Senior Counsel, Product & AI

The role

This person will serve as the embedded legal partner for Product, Engineering, and Payments organizations. They will advise on AI-powered tools, payments integrations, privacy, and regulatory compliance.

What you will do

• Serve as embedded legal counsel to Product, Engineering, and Payments team advising on new features, AI-powered tools, pricing models, and payments integrations
• Own legal review of AI-related products and features
• Advise on regulatory compliance for payments and fintech-adjacent products
• Build and maintain the privacy program elements most relevant to product
• Monitor emerging AI regulation and translate it into practical, actionable product guidance
• Draft and negotiate technology, data, and AI vendor agreements
• Advise on digital accessibility compliance for product and engineering
• Partner with the General Counsel and business teams on regulatory risk assessments
• Build scalable playbooks, templates, and self-serve tools
• Support incident response for privacy or AI-related issues

Required qualifications

• J.D. and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 6+ years of legal experience, including meaningful in-house product counsel experience at a technology company
• Direct experience advising on AI/ML products, with familiarity with the emerging AI regulatory landscape
• Experience with fintech or payments products - embedded payments, money movement, card issuing, or similar
• Substantive privacy law experience (CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, and state comprehensive privacy laws)
• Strong builder mentality, with experience creating processes, playbooks, and standards
• Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance for product and engineering teams
• Comfort working independently in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment with incomplete information

Nice to have

• Experience in restaurant technology, hospitality tech, or vertical SaaS strongly preferred
• preference for SF Bay Area or NYC-based candidates

Benefits

• comprehensive health coverage
• remote-first workplace
• unlimited PTO
• extra fun perks

About the company

Owner is an AI-native system used by local business owners to succeed, starting with restaurants. The company builds systems that power websites, online ordering, CRM, POS, and more.