Senior Product Counsel

# Senior Product Counsel

OpenAISan Francisco (Hybrid)
Full-time $330,000 – $366,000 / year Upload your resume once and Scout applies for you Apply with Scout Share this job:

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This product counsel role advises teams building consumer hardware and the software and firmware that power it. You will work with engineering, product, design, and business partners from development through launch, addressing licensing, privacy, consumer, and regulatory issues.
* Permanent* Hybrid
* 8+ years
* Juris Doctor (JD) and California license or qualification to### Skills and expertise

Product counseling

Software licensing

Firmware

Open-source licensing

Intellectual property

Privacy

Consumer protection

Regulatory compliance### Key responsibilities
* Advise product and engineering teams throughout product development, launch, and ongoing support.
* Counsel on software and firmware licensing, open-source issues, and connected-device support.
* Review consumer experiences, terms, disclosures, marketing claims, and regulatory requirements.## How this job compares

Compared with 84 open senior legal jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay:
This job pays $330K to $366K a year. The 53 open senior legal jobs that publish US pay start at $204K on average, so this job starts about 62% higher.

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AI in this role:
Medium. The role uses AI tools and works with AI systems as a regular part of the job. The role advises teams building consumer hardware and software at an AI company, with direct involvement in product development and launch. Its focus is legal counseling rather than hands-on work with AI models or tools.## Full description

About the TeamOpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation.

About the Role As a member of our Product Counsel team, you will advise on a broad range of issues arising from hardware products and technologies, with a focus on software that power them. You’ll work closely with software engineering, product, design, and business teams from development through launch and ongoing support. This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with the forefront of AI legal issues.

This role reports to our DGC of Hardware.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new  this role, you will:
• Work closely with product and engineering teams, participate in architecture and product reviews, and advise throughout development, launch, and ongoing support.
• Support software and firmware licensing, open-source, compatibility and ongoing device support.
• Provide broad product counseling on consumer experiences, user terms, disclosures, marketing claims, consumer protection and regulatory requirements.
• Advise and coordinate on product, commercial, IP, privacy, security, competition, and regulatory legal issues so product decisions and external commitments are consistent.
• Build practical guidance and review processes, adapt support to changing priorities, and take ownership of emerging issues across teams.

You might thrive in this role if you:
• Have 8+ years of relevant legal experience, including substantial product counseling for consumer devices, software embedded in hardware, gained in-house, at a technology-focused law firm, or both.
•…