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The Role
Serve as strategic legal counsel to product and engineering teams on AI/ML, data governance, intellectual property, regulatory, and platform issues. Develop scalable legal frameworks and launch checklists for AI product innovation, act as the primary legal partner for product initiatives, collaborate with legal subject-matter experts, and help build the Product Counsel function’s operating model and culture.
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Legal | San Francisco, United States | Remote, Remote | Austin, United States | Mountain View, United States or Remote | New York, United States | Remote, Americas | Seattle, United States
Working at Atlassian
Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.
Your future team
We are building the future of teamwork at Atlassian, and our Product Counsel team is at the heart of that transformation. We operate as strategic partners and trusted advisors embedded directly alongside R&D and product leaders.
As AI reshapes software and the way teams collaborate, we are redefining how Legal enables rapid, responsible product innovation. We are looking for a creative, adaptable Director of Product Counsel who thrives on novel questions, brings a strong generalist toolkit, and is energized by the opportunity to shape our team's operating model and playbook for the AI era.
What you'll do
Your background
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.
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Working at Atlassian
Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.
Your future team
We are building the future of teamwork at Atlassian, and our Product Counsel team is at the heart of that transformation. We operate as strategic partners and trusted advisors embedded directly alongside R&D and product leaders.
As AI reshapes software and the way teams collaborate, we are redefining how Legal enables rapid, responsible product innovation. We are looking for a creative, adaptable Director of Product Counsel who thrives on novel questions, brings a strong generalist toolkit, and is energized by the opportunity to shape our team's operating model and playbook for the AI era.
What you'll do
- Navigate the Frontier: Counsel product and engineering teams on emerging, first-impression legal and regulatory issues, especially across AI/ML technologies, data governance, intellectual property, and platform architectures.
- Flex Across Domains: Apply a versatile generalist approach to comfortably pivot across products, technical stacks, and subject areas as business priorities evolve.
- Define the AI Era Playbook: Partner with cross-functional teams to design repeatable frameworks, launch checklists, and scalable legal guardrails that enable R&D teams to ship AI features with velocity and confidence.
- Act as the Legal Hub: Serve as the primary legal partner and "front door" for product initiatives, collaborating closely with Legal SMEs (Privacy, IP, Commercial, Regulatory) to deliver cohesive, business-first guidance.
- Shape Team Culture & Practice: Help mature our growing Product Counsel function by bringing fresh ideas, experimenting with new ways of working, and leveraging modern tech and async tools to scale our impact.
Your background
- 8+ years of legal experience counseling software products, ideally in the B2B Enterprise SaaS space, with experience supporting fast-moving Product and Engineering teams.
- Required Juris Doctor, with a license to practice law in your jurisdiction.
- Background in a law firm and in-house legal team.
- Strong generalist product counseling skillset, with the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar product surfaces, technical architectures, and business models.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and novel issues, including evaluating emerging AI, data, IP, regulatory, and platform questions where there may not be a clear playbook.
- Demonstrated agility to dive into complex technical architectures, synthesize inputs from multiple legal disciplines, and adapt quickly to unfamiliar product surfaces.
- You have a simplifier skillset (no legalese for our Product teams), strong writing skills to excel in our async environment, comfort using technology to get your work done (we love our own tools!), and you're energized by a fast-paced and agile working environment.
- Enthusiasm for building processes and artifacts from scratch, with natural fluency working asynchronously and collaborating through modern team tooling
- Bonus for candidates who are familiar with Atlassian tools.
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of legal experience counseling software products, ideally in B2B enterprise SaaS
- Juris Doctor degree
- License to practice law in the relevant jurisdiction
- Experience supporting fast-moving product and engineering teams
- Experience in both a law firm and an in-house legal team
- Strong generalist product counseling skills
- Ability to understand technical architectures, product surfaces, and business models
- Experience evaluating emerging AI, data, intellectual property, regulatory, and platform issues
- Strong writing and communication skills
- Ability to work asynchronously and use modern team collaboration tools
- Experience building legal processes and artifacts from scratch
- Familiarity with Atlassian tools
What the Team is Saying
Tiffany
Engineering Senior Associate, United States
Gautam
Software Engineer, United States
Tygrr
Product Manager, United States
Ashleigh
Frontend Engineer, United States
Jensen
Senior Frontend Software Engineer, United States
Javier
Senior Solutions Engineer, United States
Atlassian Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Parental support is highlighted through generous paid leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, plus fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits. Family-building coverage also includes IVF and fertility preservation.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, HSA/FSA access, and extensive mental-health resources. Support includes counseling and crisis services.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are noted as a standout feature in the U.S., including a company 401(k) match with immediate vesting. This structure supports long-term savings as part of total compensation.
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The Company
What We Do
Atlassian creates teamwork solutions for high-performing teams. Our portfolio of collaboration and work management software products includes Jira, Confluence, Trello, Loom and Rovo. More than 300,000 businesses worldwide rely on Atlassian’s technology, including 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Our solutions support various business teams and they help organizations plan, track, and deliver their biggest ideas together.
Why Work With Us
At Atlassian, we believe we can accomplish so much more together than apart — which is why everything from our tooling — to our distributed workforce — to how our teams are structured is rooted in collaboration. Come join us and help unleash the potential of every team.
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