Senior Counsel, Owner.com
Product & AI
$180-220k
More information about location
Online ordering and restaurant marketing system
Posted today
Online ordering and restaurant marketing system
201-500 employees
Posted today
$180-220k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To give independent restaurants the infrastructure tools they need to compete with larger corporations.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 6+ years of legal experience, including meaningful in-house product counsel experience at a technology company
- Direct experience advising on AI/ML products, with familiarity with the emerging AI regulatory landscape
- Experience with fintech or payments products - embedded payments, money movement, card issuing, or similar
- Substantive privacy law experience (CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, and state comprehensive privacy laws)
- Experience in restaurant technology, hospitality tech, or vertical SaaS strongly preferred
- Strong builder mentality, with experience creating processes, playbooks, and standards rather than just applying existing ones
- Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance for product and engineering teams
- Comfort working independently in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment with incomplete information
What the job involves
- We are looking for our first Senior Corporate Counsel to serve as the embedded legal partner for our Product and Engineering organizations
- This role sits at the intersection of product counseling, payments and fintech regulatory work, including privacy and AI governance - advising directly on the systems restaurants use to run their businesses, including AI-powered guest experiences and embedded payments infrastructure
- You'll report to the Head of Legal and you'll be an early hire on the Legal team, with significant ownership over how we build compliant, well-designed products from day one
- Serve as embedded legal counsel to Product, Engineering, and Payments team advising on new features, AI-powered tools, pricing models, and payments integrations from concept through launch
- Own legal review of AI-related products and features, including training data sourcing, model risk, algorithmic decision-making, and required disclosures
- Advise on regulatory compliance for payments and fintech-adjacent products, including embedded payments, money movement, card network rules, and PCI-DSS considerations
- Build and maintain the privacy program elements most relevant to product: data collection and retention practices, consumer disclosures, and compliance with CCPA/CPRA and other state privacy laws
- Monitor emerging AI regulation (state AI laws, FTC guidance, and international frameworks where relevant) and translate it into practical, actionable product guidance
- Draft and negotiate technology, data, and AI vendor agreements, including data and model licensing terms
- Advise on digital accessibility compliance for product and engineering (e.g., ADA Title III risk, WCAG conformance) and counsel teams on accessible design before launch
- Partner with the General Counsel and business teams on regulatory risk assessments for new markets, products, and features
- Build scalable playbooks, templates, and self-serve tools so product and engineering teams can move quickly with the right guardrails in place
- Support incident response for privacy or AI-related issues, coordinating across engineering, security, and communications
- Manage outside counsel on discrete regulatory, payments, or AI matters as needed
Our take
The Pandemic caused a major upheaval in the US restaurant industry. Smaller operations struggled to stay afloat amidst brick-and-mortar closures, and as the demand for home delivery soared their margins were tightened further by hefty third-party delivery app charges. Add to that the fact that consumers become customers of the delivery app, not the restaurant itself, and it’s a development that has spelt real trouble for independent locales. Owner has set out to level the playing field.
Owner’s platform provides independent restaurants with the infrastructure they need to take control of their business without deferring to third-party apps like GrubHub and Deliveroo. It offers marketing, online ordering, and support solutions to over 10,000 restaurants across the U.S. The company has taken impressive first strides, too: they have a 7 figure run-rate, over 105% monthly revenue retention, and helped restaurants avoid millions in online order platform fees.
It’s a hugely attractive proposition for independent business owners, and research suggests it’s a winning idea for consumers too. Over 60% say they’d prefer to deal with restaurants directly, but historically the infrastructure simply hasn’t been in place to do so. With Owner seeing impressive traction by tripling its customers between 2023 and 2024, it's unsurprising that its 2025 funding is being channelled into engineering and design teams, alongside the development of new tools.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2025
$120m
SERIES C
Jan 2024
$33m
SERIES B
Total funding: $185.7m
Company benefits
- Work from anywhere: Our flexible policy lets you work from wherever you want.
- Equity in Owner: All full-time employees in eligible countries receive pre-IPO equity in Owner.
- Benefits to support your success: We set you up for success where you are and where you’re going.
- Healthcare Coverage: We offer comprehensive health, dental and vision plans.
- Unlimited PTO: Your schedule, your choice. We give our team members full empowerment to choose the time they want to work, and don’t micro-manage working hours.
- Team retreats: We love building real friendships with everyone that we work with, so we do several retreats per year – to deepen our friendships, celebrate our wins, and plan our future.
Company HQ
Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Adam Guild
(Co-Founder & CEO)Thiel Fellow, Forbes 30 Under 30 List.
Dean Bloembergen
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Co-founder and CTO at Marble Technologies, Forbes 30 under 30.
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