Senior Director, Product, Security and Privacy Counsel

The posting, as Neo4j wrote it

About Neo4j

Neo4j is the graph intelligence platform that transforms data into knowledge to power the next generation of intelligent applications and AI systems. It includes enterprise-ready knowledge graphs for accurate, explainable, and governed AI; the most comprehensive, trusted, and easy-to-deploy graph capabilities across any environment and data source; and an unmatched ecosystem trusted by 84 of the Fortune 100 and supported by the world’s largest graph community. Intelligence that works. Results that matter.

Built to work everywhere and integrate with everything across every cloud for dynamic, personalized, and autonomous AI systems. We deliver quicker results, contextual knowledge, and solutions that impact customers and employees across the business.

Our Vision

At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.

As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive.

We are seeking a Product Counsel to partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Security, and Go-To-Market teams to ensure our products are designed, built, and delivered in compliance with applicable laws and aligned with our risk tolerance.

This role is embedded in the product lifecycle, from roadmap planning and feature design through launch, customer adoption, and ongoing iteration, and is critical to enabling fast, responsible innovation in a global, enterprise software environment.

Key Responsibilities

Product & Engineering Support

• Act as the primary legal partner for product and engineering teams across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid offerings.
• Advise on legal issues throughout the product development lifecycle, including feature design, data flows, APIs, integrations, and platform architecture.
• Review and help shape product requirements, specifications, and launch plans to proactively manage legal risk.

Open Source & Licensing

• Advise on open-source software (OSS) usage, contributions, and licensing models (e.g., GPL, AGPL, Apache, MIT, dual licensing).
• Support compliance with open-source obligations and guide product teams on inbound and outbound licensing strategies.
• Partner with engineering and security on OSS governance and tooling.

Privacy, Security & Data

• Provide guidance on privacy and data protection matters (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, global data transfer frameworks).
• Advise on product-embedded privacy features, security controls, and data-handling practices.
• Partner with Security, Trust, and Compliance teams on incident response, customer security inquiries, and audits.

Commercial & GTM Enablement

• Support product-led go-to-market initiatives.
• Help develop scalable legal frameworks that enable enterprise sales while supporting self-s

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Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success.

• Countless industry awards . Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.
• A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.

Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we’d encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues.

One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application.

Neo4j Values

Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values:

(we)-[:VALUE]->(relationships)
(we)-[:FOCUS_ON]->(userSuccess)
(we)-[:THRIVE_IN]->(:Culture {type: [‘Open’, ‘Inclusive’]})
(we)-[:ASSUME]->(:Intent {direction:’Positive’})
(we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: ‘IntellectuallyHonest’})
(we)-[:DELIVER_ON]->(ourCommitments)

Neo4j is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read the privacy notice regarding Neo4j's recruitment process to understand how we will handle the personal data that you provide.

More information at www.neo4j.com .

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