Director, Product Counsel

Figma • Full-time • Remote (Hybrid in San Francisco, California, United States) • 1m ago

Fast Facts

Figma is seeking a Director of Product Counsel to lead its product counseling function, integrating legal strategy with business goals within a dynamic team focused on AI and innovation. This role involves building a high-performance legal team while ensuring practical and scalable legal advice throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams to provide legal direction, managing a team of lawyers, developing product counseling strategy, and ensuring compliance with legal standards during product development and launch.

Skills: Required skills include a strong background in product counsel, the ability to communicate complex legal concepts effectively, and proven management experience within legal teams.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include 10+ years of legal practice, specialization in product counsel, J.D. degree, and membership in a U.S. State Bar.

Location: This is a remote role that can be conducted from the United States, including Figma's hubs in San Francisco and New York.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $180,000 - $250,000.

Figma’s Legal Team is looking for a Director to build and lead our product counseling function team at an exciting time for our growing business. This is an incredible opportunity for a business minded lawyer deeply curious about AI and looking to make a real impact at what is still an early stage of our Legal Team’s growth. Your job will be to set the bar for excellence and manage a small team of lawyers. You will need to set a strategy for our Product Counseling function to be a competitive advantage for Figma, integrating the function with our business teams. You will report to the Legal VP of Product, Privacy, Marketing and IP.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

Be integrated with product managers, designers, researchers, analysts, engineers, and others to help them solve problems and achieve business objectives while minimizing risk
Provide advice, strategic vision, and legal direction to a wide variety of teams from the initial stages of project development to launch
Serve as liaison between your product teams and leaders of other legal functions - across corporate, commercial, international, IP, and privacy
Build a best in class function here at Figma by hiring well, setting high expectations with your own IC work, and providing strong management to ensure your Senior Product Counsel are set up for success
Ensure we provide deeply practical and tailored advice while also finding ways to scale our legal advice

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

10+ years of legal practice experience, with at least 5+ years specializing in a product counsel role in-house
4+ year of management experience
J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent)
Membership in at least 1 U.S. State Bar, with good standing
Ability to translate sophisticated legal concepts to into practical and actionable advice for a non-legal audience

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

Familiarity with global product launches in SaaS environments

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.