Associate Product Counsel

Associate Product Counsel

As a Dropbox Associate Product Counsel, you'll join our Legal, Policy, Trust & Privacy Team in a broad role counseling product, security teams, and the privacy program. This position offers immediate impact, focusing on protecting user data, implementing privacy by design, responding to security incidents, and ensuring responsible AI/machine learning use. If you thrive in a challenging, fast-paced, and team-focused environment, Dropbox provides a unique opportunity within its Virtual First model.

Key Responsibilities

• Counsel on user privacy and data protection issues in a dynamic environment.
• Investigate and assess security and privacy incidents, driving legal and regulatory responses.
• Provide legal support to Dropbox’s incident response program for various business issues.
• Advise on cross-functional projects related to data protection, privacy by design, and AI/machine learning.
• Review new products and features for launch readiness and compliance.
• Offer sophisticated advice to engineers working on security, threat intelligence, and abuse issues.

Required Qualifications

• 1–3+ years of experience counseling or litigating product, security, or data privacy matters.
• Broad knowledge of data privacy law, information security, cybersecurity, AI/ML, copyright, consumer protection, and free expression.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, tailored to diverse audiences.
• Strong business judgment and a practical, solutions-oriented approach.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to collaborate and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to support incident response outside traditional business hours as needed.
• J.D. from an accredited law school, admission to at least one U.S. state bar, and strong academic credentials.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise in and passion for technology.
• Prior experience supporting SaaS, AI, or other online businesses (in-house or outside counsel).
• Experience counseling on or managing incident response and/or broader security programs.
• Located in the Pacific Time Zone.

About Dropbox

Dropbox operates as a Virtual First company, fostering a global community of bold visionaries. Our model combines distributed work autonomy with human connection, emphasizing meaningful work and lasting relationships. With a startup mindset and enterprise opportunities, employees are encouraged to think critically, stay curious, and leverage modern tools, including AI, to enhance productivity and impact. This role offers the chance to make work more intuitive, joyful, and human for hundreds of millions worldwide.

Our Team: Legal, Policy, Trust & Privacy

The Dropbox Legal, Policy, Trust & Privacy Team is dedicated to safeguarding the company, enabling innovation, and protecting users, platform, and business. We navigate complex technology-law challenges with agility, ensuring compliance and integrity across governance, risk, and public policy. Joining this team means embracing creative problem-solving and subject-matter expertise to drive responsible growth and shape technology policy.

Work Environment

As a Virtual First company, Dropbox prioritizes flexibility, autonomy, and connection. Teams work remotely with nonlinear schedules and core collaboration hours, supporting deep focus and individual styles. Asynchronous communication is key for clarity and respecting deep work. While primarily remote, intentional in-person connections are facilitated through team gatherings, on-demand workspaces, and Dropbox Neighborhood events. This role requires approximately 5-10% travel (2-3 days per quarter) for offsites and team gatherings.

Compensation Overview

This role is open in US Zones 2 and 3. Annual salary ranges are: US Zone 2: $166,800—$225,600 USD; US Zone 3: $148,200—$200,600 USD. Compensation includes salary, corporate bonus program eligibility, and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Dropbox determines starting pay based on job level, location, skillset, and peer compensation, aiming for offers between minimum and mid-range.

Key skills/competency

• Data Privacy Law
• Information Security
• Cybersecurity
• AI/Machine Learning Law
• Product Counseling
• Incident Response
• Consumer Protection
• Compliance
• Legal Advisory
• SaaS Law