Product Counsel

MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build, scale, and run modern applications by helping them modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our industry-leading developer data platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available in more than 115 regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Atlas allows customers to build anywhere—on the edge, on premises, or across cloud providers. With offices worldwide and over 175,000 developers joining MongoDB every month, it’s no wonder that leading organizations, like Samsung and Toyota, trust MongoDB to build next-generation, AI-powered applications.

We are looking for an exceptional and innovative Product Counsel to join MongoDB’s legal team. As a member of our growing Product legal function, you will hold a broad range of responsibilities providing legal guidance on product development and new programs related to databases, AI and application modernization. You will partner with our teams to develop new technologies while managing legal and business risk, and act as a liaison between the product team and other departments to mitigate risks to the company. As we expand our developer data platform, your ideas and contributions will make an immediate impact. 

The ideal candidate will have some experience in product counseling, licensing and intellectual property law, but also be eager to learn and master new areas of the law. To succeed in this position, you must be able to work independently and efficiently and enjoy meeting challenges head on. MongoDB is growing rapidly, and every person we hire has the opportunity to help shape the business and grow with the company. This is a full-time position which can be in our New York City, Palo Alto, or Seattle office. 

Responsibilities

• Actively collaborate with a wide variety of MongoDB teams, including Product, Engineering, Partnerships, Compliance and Marketing, on a range of issues related to product development and commercialization
• Participate as a proactive business partner and build a trusted advisor relationship, providing ideas and insights into how we can work within the law to create amazing product experiences for its customers
• Collaborate with and advise stakeholders on MongoDB’s approaches to AI use and governance, with respect to our GenAI-based product offerings
• Draft, review, and maintain foundational documents for our products and services – such as terms of use, product and support policies, and customer disclosures – and build and implement scalable processes related to those items
• Remain up-to-date on relevant industry, AI, advertising, IP and privacy laws and regulations to provide an ongoing ability to offer sound compliance advice

Qualifications

• Smart, creative, and driven, with great leadership and teamwork skills, and a willingness to take on new responsibility
• 5-7 or more years of legal experience, including at a law firm or prior in-house experience with tech companies, particularly in the SaaS/cloud computing space
• A broad legal knowledge that enables you to spot and resolve a variety of legal issues across multiple jurisdictions 
• Familiarity with launching products and services and advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the tech space, particularly in the SaaS/cloud computing space or AI technology
• Strong business judgment and an ability to identify practical, risk-based solutions to issues and make decisions based on imperfect information
• Excellent verbal and written communication and fluency translating legal advice into actionable guidance for stakeholders 
• Relationship and people skills that enable you to get a diverse group of stakeholders moving in the same direction
• Thrive working on a team in a fast-paced environment with priorities that frequently change and occasionally compete
• Licensed in an appropriate jurisdiction

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