WhatsApp is seeking a highly motivated and versatile team player to serve as Lead Counsel, Product, for WhatsApp. The role requires experience in applying complex, evolving legal frameworks to new and innovative products and services and influencing compliance and regulatory strategy with other legal teams across Meta. This role will focus on supporting WhatsApp monetization initiatives across a number of products and services. The ideal candidate will have the skills to work proactively and independently with various teams across the organization, including Product, Engineering, Policy, Communications and Marketing, and have experience advising on product risks in a fast-paced business environment with a rapidly-evolving legal and regulatory landscape.
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Associate General Counsel, Product (WhatsApp) Responsibilities:
- Drive and support high-profile and high-impact projects involving legal analysis and compliance with cross-functional stakeholders across WhatsApp's business, policy, legal, communications, security, and other cross-functional teams, covering many subject areas, including consumer and data protection laws and regulations
- Oversee outside counsel relationships
- Lead across and coordinate with public policy and communications colleagues on external communication, policy development, and enforcement decisions
- Help to set, implement and improve the strategy and vision for advising and partnering with business teams
- Directly manage client relationships with the business
- J.D. degree or equivalent, and membership in at least one U.S. state bar
- 5+ years of legal experience
- Experience advising clients on risk mitigation across technology product platforms
- Experience in product counseling role, building and supporting products
- Experience working independently and cross-functionally
- Experience prioritizing work and providing advice in a fast-paced environment
- Proven problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills
- 8+ years of legal experience
- Prior in-house experience at a technology company, preferably with a focus on monetizing consumer and business services, including e-commerce, payments, or advertising
- Privacy experience, including familiarity with international data protection frameworks
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.
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$198,000/year to $266,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.