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Director of Product Counseling

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Vercel

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United States , San Francisco

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Salary:

310000.00 - 340000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

Vercel is hiring a Director of Product Counseling to lead a team and partner closely with Engineering, Product, Design and Security teams to provide all aspects of legal support throughout the product development lifecycle.

Job Responsibility:

  • Lead Vercel’s product counseling function as a “player coach,” managing a team of product counsel while serving as the legal lead for certain product areas
  • Serve as the primary strategic partner to Engineering, Product, and Design leaders, and work closely with Security, GTM, and other cross-functional teams
  • Build scalable processes that enable Vercel to ship faster and smarter over time
  • Reimagine what product counseling looks like and the impact it can have by integrating agents and other AI tools into core workflows

Requirements:

  • Admitted to the California Bar or eligible for Registered In-House Counsel exception and in good standing
  • 12+ years of legal experience
  • 6+ years of in-house product legal experience at a software company
  • 3+ years of experience managing, hiring, and developing legal professionals
  • Strong understanding of AI, cloud services, and general SaaS, PaaS, IaaS business practices and relevant global regulatory requirements
  • Experience building new, scalable processes to support organizations through hyper-growth, particularly using AI tools
  • Deep technical literacy
  • Strong judgment
  • Exceptional communication and advocacy skills
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in fast-paced environments undergoing a dramatic level of organization-wide growth and change

Nice to have:

  • Used Vercel's products and services
  • Experience managing distributed or remote legal teams
  • Background in intellectual property or open source software
  • Experience with AI/ML product development and related regulatory considerations
What we offer:
  • equity-based compensation
  • eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 29, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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