monday.com is the AI work platform powering the most ambitious teams. 250,000+ customers across departments use us to bring people, workflows, and AI agents together on one flexible platform where AI doesn't just assist, it executes. We move fast, build things that matter, and foster an ownership-driven culture where you're empowered to shape how organizations work and outpace their competition.
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.
About The Position:
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
Requirements:
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.
What monday.com can offer you:
Join a customer-obsessed team where transparency and ownership are how we actually operate — not just things we put on a wall.
Work on a multi-product suite powered by advanced AI, where what you ship reaches hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide
Competitive salary, benefits, bonus potential, and equity eligibility for many roles — we believe people who build the product should share in its success
Grow fast through a dedicated L&D team, AI workshops, bootcamps, and internal hackathons — the industry moves quick and so do we
A collaborative, global culture backed by Employee Resource Groups and workplace teams across New York, Tel Aviv, London, Munich, Warsaw, Tokyo, Sydney, and more
