Senior Product Counsel, SoundCloud
$140-180k
+ Employee Equity Plan
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
Be an early applicant
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-180k
+ Employee Equity Plan
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower artists and fans to connect and share through music.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires a mix of strategic judgment, hands-on problem-solving, and strong collaboration with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, and external partners
- Qualified lawyer with 5+ years of legal experience, including in-house experience at a tech or digital media company
- Advanced knowledge of consumer law and e-commerce law is necessary
- Strong background in technology, product counseling, data privacy, consumer protection, and/or financial services law
- Experience supporting subscription, e-commerce, and monetization products across multiple jurisdictions
- Collaborative and able to balance business needs with legal risks. You will need to be solution-oriented and have a clear sense of acceptable compromise
- Strong communicator who can translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice
- Strong familiarity with Apple and Google developer terms and their implications on monetization models
- Ability to analyze competitor terms and models, advising on advantages, risks, and strategic positioning
- Experience preparing and revising terms of use, policies, and compliance frameworks to support product launches and growth
- Expertise in payment services/financial regulations in the U.S., EU, U.K., Canada, and Australia and an understanding of peer-to-peer payments, e-commerce and marketplace models is a big plus
- Skilled in embedding directly with product teams, providing day-to-day practical, actionable guidance
- Experience engaging and managing outside counsel for specialized or escalated issues
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Product Counsel to join our Business & Legal Affairs team and partner closely with our product, design, and engineering teams to help shape the next generation of SoundCloud products
- As Senior Product Counsel, you’ll be the go-to partner for our product teams, guiding them through the legal and regulatory landscape as they build creator tools, monetization products, and fan experiences. You’ll play a key role in ensuring our products are compliant, user-friendly, and scalable across global markets
- You’ll support the full product lifecycle- from roadmap review and feature development to launch and maintenance - while advising on issues spanning subscriptions, fan monetization, privacy, data protection, advertising, and marketing compliance. You’ll also help update product-related terms, policies, and guidelines to keep pace with evolving laws and platform requirements
- Provide pragmatic, business-minded solution-focused legal advice throughout the product development cycle, balancing risk and innovation
- Advise on creator and fan subscriptions and compliance with global subscription laws
- Support development of new marketplace offerings, including physical and digital goods, fan clubs, exclusive content, and peer-to-peer payments
- Act as the primary resource for product-related data protection issues, including sign-up flows, consent mechanisms, and data usage
- Draft, review, and maintain product-related Terms of Service, Privacy Policy provisions, and marketing disclosures
- Support product marketing and growth initiatives, including performance marketing, push/email notifications, brand campaigns, and compliance with consumer protection and advertising regulations
- Ensure compliance with third-party developer guidelines (Apple, Google) and other platform sign-in or integration requirements
- Draft, negotiate, and review commercial contracts, vendor agreements, and software licensing terms related to product development and technology partnerships (excluding music licensing)
- Build strong relationships with PMs, engineers, designers, and marketing leads to align on business priorities and risk management
- This role will require your guidance on a wide variety of data protection compliance issues. A working knowledge of the data privacy laws in the U.S. and Europe is a requirement
Our take
Founded in 2007, SoundCloud recognized the need for an artist-first platform. The company set out with a clear mission: to empower independent artists by providing them with the necessary tools and resources to grow and build their careers.
Today, SoundCloud boasts over 40M artists on its platform, far outpacing Spotify, which has 11M. As a result, SoundCloud is the largest audio discovery platform in a rapidly growing market. According to MIDiA Research, the independent artist market is poised for continued revenue growth in the coming years, further solidifying SoundCloud's place in the industry.
The company plans to scale its audience and expand its services through new offerings, such as the SoundCloud "roster". This tier system is designed to provide artists with significant creative and financial resources, along with market support, rivalling major record labels. While artists retain ownership of their copyrights, they will be represented by SoundCloud, further enhancing the platform's appeal to independent creators.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2020
$75m
SERIES G
Aug 2017
$170m
SERIES F
Total funding: $470.3m
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, BE
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