Product Counsel, Google Cloud Platform Core Products Team

We are currently hiring a Product Counsel to support Google Cloud Platform Core Products. Google Cloud helps organizations empower their employees, serve their customers, and build what’s next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. As a Product Counsel supporting Google Cloud, you will advise on products and infrastructure designed for enterprise use cases. The team also supports the developer ecosystem. Whether you're a privacy specialist, a patent attorney, or general attorney with broad enterprise legal and knowledge, Google Legal lets you take on unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google Cloud build innovative and important products for developers and users around the world.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $253,000-$352,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to clients as they develop novel services and features, taking into account compliance/regulatory issues, company policy, and business needs.
• Help solve policy, AI, privacy, intellectual property, licensing and security issues.
• Advise on global legal and compliance issues that arise throughout the product launch lifecycle.
• Support commercial legal and sales teams on high-value transactions.

Minimum qualifications:

• JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
  
• 7 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
  
• Experience advising clients on product compliance issues.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience advising enterprise/cloud companies.
• Experience analyzing policy/regulatory proposals and advocating business oriented positions/compliance strategies.
• Experience leading projects with clients, colleagues and directly advising the highest levels of executive leadership.
• Experience in utilizing AI tools to streamline and scale legal support with an understanding of AI, privacy and intellectual property law.
• Excellent investigative, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to explain legal issues clearly and concisely to non-legal stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a changing environment and to work on their own and collaboratively within a team.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year