[Hiring] Product Counsel @Tekion

Role Description

Provides legal counsel on privacy, product development, and regulatory compliance, enabling Tekion to deliver innovative solutions while maintaining trust and meeting global legal obligations. Acts as a strategic partner to product, engineering, and business teams in building privacy-forward, legally compliant products and services.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Advises on product design and implementation to ensure compliance with global privacy laws, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and emerging regulations.
• Partners with Product and Engineering teams to embed privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default into product development lifecycles.
• Reviews and negotiates privacy-related provisions in commercial agreements, including data processing and cross-border transfer clauses.
• Conducts privacy impact assessments (PIAs), data protection impact assessments (DPIAs), and risk analyses for new features and initiatives.
• Monitors and interprets changes in privacy, AI, and digital regulation to ensure proactive compliance.
• Develops and maintains internal policies, guidance documents, and playbooks related to privacy and product compliance.
• Collaborates with Security, Compliance, and IT teams on incident response, data governance, and user rights management.
• Provides privacy and product counseling across business units, including on marketing, analytics, cookies, and mobile technologies.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of legal experience, with a focus on product counseling and privacy law.
• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited institution; active bar membership in good standing.
• Strong knowledge of global data privacy laws and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience advising product and engineering teams within a technology company.
• CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPT, or similar certifications preferred.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and generous stock options.
• 100% employer-paid top-of-the-line medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Great benefits including unlimited PTO, parental leave and free snacks and beverages.
• The opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley’s most dominant and successful companies.
• Be part of an early stage, hyper-growth start-up with the opportunity to grow and prosper.
• Work on the latest and coolest technologies – everything is home-grown and built ground-up.
• A dynamic work environment with a strong sense of community and collaboration.
• The open and transparent culture that encourages innovation, rewards performance and discourages hierarchy.
• Exciting opportunities for career growth and development.