Senior Counsel, Product and Privacy

Versant•Englewood Cliffs, NJ

46d•$165,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

VERSANT is seeking a thoughtful, practical, and curious attorney to join its corporate Privacy Legal team as Senior Counsel. The role provides product, privacy, and data protection advice across VERSANT’s global portfolio of businesses, products, and services. The attorney partners with teams across the enterprise—including Product, Technology, Data, Advertising, Marketing, and Security—and works closely with legal colleagues and subject-matter experts. The position counsels on products throughout their lifecycle, from ideation and development through launch and ongoing operation. It provides practical guidance on privacy and data protection, consumer protection, artificial intelligence, marketing, subscriptions, and other laws affecting digital products and services. The Senior Counsel identifies legal and regulatory risks, explains their practical implications, and develops workable solutions; supports data, privacy, and other commercial terms; creates guidance, playbooks, training, and processes; and monitors legal, regulatory, and technology developments. The role is designated hybrid, generally requiring at least three days per week in the office. It is eligible for company-sponsored benefits. The stated salary range is $165,000–$190,000 per year, with bonus and long-term incentive eligibility.

Requirements

J.D. from an accredited law school.
Active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
At least 7 years of relevant legal experience, including meaningful experience counseling on product, technology, privacy, data, consumer, and related matters.
Excellent judgment and communication skills, including the ability to provide clear, practical advice to stakeholders at all levels, take ownership of matters, and know when to collaborate or escalate.
Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple matters and shifting priorities.
Willingness to learn about technology, products, business models, data flows, and unfamiliar subject matter.

Nice To Haves

Prior in-house experience counseling product, technology, data, and other digital teams.
Experience with digital media, streaming, connected television, advertising technology, analytics, identity, personalization, artificial intelligence, or other data-driven products and services.
Experience reviewing and negotiating technology, privacy, data, or related commercial agreements and terms.

Responsibilities

Provide product counseling across the lifecycle, partnering with business, product, technology, engineering, data, and other teams from ideation through development, launch, and ongoing operation.
Advise on privacy and data protection, consumer protection, artificial intelligence, marketing, subscriptions, and other laws affecting digital products and services.
Identify meaningful product and privacy legal and regulatory risks, explain their practical impact, and develop workable solutions.
Collaborate with other legal teams to review, draft, and negotiate data, privacy, and other terms affecting digital products.
Develop practical guidance, playbooks, training, and processes to make legal support more consistent, efficient, and useful across the organization.
Monitor relevant legal, regulatory, and technology developments and help adapt legal guidance as products, business models, and laws evolve.