Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Product and privacy counsel has become a core function in SaaS as customer expectations around security assurances, data handling, and responsible AI mature. This role sits at the intersection of product development and regulatory interpretation, where legal decisions directly shape how a cloud service is designed, launched, and maintained. The remit spanning IP, security, and privacy reflects how modern SaaS risk is increasingly embedded in technical architecture and roadmap choices, not handled only at contract stage.
For a SaaS legal career, the long-term value is the opportunity to build repeatable frameworks that scale across product lines and geographies. Leading a dedicated Product and Privacy team also develops operating rhythm skills that matter in SaaS, such as translating multi-jurisdictional requirements into practical guidance, partnering with engineering and security leaders, and creating processes that keep pace with continuous delivery. The emphasis on advising through the full product lifecycle is especially transferable across subscription software businesses.
This position will suit a senior attorney who prefers being a strategic partner to technical executives rather than a purely reactive reviewer. It aligns with professionals who enjoy turning complex legal constraints into usable playbooks, and who are motivated by cross-functional coordination and team leadership within a product-led environment.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
PagerDuty is seeking an exceptional attorney with deep product, IP, security and privacy expertise to lead the Product and Privacy legal team. This role requires a strategic legal partner who can navigate complex technical and regulatory landscapes while driving business innovation. This role reports directly to the General Counsel.
About You:
The successful candidate:
- Brings experience as a trusted legal advisor to senior product, security and engineering executives
- Excels at translating complex legal requirements into actionable business strategies, and designing scalable frameworks
- Energized by the opportunity to drive impact for the team and company.
- Possesses strong coordination across business teams to keep current on business activities and future plans.
- Has deep understanding of applicable laws and regulatory frameworks and can deftly apply legal requirements to help advise and draft policies and facilitate the implementation of products and processes.
Core Responsibilities:
You will lead and manage the Product & Privacy legal team, including managing PagerDuty's intellectual property portfolio, supporting the product, engineering and security teams, and managing our global privacy program. The position requires building strong relationships across the organization and creating systems and processes to support business goals. You will be advising stakeholders in developing and launching technology products to mitigate risk and maintain compliance in a fast moving environment, particularly in light of AI advancements, while also promoting business flexibility.
Must Have Qualifications:
- 10+ years of relevant legal experience with deep expertise in at least three of the following areas: Security, Privacy, IP, Commercial Contracts, Litigation, AI or Regulatory compliance.
- Prior experience advising throughout the product development lifecycle, covering security, privacy, intellectual property, contracts, regulatory compliance issues and more.
- Admitted into and in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- Prior experience managing and developing successful teams.
- Proven ability to concisely communicate and explain critical legal decisions with context, building trusted executive relationships.
- Track record of successful implementation of cross functional strategy and creation of systems and processes to promote efficient scale of the organization.
- Deep understanding of U.S. and international privacy and security regulatory frameworks and ability to translate multi-jurisdictional requirements into practical legal guidance.
- Outstanding professional judgment and client service focus.
- Team player with a positive attitude and love of solving problems.
The base salary range for this position is 199,000 - 334,000 USD. This role may also be eligible for bonus, commission, equity, and/or benefits.
Our base salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range, which is subject to change based on primary work location, reflects the minimum and maximum base salary we expect to pay newly hired employees for the position. Within the range, we determine pay for an individual based on a number of factors including market location, job-related knowledge, skills/competencies and experience.
Your recruiter can share more about the specific offerings for this role, as well as the salary range for your primary work location during the hiring process.
