As an Associate Product Counsel on the Payments product counseling team, supporting engineering, product management, and
product strategy in navigating legal issues related to payments, data protection, and new features.
In this role, you will do in-depth search into how the Google’s Payments products work. You will grow in a changing and stimulating environment, and collaborate closely with clients and cross-functional stakeholders. You will help product leadership find a path to achieving their goals while accounting for legal risks. You will also have a demonstrable record of being a clear communicator, highly organized, time-aware, and accountable.
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
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product management, and product strategy to develop practical, and creative solutions to achieve business goals while mitigating legal risks for the Payments product area and Google as a whole.
- Identify and help solve complex issues in areas such as policy, privacy, consumer protection, and the regulatory landscape surrounding payments.
- Manage multiple different projects and stakeholders at once, including outside counsel and regional counsel in different countries/time zones.
- Work closely with other legal and compliance specialists across Google to understand global and regional regulatory requirements and advocate for product-specific compliance strategies that can help the Payments Platform team achieve its goals.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including regulatory affairs, risk, compliance and integrity, Government Affairs and Public Policy, communications, and user experience.
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 relevant attorney work experience in product, intellectual property, privacy, competition, financial services, or regulatory law.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience directly advising engineering and product teams on complex and regulated products available globally.
- Experience with global privacy regimes.
- Excellent investigative, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal issues clearly and concisely to non-legal stakeholders.
- Excellent organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a changing environment.