Description:

The Role:
We're looking for a Senior Product Counsel who will serve as a strategic partner to our Product, Engineering, AI/ML, Design and Trust and Safety teams, providing legal guidance throughout the entire product development lifecycle—from early beta to launch and beyond. This attorney will act as a key Legal Product advisor, helping ensure that our products are innovative, responsible, and legally sound.

This is a unique opportunity for a seasoned legal professional with deep experience in technology, data protection, online safety, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate thrives in a high-growth, values-driven environment and is energized by the challenge of building trustworthy, compliant, and impactful member experiences.

What You'll Do:

Act as the one of two primary legal advisors to product and engineering teams, providing guidance from initial design through launch and iteration.
Advise teams on key emerging areas for our core product, with a particular focus on generative AI, online safety, content acquisition, IP/copyright, open source, and privacy issues.
Collaborate closely with stakeholders across Legal, Privacy, AI/ML, Compliance, and InfoSec to deliver clear, actionable legal advice that supports innovation while managing risk, increase speed and efficiency, and advance the long-term goals of Bumble.
Implement scalable legal processes, automation, and AI-enabled solutions that improve efficiency, reduce cycle times, and help deliver high-quality guidance to product and engineering teams with greater speed and consistency.
Ensure products comply with data protection and privacy laws, including GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, online safety laws and related U.S. and international frameworks.
Serve as a legal project manager, coordinating legal input across teams (e.g., privacy, commercial, compliance) to deliver timely, integrated feedback to product teams.
Promote and implement privacy-by-design, safety by design, transparency, and member-first principles into new and existing products.
Partner closely with product, policy, trust & safety, and engineering teams to support responsible product development and carry out appropriate risk assessments.
Help with Trust and Safety escalation and transparency reports
Create playbooks, checklists, and scalable legal tools to support agile product development and reduce repetitive requests.
Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and communicate complex legal concepts with clarity and confidence.

About You:

J.D. degree and active bar membership in good standing in the UK/EU
5+ years of relevant legal experience, including in-house at a U.S.-based global tech company or top-tier law firm advising high-growth technology businesses.
Proven expertise advising product teams in areas such as privacy law, platform liability, and consumer protection.
Strong working knowledge of global privacy and data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, UK DPA).
Strong working knowledge of online safety laws, (e.g., age verification laws, Digital Services Act and Online Safety Act).
Demonstrated experience coordinating across multiple legal disciplines to ensure end-to-end coverage of regulatory and compliance risks.
A product mindset with an ability to embed legal solutions into design processes, UX, and system architecture.
Track record of influencing without authority, managing complex cross-functional projects, and supporting innovation at scale.
Strong process orientation and an eye for efficiency—you're always thinking about how to make things clearer, faster, and easier.
A commitment to Bumble's mission and values, and a passion for building technologies that support healthy online experiences.
Must be based in Austin or New York