Managing Counsel, Product

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Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and a future‑focused, globally distributed culture, the team works tirelessly on ambitious problems asynchronously around the world. All our positions are fully remote.

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global HR‑tech space as a Managing Counsel, Product (Please note, this is not a People Manager role). We are looking for a talented and eager lawyer, who is interested in helping with our mission: to deliver pragmatic and innovative legal solutions for Remote’s products and stakeholders while protecting Remote from unacceptable risk.

Remote’s well‑established Legal team is a friendly, highly motivated group of lawyers from many countries, with diverse experiences.

• Qualified Lawyer:
  Seasoned lawyer with extensive experience in product counselling (jurisdiction agnostic; multiple bars a plus).
• Product Counsel
  
  Experience:
  
  Prior HR‑tech exposure (EOR/PEO/HRIS/Payroll) advising at scale across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong command of emerging AI frameworks (EU AI Act, UK approach, U.S. state/federal developments, Canada AIDA) and their interplay with data protection (GDPR/CCPA) and employment transparency rules.
• In‑house Legal Experience (bonus).
• Startup Experience (bonus).
• Tech Passion:
  Passionate about tech and HR‑tech products.
• Exceptional analytical and organisational skills.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Tech‑savvy with tools such as Slack, Juro, Notion, Google Drive, or equivalent.
• Remote work experience is a plus.

• Own HRIS and AI product counselling end‑to‑end, including AI impact assessments, model cards, and risk controls with Privacy/Security.
• Draft and negotiate product terms and AI‑specific clauses (training/usage of data & metadata, output/IP ownership, acceptable use, transparency).
• Embed a risk‑based legal review into product development workflows.
• Manage external counsel on complex, multi‑jurisdictional issues; drive clear, practical outcomes.
• Deliver targeted enablement (trainings or office hours).
• Partner with Privacy & Security on DPIAs/TIAs, incident response, and vendor/LLM diligence.
• Proactively monitor new AI and technology regulations and translate those into concrete, actionable steps for product, design, and engineering teams.
• Figure out solutions rather than just escalating problems.

• Experience working with AI/ML legal and compliance issues.
• Shipped at least one AI feature in production and built the accompanying legal/governance framework.
• Experience working remotely.

• You’ll report to:
  Managing Counsel, Commercial & Product.
• Team:
  Legal.
• Location:
  
  Anywhere in the World.
• Start date:
  
  As soon as possible.

• Interview with recruiter.
• Interview with future manager.
• Written exercise.
• Interview with Senior Director and team member.
• Bar Raiser interview.
• Prior employment verification check.

Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap‑labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in‑location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent‑hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, location, and factors such as experience, training, and market demand.

Annual salary range for this full‑time position: $67,950 — $152,900 USD
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• Work from anywhere.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Flexible working hours (we are async).
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• Mental health support services.
• Stock options.
• Learning budget.
• Home office budget & IT equipment.
• Budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces.

We work async, which means you can plan your schedule…