Principal Counsel, Regulatory & Privacy

Eight Sleep

1d • $250,000 - $325,000

About The Position

Eight Sleep is seeking a Principal Counsel, Regulatory & Privacy to join their legal team. This is a build role where the successful candidate will be responsible for creating programs and processes within the legal function, which is still taking shape. The role reports to the first in-house legal counsel and will initially be part of a two-person legal team. The primary focus will be on privacy and regulatory matters, including building and running the global privacy program, handling FTC and consumer protection issues, advertising and subscription compliance, product and market-entry questions, and healthcare-regulatory work. However, the role requires a versatile generalist who is comfortable taking on a variety of legal matters, including commercial contracts, litigation, and product counseling, as needed. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, comfortable making independent decisions in a fast-moving environment.

Requirements

• JD and active bar membership in at least one US state.
• 8 to 12 years of relevant experience, including meaningful time in-house. This role moves quickly, and we’re not looking for someone coming straight from private practice.
• Solid working knowledge of the privacy and regulatory areas that matter to us: US privacy (CCPA/CPRA), GDPR, and FTC and consumer protection.
• Above all, a versatile generalist. You’ve worked across more than one area in-house, and you’re comfortable picking up an unfamiliar matter and figuring it out.
• A self-starter who works hard, makes decisions independently, and advises the business directly rather than routing everything to outside counsel.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving environment where you build rather than maintain.

Nice To Haves

• In-house experience at a consumer technology, healthtech, wearable, or DTC subscription company.
• Experience as a first or early regulatory or privacy hire.
• Biometric or health data experience, and cross-border transfer or data localization experience.
• Advertising, health-claims, or healthcare-regulatory experience (HIPAA, corporate practice of medicine, the FDA/FTC intersection).
• Familiarity with AI governance and emerging AI regulation.
• CIPP/US or CIPP/E is a plus, not a requirement; we weight experience over credentials.

Responsibilities

• Build and run our global privacy program across the frameworks that apply to us (CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, and others): disclosures, consent, records of processing, and data subject requests.
• Own data processing agreements across our vendors, cross-border transfer and localization compliance, and our breach response playbook.
• Handle compliance for the biometric and health data at the center of our product, and run privacy reviews for new features, integrations, and AI models.
• Own FTC and consumer protection: health and wellness claims, advertising review, and subscription and auto-renewal compliance across our markets.
• Keep a practical read on what each market requires (product registration, import, labeling, disclosures) so we clear the way before we launch somewhere new.
• Track medical device and healthcare-regulatory questions as our health features grow, and help scope the legal path for new product categories (FDA classification, corporate practice of medicine, anti-kickback, HIPAA).
• Take on whatever the department needs outside your core area: commercial contracts, litigation support, product counseling, and the rest of the in-house docket.
• Act as embedded counsel to product and engineering, and help build out the function and legal operations alongside our in-house counsel.

Benefits

• Full access to health, vision, and dental insurance for you and your dependents
• Supplemental life insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Commuter benefits to ease your daily commute
• Paid parental leave
• Every Eight Sleep employee receives the very product that defines our mission: a Pod of their own.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree