Associate Product Counsel, Cloud Security Legal

As Corporate Counsel at Google, you work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You're part of a whip-smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you take on challenge you to think big and differently. You are collaborative -- ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company. As an integrated part of the team, you proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will not only move information into the 21st century, but move information law forward as well.

The Cloud Security Legal team supports Google Cloud’s suite of security and sovereignty offerings. The team advises product, engineering, policy, and compliance teams on the impact of global cybersecurity and sovereignty regulations on Cloud’s business and customers. This role initially focuses on several of the following areas: security incidents, outages, vulnerabilities, and digital sovereignty. In this role, you will partner with incident, outage, and vulnerability response teams to set response strategy, determine reporting obligations, and design scalable approaches in the wake of the agentic revolution. Additionally, you will support clients and key stakeholders as they build products and advocacy strategies in response to shifting customer and regulator expectations with respect to sovereignty.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $217000 - $315000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal guidance to product, engineering, and policy teams building security and sovereignty offerings, supporting product design and advocacy strategies.
• Partner with incident, outage, and vulnerability response teams to set strategy, determine reporting obligations, and scale approaches in the wake of the agentic revolution.
• Analyze global cybersecurity and sovereignty regulations to provide pragmatic risk assessments throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Support commercial legal and sales teams on customer inquiries and negotiations involving security and sovereignty matters.

Minimum qualifications:

• JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
• 3 years of attorney-level experience in-house, or at a law firm.
• Experience counseling on security or sovereignty products and regulations.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience advising enterprise or cloud companies.
• Experience leading projects with clients and colleagues and directly advising the highest levels of executive leadership.
• Experience in utilizing AI tools to streamline and scale legal support.
• Ability to support new and emerging regulations, and to develop knowledge on first of a kind issues.
• Ability to work on their own and collaboratively within a team.
• Excellent investigative, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to explain legal issues clearly and concisely to non-legal stakeholders.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Washington D.C., DC, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year