Product Counsel

Welcome to the video first world!

From your everyday PowerPoint presentations to Hollywood movies, AI will transform the way we create and consume content. Today, people want to watch and listen, not read — both at home and at work. If you’re reading this and nodding, check out our brand video.

Despite the clear preference for video, communication and knowledge sharing in the business environment are still dominated by text, largely because high-quality video production remains complex and challenging to scale—until now….

Meet Synthesia

We're on a mission to make video easy for everyone. Born in an AI lab, our AI video communications platform simplifies the entire video production process, making it easy for everyone, regardless of skill level, to create, collaborate, and share high-quality videos. Whether it's for delivering essential training to employees and customers or marketing products and services, Synthesia enables large organizations to communicate and share knowledge through video quickly and efficiently. We’re trusted by leading brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, McDonald’s and more. Read stories from happy customers and what 1,200+ people say on G2.

In 2023, we were one of 7 European companies to reach unicorn status. In February 2024, G2 named us as the fastest growing company in the world. We’ve raised over $150M in funding from top-tier investors, including Accel, Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, Google and top founders and operators including Stripe, Datadog, Miro, Webflow, and Facebook.

About the role

As a Product Counsel at Synthesia, you’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, R&D, Business Operations, and Go-To-Market teams to help bring innovative AI products to market responsibly. Reporting to the Head of Product & Privacy Legal, you’ll play a key role in navigating complex legal and regulatory issues, balancing risk with business objectives, and helping the company scale with confidence. In this role you will:

• Partner with Product, Engineering, and R&D teams across the entire product lifecycle to identify and address legal risks in areas including AI, IP, privacy, security, open source, and marketing.
• Support commercialization efforts by advising Go-To-Market and Business Operations teams on product positioning, licensing models, and regulatory issues.
• Monitor and interpret evolving laws related to AI, privacy, IP, and competition to ensure proactive compliance and business alignment.
• Draft and maintain scalable processes, playbooks, and guidance to support consistent legal input across teams.
• Assist in creation and management of privacy, security and AI governance frameworks and audits.
• Operate independently and provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice that aligns with Synthesia’s risk appetite and goals.

You’re a great fit for the role if you have:

• Law degree and qualified to practice in-house in a relevant jurisdiction.
• 7+ years of post-qualification experience, including 5+ advising on SaaS product legal issues; prior exposure to generative AI preferred. Experience with patent harvesting and prosecution is a plus.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies and related legal issues (e.g., IP, privacy, algorithmic accountability).
• Comfortable working with technical teams and translating legal risk into actionable guidance.
• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to draft clear, concise messages for cross-functional audiences.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• A competitive salary + stock options in our fast-growing Series C start-up.
• Paid parental leave entitling primary caregivers to 16 weeks of full pay, and secondary 5 weeks of full pay
•  25 days of annual leave + public holidays in the country where you are based.
• Cycle to work scheme (London).
• Regular socials and company retreats
• Private Medical Insurance (Medical History Disregarded basis) including mental health support, dental & vision, cashback and gym discounts.
• A generous referral scheme if you help us hire.
• Pension contribution/salary sacrifice.
• Work from home set up.
• A huge opportunity for career growth as you’ll help shape a market-defining product.