OUR MISSION
At Redwood, we empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes.
ABOUT US
Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation fabric solutions for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower you to orchestrate, manage and monitor your workflows across any application, service or server — in the cloud or on premises — with confidence and control.
Redwood’s global team of automation experts and customer success engineers provide solutions and world-class support designed to give you the freedom and time to imagine and define your future. Get out of the weeds and see the forest, with Redwood Software.
CORE VALUES
One Team. One Redwood
Make Your Own Weather
Obsess over Customer Success
Work the Problem
Be Curious
Own the Outcome
Respect Each Other
YOUR IMPACT
Redwood Software is seeking an experienced and business-oriented Senior Counsel to join our Legal team. In this role, you will provide strategic legal guidance on product development, data privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), and open-source compliance. You’ll partner closely with engineering, product management, security, and executive leadership to help the company innovate responsibly while managing legal and regulatory risk.
- Product Counsel: Advise on product design, deployment, and lifecycle management, ensuring compliance with applicable laws (including data protection, consumer protection, and AI-related regulations).
- Privacy & Data Protection: Provide expert guidance on global privacy frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, DORA, EU Data Act, and emerging AI governance laws like the EU AI Act). Help design and implement privacy-by-design principles and internal policies.
- AI Legal Strategy: Evaluate AI use cases, model usage governance, and generative AI product features for regulatory and intellectual property risks.
- Open Source Compliance: Counsel engineering teams on open-source license requirements, contributions, and usage.
- Regulatory & Compliance: Track evolving technology regulations (AI, data privacy, cybersecurity) and help guide the company’s compliance approach.
- Commercial Support: Collaborate with the commercial legal team to negotiate and draft data protection addenda, licensing terms, and AI-related clauses.
- Training & Awareness: Develop and deliver internal training for cross-functional teams on privacy, AI, and technology law developments.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
- 8+ years of experience practicing law, including at least 3 years advising technology companies.
- Expertise in data privacy laws, including GDPR and CCPA/CPRA, and familiarity with AI governance frameworks.
- Strong understanding of software development and open-source licensing (e.g., MIT, Apache, GPL).
- Proven ability to provide practical, risk-based advice in a fast-paced enterprise software environment.
- Excellent communication, drafting, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Proven experience in creating and implementing formal data privacy initiatives at a fast-moving software company, including instituting the programs and cross-functional liaisons necessary to ensure data privacy at all levels of an organization.
- Experience in supporting commercial negotiations for data privacy issues, including by being a trusted resource to discuss such issues with high-value customers and to provide institutional guidance and risk assessments to the legal and business teams on reasonable positions Redwood may take under various data privacy laws.
- Demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues across departments, especially Product, Security, Sales, HR, and senior management. Strong ability to influence business decisions through legal expertise and collaboration
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with SaaS, cloud, or AI/ML-based products.
- Must be IAPP certified with a CIPP/E, with CIPP/US being a plus.
- Prior in-house counsel experience at a technology company.
If you like growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
THE LEGAL BIT
Redwood is an equal opportunity employer. Redwood prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, marital or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), sexual orientation, pregnancy or any other consideration made unlawful by regional or local laws. We also prohibit discrimination based on a perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful and will have a zero tolerance policy applied to it.
Redwood will comply with all local data protection laws, including GDPR when it comes to the handling and processing of personal data. Should you wish for us to remove your personal data from our recruitment database, please email us directly at [email protected]
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