Head of Product Legal

Asana•San Francisco, CA

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

We're looking for a Head of Product Legal to join our Legal & Stock Department in our San Francisco office. This is a great opportunity to lead, develop, and scale our existing Product Legal team and work closely with our Product and R D teams, with a particular focus on counseling on issues related to artificial intelligence (AI). We are looking for a collaborative team player willing to dive in and bring a business-oriented, thoughtful, practical mindset to solving problems. This role will report to Asana's Head of Litigation, IP, and Product. Our Legal & Stock Department works cross-functionally to help achieve Asana's ambitious mission of helping humanity thrive by enabling the world's teams to work together effortlessly. We're a collaborative group responsible for supporting all teams throughout Asana to ensure they have the resources they need to be successful while likewise supporting Asana's core values and interests. We run ideas past each other, we problem-solve together, we partner with other groups to navigate them through challenging issues, and we're growing. This role is based in our San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements.

Requirements

JD from an accredited law school and U.S-qualified (California bar membership or California registered in-house counsel preferred).
8+ years combined experience working in-house at a SaaS company as product or IP counsel and/or at a law firm counseling high-growth SaaS companies on IP matters and handling tech transactions.
Experience with AI product counseling strongly preferred.
Strong collaboration skills and ability to work cross-functionally with legal professionals and partners across the company.
Creative and practical problem-solver, comfortable assessing risk, weighing tradeoffs, and advising on decisions in novel and complex situations.
Experience in one or more of the following areas: data-powered features/machine learning, consumer protection, technical integrations/iPaaS, payments, productivity software, and international compliance.
Business and customer oriented with experience bringing diverse stakeholders to agreement.
Familiarity with issue-spotting regulatory issues and supporting driving compliant solutions.
Ability to break down legal concepts and explain them in plain language with relevant contextual examples.
Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making

Responsibilities

Work directly with our Product and R D teams on product and feature development and releases, including advising on general compliance issues and in particular issues related to the evolving landscape of AI.
Participate in Asana's customer-feedback process for the product areas you support.
Work directly with Product Marketing and Product teams on go-to-market plans and materials.
Work with R D teams to identify and develop opportunities for patent applications, and help drive the patent application process.
Work directly with our Business Development team on relevant strategic and technology partnerships.
Partner with Privacy, Commercial, Marketing, and Corporate Legal teams to surface, communicate, and drive resolution around concerns relating to Asana product(s).
Gain a deep understanding and become a trusted advisor of one or more product areas, R D processes, and customer-facing product programs.