Product Counsel

<div class="content-intro"><p>From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.</p></div><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">We’re looking for a business-minded attorney to join our Legal team as Product Counsel who will report to the Director - Legal Product &amp; Strategy. You’ll handle day-to-day product counselling by providing practical, solution-oriented legal advice throughout the product-development lifecycle, helping teams navigate complex issues while moving quickly and thoughtfully. This role will partner closely with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Privacy, and GTM functions to support innovation, manage risk, and enable the next generation of data and analytics solutions.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">This role will require strong legal judgment, sound business instincts, and the ability to operate independently in a fast-moving technical environment. You will need to translate complex legal issues into practical guidance that helps stakeholders make informed decisions. Success in this role will depend on a growth mindset, building trusted relationships, understanding our products and technology, and balancing thoughtful risk management with execution speed. Candidates should be comfortable navigating ambiguity, spotting issues early, and helping teams move forward with clear, actionable advice.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of our Denver, CO / Oakland, CA office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Technologies You’ll Use:&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Ironclad, Salesforce, Jira, Notion, Slack, among others.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Advise Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues throughout the product development lifecycle.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Review and assess new products, features, and initiatives, providing timely, business-oriented legal guidance that balances risk management with innovation and execution speed.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Counsel teams on intellectual property, software licensing, privacy, AI, security, and regulatory considerations affecting company products.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Develop scalable legal guidance, policies, playbooks, and training materials that empower teams to make informed decisions.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Partner with commercial, privacy, security, compliance, and corporate legal colleagues to address cross-functional legal issues and drive alignment.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Monitor emerging legal, regulatory, and industry developments and translate them into actionable guidance.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">Perform other rela