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Senior Product Counsel at Tools for Humanity

Senior Product Counsel

Tools for Humanity · CA, US

1 weeks ago

Senior Product Counsel

Tools for Humanity · CA, US

7 days ago
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About the Role

Tools for Humanity (TFH) is seeking a Senior Product Counsel to provide global product counseling for novel technologies including AI, biometrics, digital identity, and blockchain. This role involves close collaboration with product, engineering, and other teams throughout the product lifecycle to manage legal, regulatory, and reputational risks for globally scaled products.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a legal partner to product, engineering, hardware, cryptography, design, and security teams across the development and launch lifecycle of TFH products and infrastructure.
  • Advise on legal and regulatory issues relating to digital identity systems, biometrics, agentic AI, blockchain-enabled products, consumer financial technologies, privacy, consumer protection, online safety, and platform governance.
  • Partner closely with product and engineering teams to assess legal and reputational risks associated with new features, products, experiments, and business models.
  • Help develop practical and scalable approaches for launching products globally across diverse and evolving regulatory environments.
  • Translate complex legal and policy considerations into clear, actionable guidance for technical and business stakeholders.
  • Draft and advise on product terms, disclosures, policies, user flows, and internal guidance materials.
  • Support incident response, product escalations, and cross-functional reviews relating to trust, safety, security, and user risk issues.
  • Collaborate effectively across legal specialties, including commercial, privacy, regulatory, employment, litigation, security, and corporate legal functions.
  • Help build scalable legal processes, playbooks, templates, and review frameworks that improve consistency and organizational velocity.
  • Contribute to improving operational systems and tooling supporting product reviews and launches.
  • Support the development of practical guidance and self-service resources for business and product teams.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience as product counsel, including significant in-house product counseling experience supporting AI, consumer technology, financial technology, blockchain, digital identity, and/or other highly regulated technologies.
  • Substantial experience advising on complex product counseling issues across the full product lifecycle, including product development, feature launches, user experience design, go-to-market initiatives, and ongoing operational support.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of laws and regulatory frameworks relating to several of the following areas: financial services, blockchain technology, digital identity systems, artificial intelligence, privacy, biometrics, consumer protection, online safety, advertising and marketing, and platform governance.
  • Experience supporting globally distributed consumer products and navigating multi-jurisdictional legal and regulatory issues.
  • Ability to engage effectively with technical teams and understand complex systems, architectures, and product tradeoffs.
  • Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk, user experience, operational realities, and product velocity.
  • Comfortable operating in evolving legal and regulatory environments where clear precedent may not exist.
  • Proven ability to build trusted relationships across legal, engineering, product, design, research, security, and operations teams.
  • Excellent communicator capable of translating technical or legal concepts into practical, business-oriented guidance.
  • Collaborative, low-ego working style with strong emotional intelligence and sound judgment.
  • Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail.
  • Practical, business-oriented approach to problem solving and risk assessment.
  • Resourceful, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
  • Juris Doctor from a top-tier law school.
  • Membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
  • Ability to work in-person from San Francisco, CA.

Skills

  • Product Counseling
  • AI
  • Consumer Technology
  • Financial Technology
  • Blockchain
  • Digital Identity
  • Highly Regulated Technologies
  • Product Development
  • Feature Launches
  • User Experience Design
  • Go-to-Market Initiatives
  • Operational Support
  • Financial Services Law
  • Blockchain Technology Law
  • Digital Identity Systems Law
  • Artificial Intelligence Law
  • Privacy Law
  • Biometrics Law
  • Consumer Protection Law
  • Online Safety Law
  • Platform Governance Law
  • Advertising Law
  • Marketing Law
  • Global Product Support
  • Multi-jurisdictional Legal Navigation
  • Technical Understanding
  • Risk Assessment
  • Legal Translation
  • Business Acumen
  • Problem-Solving
  • Organizational Skills
  • Attention to Detail
  • Adaptability
  • Collaboration
  • Communication

Location

  • San Francisco, California

Work Type

  • In-person

Experience Level

  • Senior

Education Level

  • Juris Doctor from a top-tier law school
  • Membership in at least one U.S. state bar

Salary/Compensations

  • $293,000 - $325,000

Benefits

  • Competitive long term incentive package
  • Collaborative, creative office space in San Francisco
  • Flexible, unlimited PTO
  • Monthly phone reimbursement or company-provided device
  • 3 meals/day served in house
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage
  • 401(k) plan with employer match
  • Commuter benefits
  • Healthcare
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401(k) plan and match
  • Life insurance
  • Flexible time off
  • Commuter benefits
  • Professional development stipend

About the Company

  • Tools for Humanity (TFH) designs and builds technology behind World, a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI.
  • World's tech stack includes Orb for verifying real, unique people, World ID for private proof, and World App for user access.
  • World is running at a global scale with over 17 million people verified and growing Orb verifications weekly.
  • World App is a leading global wallet, and developers are integrating World ID for safer online experiences.
  • TFH was founded in 2019 and has over 400 employees with backgrounds from leading tech companies and institutions.
  • TFH is backed by prominent investors and has received recognition from TIME Magazine, Fast Company, Bloomberg, The New York Times, Bankless, and TechCrunch.

Equal Opportunity

  • By submitting your application, you consent to the processing and internal sharing of your CV within the company, in compliance with the GDPR.