Director, Product and Privacy

The role

This senior individual contributor will advise product teams on legal and regulatory matters including AI, privacy, and data rights. You will own practical privacy and AI governance programs and influence product decisions across core verticals.

What you will do

• Meet with Product, Engineering and AI teams to advise throughout the product lifecycle
• Provide legal advice on product compliance including AI, privacy, data rights, intellectual property, and consumer protection
• Structure and negotiate transactions with AI providers, data partners, and integration partners
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure products comply with regulations in existing and new markets
• Provide regulatory guidance on product design and recommend risk mitigation strategies
• Develop and implement scalable product, privacy, and AI review processes
• Identify regulatory or legal privacy and AI risks and advise on compliance strategies
• Manage cross-functional privacy projects like data mapping and retention
• Partner with Security on incident response and privacy compliance
• Build and operationalize AI governance for customer-facing agents and internal use

Required qualifications

• J.D. with strong academic credentials
• Member of local State Bar or eligible to register as Registered In-House Counsel
• 8+ years of experience
• 5+ years of in-house experience
• Experience counseling product teams on compliance with regulatory frameworks applicable to the U.S. and global telecommunications
• Experience advising clients on risk mitigation across technology product platforms regarding AI, payments and messaging/telecommunications technologies
• Required privacy certification, such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or CIPT
• Knowledge of privacy laws such as CCPA, CPRA, GDPR, TCPA, and other U.S. state and federal privacy and data security and global data protection laws
• Capacity to think strategically to identify issues and develop long-term solutions
• Ability to handle multiple assignments simultaneously and manage major projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and facilitation skills

Nice to have

• Experience at a high-growth technology company
• Experience counseling product teams on compliance with regulations in Healthcare, Automotive, or Home Services

Benefits

• Open and transparent culture
• Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility benefits
• Generous vacation time, plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k Plan
• Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel
• A stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes offered
• Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center, subsidized for employees

About the company

Podium builds an AI Workforce that helps local businesses turn every conversation into revenue. They build AI products to help businesses engage customers, convert leads, book appointments, and manage customer relationships.