Director, Product Counsel

The role

You will serve as the product and regulatory lawyer for tax, payroll, and financial services. You will build the compliance program and partner with Product and Member Operations to embed regulatory requirements into products.

What you will do

• Advise on product design, development, and launch across tax, payroll, and financial services.
• Establish and enforce regulatory launch standards.
• Build and own the compliance program including policies, controls, and monitoring.
• Develop policies governing member advice, data use, and marketing.
• Own marketing and lifecycle compliance including advertising claims and CAN-SPAM.
• Establish the framework for using member data across products and marketing.
• Partner with Information Security on GLBA, CCPA, CPRA, and incident response.
• Own AI and automated-decisioning disclosures.
• Chair the Risk Oversight Committee and own the risk register.
• Manage relationships with specialist regulatory counsel.

Required qualifications

• JD and active bar admission
• 10+ years of legal experience
• Substantial in-house regulatory compliance experience
• Experience owning legal and regulatory matters for a regulated consumer or SMB product
• Strong knowledge of tax and privacy regulations, including Circular 230, IRC §7216, GLBA, CCPA, and CPRA
• Experience building a compliance program from the ground up
• Experience partnering directly with Product teams to embed requirements into development
• Track record drafting consumer-facing terms, disclosures, and communications
• Strong executive presence and judgment

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech, payments, insurance, tax, lending, or another licensed vertical
• Experience using AI-enabled workflows to scale the function

Benefits

• Remote-Friendly Environment
• $200 quarterly reimbursement for health and wellness
• Fresh Lunch provided on in-office days for hybrid employees
• $150 monthly reimbursement for transit expenses for hybrid employees
• Flexible PTO plus 14 company holidays
• 100% medical, dental, and vision for employees
• 75% coverage for dependents
• 16 weeks fully paid parental leave
• 401k plan
• Equity package
• Quarterly virtual events
• Annual in-person summit

About the company

Collective is on a mission to redefine the way businesses-of-one work through technology and a team of trusted advisors. They help members achieve financial independence by managing business incorporation, accounting, bookkeeping, and tax services.