Sr. Counsel, Product
About the Role
Peloton is seeking a dynamic, business-oriented Senior Counsel to serve as the primary legal partner for our innovative software and connected fitness product teams. In this role, you will be a key advisor from ideation to launch and beyond, embedding yourself with product managers, engineers, and designers to navigate complex legal issues in areas like data privacy, AI ethics, user-generated content, and consumer protection.
Reporting to the Senior Legal Managing Director of Product and located in our NY HQ office, you will be responsible for providing pragmatic legal guidance that enables the development of cutting-edge features across our connected fitness, mobile, and web platforms. The ideal candidate is a proactive and collaborative attorney who thrives on translating complex legal principles into actionable guidance that helps the business achieve its objectives while upholding our commitment to our Members.
Your Daily Impact at Peloton
- Serve as the lead day-to-day counsel for Peloton’s Product organization through the lifecycle of our software products and services, including on our connected fitness, mobile and Web platforms.
- Ensure that Peloton’s products and services uphold applicable laws, Peloton’s principles, and our Members’ preferences, about protecting personal data. Advise business stakeholders on potential privacy issues and practical solutions.
- Coordinate closely with legal subject matter experts in areas like litigation and privacy to translate complex legal concepts into actionable guidance for the business.
- Review, negotiate, draft, and advise on contracts and agreements relating to our software products and services, including software development agreements and software license agreements, and serving as the lead Legal liaison with Procurement on these contracts.
- Demonstrate a keen ability to issue spot sensitive legal and business concerns, including a strong sense of when to escalate (and not escalate) such matters to internal stakeholders
- Provide advice on workflow process improvement, playbook development, client training, and updating templates to address the evolving needs of a growing organization
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What You Bring to Peloton
- J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and a member in good standing of the New York State Bar, or the ability to register as in-house counsel.
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience, with a significant portion spent in-house at a technology or consumer products company counseling product and engineering teams.
- Experience providing rapid, practical, business-oriented legal/commercial contract evaluation to both internal and external clients
- Strong working knowledge of privacy law and related rights, including recent AI, privacy and security reforms and proposed regulations
- Experience advising on global regulations for user-generated content, in particular the Digital Services Act and the Online Safety Act, with experience advising on those laws preferred.
- Experience drafting and negotiating software services and license agreements required.
- Strong command of technical concepts, including system architecture, coding languages, and software development lifecycles, and the ability to distill complex concepts into “plain English” for internal clients and counterparts.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an interest in working cross-functionally, and ability to collaborate with all personality types.
- Superb planning and organizational skills, with ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects at once, and to create and implement short and long-term strategies and goals
- Able to work independently with Peloton team members throughout the U.S. and globally, meeting deadlines in the face of fast-moving initiatives
- Outstanding critical thinking skills, with a bias for action and confidence to make informed decisions that have both legal and business implications.
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for this position based at our New York City headquarters. The actual base salary offered for this position will depend on numerous factors including, without limitation, experience and business objectives and if the location for the job changes. Our base salary is just one component of Peloton’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes annual equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan as well as other region-specific health and welfare benefits.
As an organization, one of our top priorities is to maintain the health and wellbeing for our employees and their family. To achieve this goal, we offer robust and comprehensive benefits including:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Generous paid time off policy
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Access to mental health services
- 401k, tuition reimbursement and student loan paydown plans
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Fertility and adoption support and up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave
- Child care and family care discounts
- Free access to Peloton Digital App and apparel and product discounts
- Commuter benefits and Citi Bike Discount
- Pet insurance and so much more!
ABOUT PELOTON:
Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) provides Members with expert instruction, and world class content to create impactful and entertaining workout experiences for anyone, anywhere and at any stage in their fitness journey. At home, outdoors, traveling, or at the gym, Peloton brings together innovative hardware, distinctive software, and exclusive content. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Peloton has millions of Members across the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, and Austria. For more information, visit www.onepeloton.com.
Peloton is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Equal employment opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Peloton, where all team members, applicants, and other covered persons are considered on the basis of their personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, unemployment status, familial status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, caregiver status, or any other protected characteristic as established by applicable law. This policy of equal employment opportunity applies to all practices and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. If you would like to request any accommodations from application through to interview, please email: applicantaccommodations@onepeloton.com.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
Parental Benefits
Work Flexibility
Office Life and Perks
Vacation and Time Off
Financial and Retirement
Professional Development
Diversity and Inclusion