Director, Product Legal

Austin, Texas

WHAT IS BOX?

Box is the market leader for Cloud Content Management. Our mission is to power how the world works together. Box is partnering with enterprise organizations to accelerate their digital transformation by creating a single platform for secure content management, collaboration and workflow. We have an amazing opportunity to further establish ourselves as leaders in the space, and we need strong advocates to help us achieve that goal. 

By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to help capture a majority of this developing market and define what content management looks like for the digital enterprise. Today, Box powers 100,000+ businesses, including many top Fortune 500 companies who trust our secure collaboration platform to manage the entire content lifecycle.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU

Box is looking for a Director of Product Legal to join in our Austin, Texas office. This Product Counsel will be a key team member supporting various teams throughout the development and commercialization lifecycle. As a part of an established legal team, you will help make an immediate impact on a dynamic and disruptive company that focuses on Blowing its Customer’s Minds. This is a highly cross-functional position requiring extensive interaction with team members across the business.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Act as the lead business partner and escalation point for all product legal requests.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Security, Marketing, Privacy, and other Legal teams to review products, features and initiatives to provide practical legal risk mitigation strategies in a wide range of subject areas, including product lifecycle, export control, consumer protection regulations, and contractual compliance.
• Investigate, scope and solve complex legal issues effectively.
• Identify potential areas of risk within new/existing products and provide proactive advice to mitigate those risks effectively.
• Manage internal projects, processes and cross-functional efforts through to successful completion.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team responsible for handling various legal issues pertaining to product development activities.
• Translate between legal frameworks and technical details to help develop practical solutions that consider both aspects, while collaborating successfully with engineers and other stakeholders.

WHO YOU ARE

• JD and member of at least one US state bar (with eligibility to become a registered in-house counsel in Texas) with excellent academic credentials.
• Demonstrated track record of successful collaboration with engineers, product managers and cross-functional stakeholders (including other teams within Legal).
• Extensive experience (10+ years) in product counseling, including privacy, data protection, intellectual property, consumer protection, technology transactions, regulatory or technology litigation, preferably within the internet technologies, open source software or privacy domains.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing industry regulations and laws.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly, accurately and succinctly to diverse audiences, both orally and writing.
• A history of building strong relationships, credibility and partnerships.
• Track record of managing, developing and empowering small teams.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize workloads.
• Excellent time management skills to juggle multiple time-sensitive projects at once in a fast-paced, high growth environment.
• Desire to learn, strong work ethic, high-level integrity and dedication to providing top-notch legal counsel.
• Passion for client satisfaction, and building and maintaining customer trust.

BENEFITS

• Visit this webpage to check out all of our exciting healthcare benefits: https://join.collectivehealth.com/box
• For all other benefits, please check out: Box Benefits + Perks

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation. Box strives to respect the dignity and ‎‎independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same ‎‎opportunity to succeed as all other employees. Inclusiveness is core to our culture at Box, and we strive to ensure you get the most from your interview experience.

Box makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please complete this form. Reasonable accommodations may include scheduling adjustments, document dictation and beyond.

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Box is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual base salary (or OTE if commissionable role) is dependent upon factors such as: knowledge, skill level, experience, and work location. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. For more information on benefits, check out our healthcare benefits and additional Box Benefits + Perks.

In accordance with OFCCP compliance, here is the Pay Transparency Provision. 

United States Pay Range

$211,000—$263,500 USD