Product Counsel

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is hiring a hands-on Product Counsel to partner with the teams building Claude for consumers and businesses. The role spans Claude apps, subscriptions, growth programs, and enterprise offerings, with work shifting to areas of greatest need. The counsel will work closely with experienced product lawyers, build product knowledge quickly, and take on increasing ownership. This is a generalist position requiring care with both routine and novel legal work in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Hold a JD, LLB, or equivalent law degree and meet local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel where based.
At least 4 years of relevant legal experience, with exposure to technology, consumer, or regulated products.
Experience advising business or product teams directly, rather than advising only other lawyers.
Working knowledge of at least two of the following: consumer protection, privacy, advertising and marketing law, technology transactions, intellectual property, or regulated industries.
Curiosity about how AI products work and ability to learn technical concepts quickly.
Ability to make a clear recommendation even with incomplete information.
Comfort moving between assignments as priorities change, with willingness to handle work of any size.
Clear, concise writing that non-lawyers can act on.
Openness to feedback and a track record of improving quickly.
Experience using AI tools in legal work, or a strong interest in learning to use them.
Empathy, a service orientation, and commitment to Anthropic’s mission.
Minimum education: a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
Required field of study: a field relevant to the role, demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

In-house product counsel experience or a secondment with a product team.
Experience with subscription businesses, promotions, or consumer billing.
Experience supporting enterprise SaaS or regulated customers, such as healthcare or financial services.
Experience building playbooks, self-serve guidance, or legal automation.

Responsibilities

Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and other cross-functional teams to provide clear, practical legal guidance from early ideas through launch.
Review product launches across Claude’s consumer and enterprise offerings, identify issues early, and help teams find a path forward.
Advise on subscriptions, pricing, promotions, billing, and other growth programs, including consumer protection and marketing rules.
Support enterprise and regulated-industry products on topics such as admin controls, customer commitments, and enterprise readiness.
Draft and review user-facing terms, disclosures, in-product copy, and marketing claims.
Coordinate with privacy, commercial, IP, safety, and other specialists, then provide product partners with an integrated answer.
Build guides, templates, and AI-powered workflows to address routine questions efficiently and allow the team to focus on novel issues.
Take on new areas as priorities shift and help with incidents and escalations.