Product Counsel, Fivetran
$217.5-271.9k
2 days a week in office
Automated data movement platform
Be an early applicant
Automated data movement platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$217.5-271.9k
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make access to data s simple and reliable as electricity.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
- 4-7 years of relevant legal experience counseling SaaS companies
- Deliver high-quality legal analysis, attention to detail, and execution across a broad range of product counseling matters
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) with the ability to clearly articulate and defend risk analysis and communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively to technical, business, legal, and executive audiences
- Operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while balancing competing priorities and business objectives to drive results
- Creative mindset and an ability to find solutions where others see barriers
- Experience advising software, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, developer tools companies regarding open-source software licensing, compliance, and governance a bonus
- Experience using AI tools (such as Claude or similar) to enhance legal workflow efficiency
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a business-minded attorney to join our Legal team as Product Counsel who will report to the Director - Legal Product & 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
- 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
- Advise Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues throughout the product development lifecycle
- Review and assess new products, features, and initiatives, providing timely, business-oriented legal guidance that balances risk management with innovation and execution speed
- Counsel teams on intellectual property, software licensing, privacy, AI, security, and regulatory considerations affecting company products
- Develop scalable legal guidance, policies, playbooks, and training materials that empower teams to make informed decisions
- Partner with commercial, privacy, security, compliance, and corporate legal colleagues to address cross-functional legal issues and drive alignment
- Monitor emerging legal, regulatory, and industry developments and translate them into actionable guidance
- Perform other related duties and tasks as necessary or as assigned
- Technologies You’ll Use:
- Ironclad, Salesforce, Jira, Notion, Slack, among others
Our take
Fivetran is a data integration company focused on one simple idea: making data easy to move and use. It provides a fully managed platform that automatically moves data from hundreds of sources into cloud destinations, helping team centralize information without building or maintaining complex pipelines. So, by handling the heavy lifting behind the scenes, Fivetran allows organizations to spend less time managing infrastructure and more time working on their data.
This approach has a real and growing impact, with more than 700 fully managed connectors, Fivetran supports hybrid and multi-cloud environments and keeps data accurate and secure as it flows into analytics and AI systems. Trusted by over 7,600 customers worldwide, the platform helps businesses standardize how data is collected and shared across teams, breaking down silos and making insights more accessible. And the result is a stronger data foundation that supports faster decision-making and innovation.
In 2025, the company's momentum was also recognized with a Microsoft Marketplace Partner of the Year Award and a finalist spot for Microsoft's Americas Emerging Partner of the Year. These milestones reflect its role in helping enterprises modernize data infrastructure on Microsoft Azure and prepare for AI-driven workloads. By continuing to deepen its partnerships and focus on reliable, automated data movement, Fivetran is well positioned to carry this success forward as organizations increasingly rely on data s the backbone of future intelligence.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$565m
SERIES D
Jun 2020
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $727.7m
Company HQ
Downtown, Oakland, CA
Leadership
George Fraser
(CEO)George graduated with a PhD in Neurobiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Taylor Brown
(COO)Taylor studied Business Administration (focusing on design strategy) at California College of the Arts to Masters level.
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