Associate general counsel product legal
Location
Menlo Park, CA | United States
Job description
This role involves leading and handling cutting-edge and complex integrity legal projects and matters across Meta's family of apps, including Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs (e.g. VR, AR, Metaverse). You must have flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and organizational needs, while staying focused on critical business objectives. You must also have the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, growing environment and work collaboratively and proactively with legal teams, cross-functional teams, and external stakeholders.
Associate General Counsel, Integrity Product Legal Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic and tactical legal advice to our business team to support integrity and product teams and cross-org initiatives
- Serve as content/safety/integrity legal subject matter expert related to content moderation and online safety issues such as child safety, exploitation, bullying/harassment, violation/enforcement of codes of conduct or community policies
- Provide legal analysis and guidance across many subject areas including global content regulations, intermediary liability, consumer protection laws, terms of service/policies, and other global legal frameworks including privacy and youth
- Coordinate with legal, product management, policy, communications, engineering, product marketing, operations, customer support, and other cross-functional teams on content, integrity, and safety matters, for product development/launches, regulatory readiness and compliance, and external communications
- Support Legal and Policy teams’ engagement with regulators and legislators on content, integrity, and safety issues
- Lead legal and cross-functional analysis and alignment, driving coordination and harmonization of legal guidance to internal client teams
Minimum Qualifications:
- J.D. degree or equivalent, and membership in at least one U.S. state bar
- 8+ years as a practicing attorney including at a law firm, government, and/or in-house experience
- Experience with product, privacy, or regulatory counseling related to the above subject areas
- Experience successfully taking on projects involving unfamiliar subject matters, and working effectively with cross-functional teams
- Experience developing approaches to legal challenges while providing business-focused legal advice
- Experience leading cross-functional efforts and experience working on multiple projects
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience advising on content moderation, online safety, regulatory, security, investigations, and/or law enforcement matters
- Experience with CDA 230, 18 USC §2258A, SESTA-FOSTA, EU Digital Services Act, and other content/online safety regulations
- Experience in-house at internet/technology company, building scalable legal guidance and processes such as frameworks, playbooks, and product guidance
About Meta:
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].
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