Senior Policy Counsel

Grammarly team members in this role must be based in San Francisco, New York or Seattle and they must be able to collaborate in person 2 to 3 days per week.
            
About Grammarly

Grammarly is the world’s leading AI writing assistance company trusted by over 30 million people and 70,000 teams. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly helps people at 96% of the Fortune 500 and teams at companies like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom get their point across—and get results—with best-in-class security practices that keep data private and protected. Founded in 2009, Grammarly is No. 14 on the Forbes Cloud 100, one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in AI, and one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces.

The Opportunity 

To achieve our ambitious goals, we are seeking a Senior Policy Counsel to become a vital part of our Legal team, helping build a new global public policy and regulatory affairs function. This role involves monitoring and engaging with the evolving technology regulatory and policy landscape to build customer trust, accelerate our business, and foster responsible technology adoption. At the core of this position is a remarkable opportunity to make a significant impact by ensuring Grammarly maintains the trust of our users. This role will cross-functionally with our Trust, Marketing, Product, and Executive teams.

As a Senior Policy Counsel, you’ll excel by shaping the legal and regulatory framework for ethical AI innovation at a pivotal moment at the intersection of law, business, and technology. This expansive role goes far beyond legislative detection and analysis - you’ll drive our global legislative and regulatory strategy for Grammarly products, help develop a best-in-class trust narrative for technologies we develop, and lead an engagement strategy to support our thought leadership.

As a member of the Grammarly Legal team, you will also help develop the team’s culture through exemplary care for others and a solid commitment to finding creative solutions to complex questions. This role reports to the Head of Product, Privacy, and Policy.

In this role, you will:

• Identify and analyze the latest legislative proposals in technology regulation worldwide that impact Grammarly’s company strategy, providing substantive and effective engagement.
• Communicate regulatory compliance requirements and offer guidance to other teams, including Engineering, Trust, Communications, Product, and other teams within the Legal department.
• Represent Grammarly in conversations with elected officials and other policymakers.
• Collaborate with industry groups and regulators to determine relevant requirements, negotiate, and advocate for thoughtful interpretations and rule adoption.
• Collaborate with our Communications team to build an engagement strategy that ensures our stakeholders - customers, users, regulators, and beyond - understand and trust Grammarly’s products.
• Develop a deep understanding of new technologies (especially open source and AI) and how they operate in the real world to ensure we have a best-in-class trust story to share with policymakers and the public.
• Draft and update playbooks and self-serve resources to educate and empower our partner teams at scale.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated record of success focusing on legislative and regulatory issues and the interest, desire, and experience to lead the development of a comprehensive policy and community strategy.
• Demonstrates strong analytical skills and proficiency in laws, regulatory frameworks, industry standards, and bureaucratic processes with the ability to translate complex issues into actionable guidance.
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to think both tactically and strategically.
• Ability to set priorities and respond to changing demands from multiple internal and external sources under demanding deadlines.
• Is comfortable working with cross-functional teams and advising senior leaders on grey areas to ensure we take the optimal path.
• Passionate about Grammarly’s products and the intersection of technology, law, and business.
• Experience with B2B and B2C SaaS.
• JD degree from an accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) with membership in good standing in a US state bar.
• 8+ years practicing law.
• Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is inspired by our MOVE principles, which are the blueprint for how things get done at Grammarly: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.

Compensation and Benefits

Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing the following and more: 

• Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
• Disability and life insurance options
• 401(k) and RRSP matching 
• Paid parental leave
• 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and flexible sick time 
• Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)
• Annual professional development budget and opportunities

Zone 1: $264,000 – $363,000/year (USD)

We encourage you to apply

At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all to apply—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer and a participant in the US federal E-Verify program (US). We also abide by the Employment Equity Act (Canada).