Associate General Counsel - AI Product & Privacy

📋 Description

• Counsel Product & Engineering: embedded legal partner to product/engineering teams on privacy regulation, IP, enterprise use cases, consumer protection from concept to launch.
• Lead Privacy Compliance: own Arena's global privacy program, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and privacy-by-design in product architecture.
• Drive AI Governance: advise on responsible development of AI products and emerging regulations related to AI model, agent, and tool development and deployment.
• Support Commercial Transactions: design and maintain contractual frameworks governing data flows; negotiate privacy provisions with customers, partners, and vendors.
• Process & Technology Optimization: build privacy and product legal processes, create playbooks, implement systems; build agents and internal software; procure cutting-edge legal tech tools that integrate home-grown and vendor-built software.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience: 8+ years of legal experience in privacy and product counseling at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house legal department, ideally with consumer products.
• Education: JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California preferred) in good standing.
• Privacy Expertise: proven track record independently building and running a global privacy program, with GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and cross-border data transfer mechanisms.
• Product Counseling: demonstrated ability to advise product and engineering teams in real time, translating legal requirements into practical, build-ready guidance without slowing the team down.
• Strategic Thinking: ability to think strategically at a high level and from deep in the details to drive complex problem-solving and develop creative, business-forward solutions.
• Risk Calibration: ability to calibrate risk, distinguish business from legal risk, and communicate it clearly to executive, product, and technical audiences.

🎁 Benefits

• We offer competitive compensation and equity aligned to the markets where our team members are based. The base salary range will depend on the candidate’s permanent work location.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and additional support programs.
• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI with a small, mission-driven team
• A culture that values transparency, trust, and community impact