Senior Product Counsel

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • Product

Job Summary

Job Description

As Senior Product Counsel at Polygon Labs, you'll advise on crypto-product development, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution. Responsibilities include acting as the primary legal advisor for product teams, providing proactive legal and regulatory advice (regulatory assessment, risk assessment, privacy, consumer protection, and IP strategy), collaborating with cross-functional teams, coordinating with external counsel, monitoring regulatory developments, and translating them into actionable guidance. You will guide product teams through development, launch, and scaling, ensuring alignment with legal frameworks.
Must have:
  • JD degree from accredited law school & US state bar admission
  • 5+ years experience (law firm and/or in-house, including crypto)
  • 3+ years advising on product legal matters at a crypto/web3 company
  • Deep experience in web3 and blockchain technologies
  • Experience in privacy, data security, consumer protection, and IP
Perks:
  • Remote-first global workforce
  • Industry-leading health insurance
  • Company matching 401k
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Annual book allowance
  • Internet/phone reimbursement
  • Flexible time off
  • Wellness Friday
  • Egg freezing, mental health, and employee wellness benefits

Job Details

About Polygon Labs

Polygon Labs is a software development company building and developing a network of aggregated blockchains via the Agglayer, secured by Ethereum. As public infrastructure, the Agglayer will bring together user bases and liquidity for any connected chain, and leverage Ethereum as a settlement layer. Polygon Labs has also contributed to the core development of several widely-adopted scaling protocols and tools for launching blockchains, including Polygon PoS, Polygon zkEVM, and Polygon Miden, which is in development as well as Polygon CDK.

Your Role

This role joins a strong legal team led by a long-time industry legal advisor, with support from other experienced Senior Counsel. As Senior Product Counsel at Polygon Labs, you'll advise on a wide range of issues, including crypto-product development, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution. As stewards of responsible innovation, our legal team plays a critical role in ensuring that Polygon Labs continues to develop impactful technology while adhering to global legal standards.

Your Responsibilities

  • Report to the CLO, and act as the primary legal advisor for product teams across the Polygon ecosystem, guiding them through development, launch, and scaling

  • Provide proactive legal and regulatory advice related to blockchain products, including regulatory assessment, risk assessment, privacy, consumer protection, and IP strategy

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, compliance, and business teams to ensure product alignment with legal frameworks

  • Coordinate with external counsel to obtain specialized legal advice, and manage internal fact-finding to build strong understanding of technical and business operations

  • Monitor regulatory developments relevant to web3 and blockchain products, and translate them into actionable guidance for product teams

What You’ll Need

  • J.D. degree from an accredited law school and active admission to at least one U.S. state bar

  • 5+ years of combined experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department, including crypto practice

  • Minimum of 3 years of experience advising on product legal matters at a crypto / web3 company

  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects across legal disciplines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

  • Deep experience in web3 and blockchain technologies, with a strong grasp of the underlying product and legal implications

  • Experience counseling on legal issues such as privacy, data security, consumer protection, and intellectual property in a product context

  • Familiarity with blockchain legal issues (e.g., smart contracts, decentralized infrastructure, DAOs)

  • A flexible, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to assess risk and think creatively in an uncertain regulatory environment

Polygon Labs Perks

The goal of the Polygon Labs total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan includes the following benefits for our full time employees:

  • Remote first global workforce

  • Industry leading Medical, Dental and Vision health insurance*

  • Company matching 401k with 3% match*

  • $1,500 Home Office Set Up Allowance (life-time max)

  • $200 Annual Book Allowance Program

  • $75 Monthly internet or phone reimbursement

  • Flexible Time Off

  • 1 company wide wellness Friday day off per quarter

  • Company issued laptop

  • Egg freezing, mental health, and employee wellness benefits

*In certain countries medical, dental and vision is fully covered for employees & their dependents. This is country and plan specific.

*401k is for United States employees only

Polygon Labs is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Polygon Labs is committed to treating all people in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration and equal opportunity. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

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