Senior Counsel

Accountabilities:

• Advise Product, Engineering, and Trust & Safety teams on regulations and industry standards covering content safety, consumer protection, intellectual property, privacy, and data security.


• Provide practical product counseling across web hosting, site creation, content publishing, ecommerce, social media, and other digital product areas, using a business-oriented approach centered on user needs.


• Provide subject matter expertise on data protection and privacy requirements, including GDPR and CCPA, as well as consent frameworks for digital marketing and advertising.


• Develop scalable processes for documenting and demonstrating compliance with privacy and regulatory obligations.


• Monitor emerging global regulations, assess their potential business impact, and help teams prepare for upcoming requirements.


• Participate in industry groups and engage with regulators, government agencies, and officials to represent organizational interests and contribute to relevant policy discussions.


• Partner with Trust & Safety teams to develop and oversee policies that balance freedom of expression and user safety with applicable legal requirements.


• Design legal processes and workflows that allow compliance activities to scale effectively as regulatory and privacy requirements increase.


• Support cross-functional teams in navigating complex or uncertain legal issues by providing clear recommendations and practical paths forward.


• Contribute to broader legal matters and stretch into areas such as litigation or intellectual property when business needs require additional support.

Requirements

• Hold a JD from a U.S.-accredited law school with 5+ years of relevant legal experience, or qualify as an EU-based attorney under the applicable exception.


• Bring familiarity with industries, concepts, and business models such as open source, user-generated content, web hosting, social media, ecommerce, and digital advertising.


• Have strong knowledge of product, privacy, and regulatory requirements relevant to digital products and online platforms.


• Demonstrate familiarity with regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, the Digital Services Act, the UK and Australian Online Safety Acts, the EU AI Act, and global age-assurance laws; experience with these areas is a significant advantage.


• Be comfortable advising on complex regulatory and privacy matters while balancing legal requirements with product and business objectives.


• Demonstrate strong judgment and the ability to provide clear, actionable recommendations even when information is incomplete or circumstances are ambiguous.


• Be a collaborative and humble teammate who can also work independently and effectively in an asynchronous environment.


• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to develop expertise in new legal areas as organizational needs evolve.


• Communicate complex legal concepts clearly to product, engineering, marketing, safety, and other cross-functional stakeholders.


• Be capable of operating with minimal friction while maintaining a high standard of legal analysis and practical business judgment.


• Candidates may be considered at either Counsel or Senior Counsel level, with title, compensation, and scope of independent ownership reflecting experience and qualifications.

• Salary range of $180,000–$300,000 USD, with global salary ranges paid in local currency.


• Compensation may exceed the stated range in certain cases based on the candidate's potential contribution and expected impact.


• Fully remote work environment.


• Open vacation policy.


• Opportunity to work on complex global product, privacy, regulatory, and trust & safety matters.


• Exposure to emerging regulations and rapidly evolving legal issues affecting digital products and online communities.


• Opportunity to work across international markets and collaborate with globally distributed teams.


• Country-specific benefits are available according to the applicable location.


• Scope, title, and compensation can be aligned with the experience and qualifications brought to the role.

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