Legal Counsel – Product, Technology & Governance (UK)
monday.comAt monday.com, we help teams get more work done. We are the best AI work platform that empowers teams to automate, build, and scale their impact end-to-end with tools that actually execute the work for you. With over $1B in ARR, 250,000+ customers, and a global team, we’re serious about building a product people love to use and giving our employees the same ownership and flexibility to shape the way the world works.
We are seeking a highly motivated Legal Counsel to join our Product and Technology Legal team. This is our first product-focused legal role in the UK, working alongside our commercial legal colleagues in the region.
As part of the global Legal-Tech team, you’ll closely support our UK and EU development teams and advise on product counseling, governance, AI, data privacy, and technology regulation. You’ll collaborate with Product, R&D, Security, BI, and Sales to drive innovation while ensuring compliance in an evolving regulatory landscape.
This is a unique opportunity to scale monday.com’s governance strategy, and position the company at the forefront of technology, privacy, and regulatory compliance, contributing to our global strategy, risk management, and regulatory engagement.
- Monitor and analyze EU/UK and global regulatory and policy developments, including AI, data governance, and digital regulation. Identify emerging issues and translate them into actionable business strategies and advice
- Develop and implement governance frameworks, playbooks, and compliance processes to support cross company alignment and accountability.
- Advise on the legal aspects of product development throughout product lifecycle, from ideation to launch
- Partner closely with Product and R&D teams to ensure legal, privacy, and governance considerations are built in from day one
- Provide practical, business oriented guidance on legal risks for new and existing products, features, and go to market initiatives
- Support R&D and Product teams in embedding ‘legal by design’ into product development
- Counsel on privacy and data protection matters, ensuring compliance with UK/EU and global data protection laws (including AI governance and security standards)
- Build and deliver internal training and guidance on governance, privacy, and regulatory compliance for cross functional teams
- Draft, negotiate, and manage a variety of technology, licensing, marketing, and IP agreements
- Support marketing initiatives, ensuring compliance with privacy, IP, consumer protection and advertising laws
- Contribute to IP strategy, including trademarks, patents, and enforcement where relevant
- Collaborate with global legal teams to ensure consistent approaches to technology, privacy, and governance across regions
- Qualified to practice law in the UK
- 5+ years of relevant experience, ideally as inhouse product counsel in a technology company
- Experience assisting global technology companies in launching new products and services, advising on AI, SaaS, data governance, and technology partnerships.
- Deep knowledge of UK/EU regulatory frameworks (GDPR, AI Act, NIS2, etc.) and understanding of global digital, privacy, and AI developments
- Strong ability to translate governance and regulatory trends into practical guidance
- Strategic thinker with strong business judgment, ownership mentality, problem solving skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Highly motivated, collaborative and proactive, with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in cross functional teams in a global environment.
Legal Counsel – Product, Technology & Governance (UK)
We are seeking a highly motivated Legal Counsel to join our Product and Technology Legal team. This is our first product-focused legal role in the UK, working alongside our commercial legal colleagues in the region.
As part of the global Legal-Tech team, you’ll closely support our UK and EU development teams and advise on product counseling, governance, AI, data privacy, and technology regulation. You’ll collaborate with Product, R&D, Security, BI, and Sales to drive innovation while ensuring compliance in an evolving regulatory landscape.
This is a unique opportunity to scale monday.com’s governance strategy, and position the company at the forefront of technology, privacy, and regulatory compliance, contributing to our global strategy, risk management, and regulatory engagement.