Associate General Counsel, Product (Business Agents - Paid Messaging)

Meta; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks an Associate General Counsel to provide strategic legal guidance on product counseling for Business Agents - Paid Messaging. You will partner with product, privacy, and operations teams to identify and mitigate global legal risk across multiple jurisdictions.

The role emphasizes data protection, competition law, and cross‑functional collaboration on innovative product initiatives in a fast-paced environment. A D. degree and active bar membership are required.

Qualifications

• J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and membership in at least one US state bar.
• 8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney (including at a law firm or in-house).
• Experience working independently and cross-functionally.
• Experience working on multiple projects at once in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze products, policies and initiatives to provide practical legal risk mitigation strategies for products across multiple jurisdictions.
• Provide product, engineering, and other business teams with legal advice across data protection laws, competition law, IP, and other global frameworks.
• Help drive consensus and coordinate with public policy, partnerships, communications and other cross-functional teams on multi-disciplinary issues.
• Work cross-functionally with attorneys from other teams such as privacy, regulatory, commercial, and litigation.
• Support privacy and data protection compliance initiatives as they relate to Business Agents - Paid Messaging products.

Skills

Legal analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk mitigation

Education

J.D. degree and US state bar

Tools

AI tools

Enterprise tools

Messaging platforms

Job description

Meta is seeking a highly motivated and experienced team player to serve as Associate General Counsel on Meta's product counseling team. The position will focus on providing strategic legal counseling to internal product, operations, and business teams in order to identify and mitigate global legal risk, primarily in connection with Meta's Business Agents - Paid Messaging. The role sits at the intersection of product and privacy, working closely with other legal department subgroups and requiring the creation and application of legal frameworks to new and innovative products and services. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team and to work on novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.

Associate General Counsel, Product (Business Agents - Paid Messaging) Responsibilities:

• Analyze products, policies and initiatives to provide practical legal risk mitigation strategies for products across multiple jurisdictions
• Provide product, engineering, and other business teams with legal advice across many subject areas including data protection laws and regulations, international competition law frameworks, intellectual property laws, and other global legal frameworks
• Help drive consensus and coordinate with public policy, partnerships, communications and other cross-functional teams on multi-disciplinary issues
• Work cross-functionally with attorneys from other legal teams such as privacy, regulatory, commercial, and litigation
• Support privacy and data protection compliance initiatives as they relate to Business Agents - Paid Messaging products

Minimum Qualifications:

• J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and membership in at least one US state bar
• 8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney (including at a law firm or in-house experience)
• Experience working independently and cross-functionally
• Experience working on multiple projects at once in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience advising clients on risk mitigation across technology product platforms
• Experience working with enterprise tools, developer platforms, messaging services or other Internet technologies
• In-house experience at a technology company
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Business judgment and client counseling experience
• Experience in product counseling and data protection related international frameworks

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 Affiliated 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 [e-mail].

$202,000/year to $274,000/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.