Senior Product Counsel

 About This Role

We're looking for an experienced Senior Product Counsel to join the Strava legal team! You’ll work hand-in-hand with our Product Managers on features that allow everyone on Strava to live their best active life–all while navigating complex challenges around privacy, consumer protection, and the evolving regulatory landscape.

This is a hybrid role that is based in our San Francisco office.

For more information on compensation and benefits, please click here.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will:

• Act as a trusted advisor to product teams throughout the product development lifecycle, implement privacy-by-design strategies, and ensure that product launches are calibrated properly for legal risk
• Advise product teams on a range of legal issues, including privacy, consumer protection, content moderation, and regulatory matters
• Coordinate advice with cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, Marketing & Growth, and Engineering, as well as within Legal
• Thoughtfully influence the development of Strava’s product roadmap and develop deep expertise in legal issues core to our platform

You will be successful here by:

• Relentlessly focusing on execution and results (versus theory)
• Thriving in ambiguity and excelling at risk-based analysis
• Using data and analytics to augment legal-based guidance
• Working cross-functionally with senior executive leaders to drive change
• Understanding that nothing is somebody else’s problem

We’re excited about you because:

• You can distill complex legal requirements into actionable advice for product teams
• You have the ability to bring creative legal solutions to complex product challenges
• You have 7+ years of experience in product and/or privacy counseling
• You have in-house experience at a multinational, consumer-facing technology company
• You have deep familiarity with one or more of the following: content regulation, policy and escalations, or social media

About Strava

Strava is Swedish for “strive,” which epitomizes who we are and what we do. We’re a passionate and committed team, unified by our mission to connect athletes to what motivates them and help them find their personal best. With billions of activity uploads from all over the world, we have a humbling and adventurous vision: to be the record of the world’s athletic activities and the technology that makes every effort count.

Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage diverse teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.

Despite challenges in the world around us, we are continuing to grow camaraderie and positivity within our culture, and we are unified in our commitment to becoming an antiracist company. We are differentiated by our truly people-first approach, our compassionate leadership, and our belief that we can bring joy and inspiration to athletes’ lives — now more than ever. All to say, it’s a great time to join Strava!

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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