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Salary: USD 260,000 - 300,000 / annual
Neo4j, a leading graph intelligence platform trusted by 84% of the Fortune 100, is seeking a Senior Director of Product Counsel to serve as the primary legal partner for product, engineering, security, and go-to-market teams. This role is embedded throughout the product lifecycle—from roadmap planning and feature design through launch, customer adoption, and ongoing iteration—and is critical to enabling fast, responsible innovation in a global enterprise software environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Product & Engineering Support: Act as the primary legal advisor to product and engineering teams across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid offerings. Advise on legal issues throughout the product development lifecycle, including feature design, data flows, APIs, integrations, and platform architecture. Review and help shape product requirements, specifications, and launch plans to proactively manage legal risk.
Open Source & Licensing: Advise on open-source software usage, contributions, and licensing models (GPL, AGPL, Apache, MIT, dual licensing). Support compliance with open-source obligations and guide product teams on inbound and outbound licensing strategies. Partner with engineering and security on OSS governance and tooling.
Privacy, Security & Data: Provide guidance on privacy and data protection matters (GDPR, CCPA, global data transfer frameworks). Advise on product-embedded privacy features, security controls, and data-handling practices. Partner with Security, Trust, and Compliance teams on incident response, customer security inquiries, and audits.
Commercial & GTM Enablement: Support product-led go-to-market initiatives. Help develop scalable legal frameworks that enable enterprise sales while supporting self-serve and cloud motions.
Regulatory & Risk Management: Monitor emerging laws and regulations affecting enterprise software, AI, data, and cloud services, and translate them into practical guidance for product teams. Identify and assess legal risks associated with new technologies, features, and business models, and propose mitigation strategies. Contribute to internal policies, guidelines, and playbooks related to product development and delivery.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior product and engineering leaders. Educate and empower non-legal stakeholders through training and clear, pragmatic guidance. Help scale legal processes to support a fast-growing, global organization.
Success Metrics: Product teams view Legal as a strategic partner, not a blocker. Legal risks are identified early and addressed pragmatically, enabling faster launches. Clear, scalable legal frameworks support both enterprise sales and product-led growth. The company confidently navigates open-source, privacy, and regulatory complexity while continuing to innovate.
Requirements:
Required: JD or equivalent law degree; licensed and in good standing in at least one jurisdiction. 10+ years of relevant legal experience, with a significant focus on product, technology, or commercial matters. Experience supporting enterprise software, cloud services, or developer-focused products. Strong working knowledge of software licensing and SaaS models, open-source licensing concepts, and privacy and data protection frameworks. Ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance for technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred: In-house experience at a B2B SaaS or open-source company. Familiarity with database technologies, developer platforms, or infrastructure software. Experience with AI/ML, data platforms, or regulated enterprise customers. Comfort working in a fast-paced, globally distributed organization.
