Product Counsel

The role

The Product Counsel provides legal guidance to Product and Engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle. This role advises on consumer protection, privacy, and emerging AI issues to support product innovation and compliance.

What you will do

• Provide day-to-day legal counsel to Product and Engineering teams
• Lead and execute legal reviews of new features and product changes
• Advise on consumer reporting, consumer protection, and privacy issues
• Partner with Customer Success to answer customer questions about product compliance
• Track regulatory developments, enforcement trends, and litigation
• Contribute to scaling the Product & Privacy legal function by building processes, templates, and playbooks

Required qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Active membership in good standing of at least one U.S. state bar
• 1+ years of experience practicing law
• Meaningful exposure to product counseling, privacy, consumer protection, or technology law
• Experience supporting products or businesses in a regulated industry
• Experience serving as internal subject matter expert
• Ability to calibrate risk to business objectives and product stage
• Ability to deliver clear, actionable guidance to non-lawyers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• in-house experience
• B2B and international experience
• working knowledge of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), CCPA, GDPR, AI-related risk, and related global frameworks

Benefits

• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Lunch five times a week
• Commuter stipend
• Snacks and beverages
• Relocation stipend may be available

About the company

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, and Anthropic.