Associate Counsel, Product and Marketing

US · Remote · 3-4 years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 5, 2026

At a glance

Toast is hiring a motivated and detail-oriented Associate Counsel to join the Legal team and partner with business colleagues across product, engineering, marketing, compliance, and sales teams. This role helps the business identify and mitigate legal risk while supporting growth, product development, and marketing strategies.

Supporting legal team members in advising stakeholders across the product, engineering, and marketing teams, from early product development through launch, including the review of marketing strategies and assets.
Performing first-pass review of advertising and marketing collateral, including claim substantiation, disclosures, promotions and sweepstakes, and endorsements and testimonials.
Supporting the review of hardware product development, identifying legal risks in areas such as product labeling and regulatory certifications.
Supporting Toast's trademark portfolio development and enforcement efforts, including investigating potential third-party infringement, preparing cease-and-desist letters and takedown requests, and tracking matters through resolution.
Researching and summarizing U.S. and international laws and regulations relevant to the Toast platform, products, services, and marketing activities.
Helping maintain and improve scalable processes for providing legal input to business partners, such as review checklists, templates, FAQs, and intake workflows.
Working collaboratively across functions to build an understanding of how Toast products work and how applicable laws and regulations shape their development.
Managing your own deliverables, communicating clearly on routine matters, and collaborating with other legal team members as needed.

A J.D. from an ABA-accredited U.S. law school, and membership in good standing to at least one state bar.
3-4+ years of legal experience, preferably advising corporate and commercial entities.
Familiarity with marketing and product-related laws and regulations, and with core privacy concepts.
Experience supporting the review of advertising and marketing collateral, or a strong interest in developing it.
A strong eagerness to learn and detail-oriented focus.
A solution-oriented, customer service, and growth mindset, with the ability to apply established legal frameworks to novel business concepts.
Strong communication skills and the ability to explain legal concepts clearly to a non-legal audience.
The ability to work well with cross-functional teams, manage multiple projects with supervision, and recognize when to escalate.

Exposure to trademark matters, such as clearance, enforcement, or prosecution support, or to hardware or consumer product compliance
Experience working with fast-paced technology, software, or fintech companies