About the Role:
We are seeking a Product Counsel to join the growing Product Legal team to meet the expanding needs of our company and our customers. In this role, you will be advising and partnering with our business teams to enhance and scale Gusto’s growing suite of tech-based business entity management services, tools and resources designed around and for US employers. This is an opportunity to make a real impact on the lives of small business owners and their growing teams that use Gusto’s product. If you thrive in fast paced environments, and excel at finding creative solutions, dreaming big, and executing on complex cross functional projects this role will be perfect for you!
About the Team:
Gusto’s Legal & Compliance team partners with product teams to enable innovation, facilitate responsible company growth, accelerate the Gusto roadmap, and provide compliant products to our customers, through solution-focused counsel on legal and business risks. We are passionate about using groundbreaking technology and excellent service to elevate the experience of small business owners and their employees. Each team member is a true owner and makes a tremendous impact every day.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
- Counsel the product, engineering, and design teams on a range of issues including entity formation/dissolution, governance, state and federal business compliance and general business matters.
- Research and advise on complex regulatory frameworks for obtaining and maintaining business licenses and business insurance that may be required by Federal, State and local governments.
- Contribute to our product suite from ideation through launch and future enhancements.
- Contribute to key initiatives helping to mature our Legal & Compliance team’s functions.
Here’s what we're looking for:
- JD degree and a member of a State bar/active license to practice law.
- 7+ years of combined legal experience, with experience working in a law firm supporting businesses both large and small.
- Experience must include corporate/business law, while experience in-house at a tech company or advising tech companies on product development is a plus.
- Experience providing pragmatic legal guidance.
- A collaborative approach and demonstrated ability to work well independently under pressure, while contributing to cross-functional teams.
- Enthusiasm and passion for how technology can streamline and improve entity formation, business governance and compliance processes and painpoints.
- Experience with AI, business insurance, data privacy, consumer protection, and/or start-up law.
- Demonstrated ability to build consensus and build strong relationships.
- An eagerness to dive in, build, and drive projects independently.
- Experience creatively solving problems, taking into account legal risk and business needs.
- A team player mindset (no job is too big or too small).
- Attention to detail and the ability to follow through in a fast-paced environment.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is $168,935/yr to $208,353/yr in Denver & most major metro locations, and $199,150/yr to $245,618/yr for San Francisco & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
