Product Counsel, Consumer Business

About the role

Trend Micro is seeking a seasoned Product Counsel to support its global consumer business, TrendLife, as a full-time, permanent member of the Trend Micro legal team. This is a senior individual contributor role embedded with the product and business teams in Taipei, providing substantive legal leadership across consumer-facing software, mobile applications, and the privacy and regulatory frameworks that govern them. The successful candidate will be a trusted legal partner to product, engineering, marketing, and business leadership - someone who has operated at this level before, knows how to influence without authority, and builds the kind of relationships that make the legal function a competitive advantage rather than a gate. Critically, this role sits within a global legal organization spanning multiple regions, and will require close, day-to-day collaboration with in-house counsel counterparts in other geographies to ensure consistent, coordinated legal support across Trendlife's worldwide consumer portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Product & Commercial Legal Support
• Serve as the primary legal partner for Trendlife's consumer product and business teams, advising on product development, feature launches, go-to-market strategy, and commercial agreements from inception through execution.
• Draft, review, and negotiate consumer-facing agreements including EULAs, Terms of Service, subscription agreements, and platform partner contracts.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial vendor/partner agreements
• Review in-app disclosures, consent flows, and marketing materials for legal accuracy and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Support app store submissions and ongoing compliance with platform requirements (Apple App Store, Google Play, and regional equivalents).
• Identify and proactively address legal risk across the product roadmap, providing clear, business-oriented guidance that enables teams to move quickly without exposing the company to unnecessary exposure.
• Privacy & Data Protection
• Own consumer privacy legal support for Trendlife globally, advising on applicable obligations across GDPR (EU/UK), CCPA/CPRA (California), APPI (Japan), PDPA (Taiwan/Thailand), and other applicable frameworks.
• Review privacy notices, consent mechanisms, and data processing activities for new and existing features, ensuring multi-jurisdictional compliance.
• Advise on cross-border data transfer mechanisms and assist with data subject rights request workflows.
• Collaborate with Privacy, Security, and Engineering teams on DPIAs, privacy-by-design implementation, and product incident response.
• AI Governance & Emerging Technology
• Provide legal guidance on consumer-facing AI features, including disclosures, automated decision-making notices, and compliance with the EU AI Act and other applicable AI regulations.
• Monitor developments in AI and technology regulation across key consumer markets and translate them into actionable advice for product and business stakeholders.
• Support internal AI governance documentation and processes, including risk assessments, transparency reporting, and regulatory readiness.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Regional Collaboration
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior internal stakeholders across product, engineering, marketing, finance, and business development - acting as a go-to legal resource who understands the business and earns influence over time.
• Work closely and collaboratively with in-house legal colleagues across Trend Micro's global regions, including the Americas, EMEA, and other APAC markets, to ensure legal positions are consistent, coordinated, and informed by regional nuance.
• Participate actively in cross-functional working groups, product reviews, and business planning sessions, providing timely, practical legal input that shapes decisions upstream rather than downstream.
• Represent the legal function in senior leadership discussions, synthesizing complex legal issues into clear business context and recommended courses of action.
• Outside Counsel & Legal Operations
• Manage outside counsel relationships for consumer matters, including engagement scoping, work product review, and budget oversight.
• Develop and maintain legal templates, playbooks, and self-service guidance to improve efficiency and scale the legal function's impact across the business.
• Track legislative and regulatory developments in key consumer markets and ensure relevant stakeholders are informed and prepared.

Requirements

• Required
• J.D. or equivalent law degree; license to practice law in at least one relevant jurisdiction.
• 8-10 years of legal experience with a substantial focus on consumer-facing software, mobile applications, or digital products - in-house experience at a technology company required.
• Deep expe

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