conformance) and counsel teams on accessible design before launch.
• Partner with the General Counsel and business teams on regulatory risk assessments for new markets, products, and features.
• Build scalable playbooks, templates, and self-serve tools so product and engineering teams can move quickly with the right guardrails in place.
• Support incident response for privacy or AI-related issues, coordinating across engineering, security, and communications.
• Manage outside counsel on discrete regulatory, payments, or AI matters as needed.

Skills

In-house product counsel

AI governance

Fintech payments

Privacy compliance

Regulatory risk guidance

Vendor negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

J.D. and bar membership

Job description

Owner.com is seeking its first Senior Corporate Counsel to serve as the embedded legal partner for Product and Engineering, with emphasis on AI governance, privacy, and payments. You will advise on data practices, model risk, and regulatory requirements from concept through launch.

This remote role can be based anywhere in the United States, with preference for SF Bay Area or NYC-based candidates, and reports to the Head of Legal. You will build scalable playbooks and negotiate vendor agreements.