Product Counsel

Nominal•Washington, DC

About The Position

We are seeking our first dedicated Product Counsel (and second attorney overall) to join our growing team. You will be a strategic partner to our product, engineering, and business teams, providing practical, business-oriented legal guidance with a focus on intellectual property, cross-border data governance, privacy, and information security. This role is a key leadership position that will support the General Counsel in building and scaling the legal function. As a senior attorney, you will act as a trusted advisor, enabling our teams to move quickly and confidently to serve our commercial enterprise and dual-use defense customers.

Requirements

J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.
5 years of post-J.D. legal experience, preferably with at least 2 years of prior in-house legal experience at a technology company.
Demonstrated expertise in applying U.S. and international privacy and data protection regulations (FedRAMP, CMMC, Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001).
Experience with and understanding of the legal landscape for AI/ML technologies.
Experience providing legal support to business units dealing with government, military, and/or enterprise customers in a highly regulated environment.
Strong foundation in general technology law principles, including the ability to triage IP issues.
Strong business judgment, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to distill complex legal concepts for non-legal stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience in law firm or comparable government practice, particularly in privacy, cybersecurity, or IP.
Experience working with U.S. government contracts.
Experience with incident response and breach management.
Technical aptitude and comfort working directly with engineers and security professionals.

Responsibilities

Act as a key legal and business partner to the General Counsel, assisting in the development and execution of the company's legal strategy and the future structure of the legal organization.
Partner with cross-functional leaders to build and scale compliance programs, policies, and decision-making frameworks tailored to a highly regulated AI and SaaS environment.
Serve as an escalation point for complex legal issues, coordinating with the General Counsel and external counsel on critical matters.
Advise on compliance with a broad range of U.S. federal, state, and international privacy and security frameworks (e.g., various NIST 800-53 regimes, GDPR, AI regulations).
Provide proactive legal guidance on data collection, use, and security practices, balancing regulatory risk with company growth objectives.
Design and implement scalable privacy and security programs, including policies, procedures, and training.
Lead the legal response to data security incidents, including managing notice obligations and stakeholder communications.
Review and advise on all stages of the product lifecycle for our emerging technologies, data flows, and technical architectures from a privacy, security, and IP perspective.
Triage and manage standard intellectual property (IP) issues, including basic patent, trademark, and copyright clearance, and partnering with outside counsel for deeper specialization.
Draft and negotiate privacy, security, and IP-related elements of complex commercial, partnership, and data processing/protection agreements.