Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Associate Product Counsel role sits at the intersection of product development and regulated enterprise SaaS, where legal decisions shape what can be built, how it is positioned, and how it is sold. With Harvey operating a platform for professional services and highlighting an AI-driven product direction, the work reflects a broader shift in SaaS toward embedded AI capabilities and heightened scrutiny around privacy, IP, and product claims.
For a SaaS legal career, this kind of seat is a strong accelerator because it builds repeatable product-counsel patterns that travel across companies and categories. The remit implies close partnership with Product, Engineering, Design, and Marketing, which is where counsel learns to translate evolving rules into practical guardrails, influence roadmap tradeoffs, and standardise launch and review processes as products iterate.
The listing signals a fit for lawyers who prefer being integrated into build cycles rather than operating as a downstream reviewer. It should suit someone early in their in-house trajectory who wants to broaden beyond a single specialty, is comfortable forming judgment where precedent is limited, and is motivated by the concrete mechanics of shipping and communicating B2B software responsibly.
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Job Description
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate — not incrementally, but end-to-end. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. With 1000+ customers in 60+ countries, strong product-market fit, and world-class investor support, we’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team is sharp, motivated, and deeply committed to the mission. We move fast, operate with intensity, and take real ownership of the problems we tackle — from early thinking to long-term outcomes. We stay close to our customers — from leadership to engineers — and work together to solve real problems with urgency and care. If you thrive in ambiguity, push for excellence, and want to help shape the future of work alongside others who raise the bar, we invite you to build with us.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
We are looking for a product attorney to join our legal team to help scale our Product Legal function. You will partner closely with our Engineering, Product, and Design teams, as well as other cross-functional stakeholders, to bring Harvey’s product vision to life.
What You'll Do
Generative AI has the power to greatly change the world and directly impact how things get done. Harvey is at the forefront of this change, and our mission is to make generative AI actionable and useful for our customers. This is a fast moving environment (we are a start-up!) that is serving some of the world’s most renowned law firms and professional organizations. And this role will put you in the center of all of this.
More specifically, you will:
Partner cross-functionally to align legal guidance with business goals, including counseling our Product and Engineering teams on key legal issues related to B2B AI systems
Research and advise on regulatory frameworks to help design and enhance compliant AI-powered products
Partner with marketing teams to align product communications with legal and regulatory standards to support brand credibility and trust
Support key initiatives to further develop and mature the legal team’s capabilities and impact
Build communication styles that resonate with your teams to balance risk-taking with responsible development in a fast-moving environment
Have a strong sense of ownership, curiosity, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations.
What You Have
A law degree from an accredited law school
Admitted to practice law and in good standing in at least one jurisdiction and able to practice in California
2-3 years of law firm and/or in-house experience
Demonstrated knowledge of laws and regulations relating to several of: artificial intelligence, intellectual property, privacy, product liability, marketing, and/or consumer protection
Experience advising clients on AI or technology-related legal matters in a product legal or tech transactions capacity
Ability to think creatively, function independently and work proactively in ambiguous situations without clear precedents
Team-focused and collaborative working style and willingness to build expertise to solve new challenges in an evolving practice
Hyper-responsive and service-oriented attitude
A love for solving hard problems in a fast-paced environment
Compensation
$168,000-$252,000 USD
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Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
