Senior Legal Counsel , Product

Bumble Inc. • New York, NY

10d • $170,000 - $220,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Bumble is seeking a collaborative, thoughtful, and forward-thinking Senior Product Counsel to join their Legal team. This role will serve as a strategic partner to Product, Engineering, AI/ML, Design, and Trust and Safety teams, offering legal guidance throughout the product development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will ensure products are innovative, responsible, and legally sound, thriving in a high-growth, values-driven environment. This is an opportunity for a seasoned legal professional with expertise in technology, data protection, online safety, and cross-functional collaboration to shape legal thinking in next-generation technology.

Requirements

• J.D. degree and active bar membership in good standing in the UK/EU
• 5+ years of relevant legal experience, including in-house at a U.S.-based global tech company or top-tier law firm advising high-growth technology businesses.
• Proven expertise advising product teams in areas such as privacy law, platform liability, and consumer protection.
• Strong working knowledge of global privacy and data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, UK DPA).
• Strong working knowledge of online safety laws, (e.g., age verification laws, Digital Services Act and Online Safety Act).
• Demonstrated experience coordinating across multiple legal disciplines to ensure end-to-end coverage of regulatory and compliance risks.
• A product mindset with an ability to embed legal solutions into design processes, UX, and system architecture.
• Track record of influencing without authority, managing complex cross-functional projects, and supporting innovation at scale.
• Strong process orientation and an eye for efficiency—you're always thinking about how to make things clearer, faster, and easier.
• A commitment to Bumble’s mission and values, and a passion for building technologies that support healthy online experiences.
• Must be based in Austin or New York

Responsibilities

• Act as one of two primary legal advisors to product and engineering teams, providing guidance from initial design through launch and iteration.
• Advise teams on key emerging areas for our core product, with a particular focus on generative AI, online safety, content acquisition, IP/copyright, open source, and privacy issues.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across Legal, Privacy, AI/ML, Compliance, and InfoSec to deliver clear, actionable legal advice that supports innovation while managing risk, increase speed and efficiency, and advance the long-term goals of Bumble.
• Implement scalable legal processes, automation, and AI-enabled solutions that improve efficiency, reduce cycle times, and help deliver high-quality guidance to product and engineering teams with greater speed and consistency.
• Ensure products comply with data protection and privacy laws, including GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, online safety laws and related U.S. and international frameworks.
• Serve as a legal project manager, coordinating legal input across teams (e.g., privacy, commercial, compliance) to deliver timely, integrated feedback to product teams.
• Promote and implement privacy-by-design, safety by design, transparency, and member-first principles into new and existing products.
• Partner closely with product, policy, trust & safety, and engineering teams to support responsible product development and carry out appropriate risk assessments.
• Help with Trust and Safety escalation and transparency reports.
• Create playbooks, checklists, and scalable legal tools to support agile product development and reduce repetitive requests.
• Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and communicate complex legal concepts with clarity and confidence.

Benefits

• Legal team that’s small but mighty, collaborative, and deeply integrated into how Bumble builds its products.
• Opportunity to shape how legal thinking informs next-generation technology in a company that puts its members first.

What This Job Offers

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