Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Product Counsel role sits at the intersection of product development and regulated technology, a common pressure point for modern SaaS businesses, especially those building AI-driven features. With Synthesia positioned as an enterprise-facing platform and explicitly operating in generative AI, the legal function becomes part of the product delivery system, influencing how capabilities ship, how customers adopt them, and how risk is managed across markets.
For SaaS legal careers, the scope described is notably product-centric rather than purely contractual. Advising across the lifecycle, shaping playbooks, and contributing to governance frameworks builds durable experience in repeatable legal processes that scale with a platform. The emphasis on AI, privacy, IP, open source, and marketing also reflects the portfolio of issues that increasingly travels with SaaS products, making the experience portable across categories where data and model behavior are core.
This role is best suited to a counsel who prefers close collaboration with Product and Engineering and who can translate regulatory ambiguity into practical guidance. It will fit someone comfortable balancing risk tradeoffs, working with evolving rulesets, and operating with a high degree of autonomy while coordinating across Go-To-Market and R&D stakeholders.
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Job Description
Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US.
As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.
Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow.
As a Product & Privacy Counsel at Synthesia, you’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, R&D, Business Operations, and Go-To-Market teams to help bring innovative AI products to market responsibly. Reporting to the Head of Product & Privacy Legal, you’ll play a key role in navigating complex legal and regulatory issues, balancing risk with business objectives, and helping the company scale with confidence. In this role you will:
Partner with Product, Engineering, and R&D teams across the entire product lifecycle to identify and address legal risks in areas including AI, IP, privacy, security, open source, and marketing.
Support commercialization efforts by advising Go-To-Market and Business Operations teams on product positioning, licensing models, and regulatory issues.
Monitor and interpret evolving laws related to AI, privacy, IP, and competition to ensure proactive compliance and business alignment.
Draft and maintain scalable processes, playbooks, and guidance to support consistent legal input across teams.
Assist in creation and management of privacy, security and AI governance frameworks and audits.
Operate independently and provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice that aligns with Synthesia’s risk appetite and goals.
You’re a great fit for the role if you have:
Law degree and qualified to practice in-house in a relevant jurisdiction.
7+ years of post-qualification experience, including 5+ advising on SaaS product legal issues; prior exposure to generative AI preferred.
Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies and related legal issues (e.g., IP, privacy, algorithmic accountability).
Strong understanding of GDPR and other major privacy frameworks, experience with biometric data processing or automated decision-making is a plus.
Comfortable working with technical teams and translating legal risk into actionable guidance.
Excellent written communication skills with the ability to draft clear, concise messages for cross-functional audiences.
Proven ability to manage competing priorities and work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
