Lead Counsel, IP Content & Product

Meta; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks an attorney with deep experience in online intellectual property, AI and intermediary liability to serve as Lead Counsel, IP Content & Product. You will counsel across Meta’s apps and services, including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Reality Labs, addressing global IP risks and regulatory developments.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, policy and legal teams to provide practical guidance, manage outside counsel relationships, and lead on IP

Qualifications

• J.D. degree and membership in good standing in at least one state bar.
• 5+ years of relevant legal experience, either in-house or at a law firm.
• Subject matter expertise in IP and related areas, including copyright and fair use, trademark, rights of publicity, and intellectual property licensing.
• Subject matter expertise in global intermediary liability issues and laws, including DMCA, CDA, EU Copyright Directive, and DSA.
• Experience with the evolving global IP regulatory landscape, including legal developments involving AI, direct and secondary liability, and other new IP laws.
• Experience counseling on IP issues relating to new technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to assess legal, practical, and business risks and provide clear, actionable guidance to stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to operate proactively, collaborate, and build cross-functional relationships with legal and business partners.
• Experience advising on IP issues in the technology or social media industry.
• Experience managing relationships with outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Provide counseling across Meta’s products and services on IP content, AI and intermediary liability.
• Evaluate company products and features to provide practical and business-focused IP risk guidance.
• Lead on IP legal issues across Reality Labs, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and Messenger.
• Advise on issues of direct and intermediary liability arising from copyright, trademark, news, and other content-related laws (e.g., DMCA, CDA, EU directives, DSA).
• Advise on legislative and regulatory proposals governing AI-generated content and digital replicas.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, policy, operations, and other business teams, as well as legal colleagues.
• Work with a global network of outside counsel advising on IP issues.
• Advise on IP issues related to new technologies and AI tools integration.

Skills

IP expertise

AI knowledge

Intermediary liability

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk assessment

Product launches

Outside counsel management

Global regulatory awareness

Counseling experience

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

Meta seeks an attorney with deep experience in online intellectual property, artificial intelligence and intermediary liability issues to serve as Lead Counsel, IP Content & Product. In this role, you will tackle cutting-edge IP issues on a global scale across Meta’s family of apps, products, and services, including AI, Reality Labs, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and Messenger. You will be at the forefront of IP law and working on novel matters at the intersection of law and technology. These include continued expansion of product offerings across our platforms, development of Meta’s AI products, and tackling new content and intermediary liability laws around the world. This role will involve counseling and working closely with legal colleagues, as well as product, engineering, operations, policy, and other business teams. It is an opportunity to join a highly creative and collaborative legal team and make an impact in an exciting, innovative, and dynamic environment.

Evaluate company products and features to provide practical and business-focused advice that manages global IP legal risks.

Support the development and expansion of AI products and the Metaverse, and lead on IP legal issues across Reality Labs, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and Messenger.

Advise on issues of direct and intermediary liability arising from copyright, trademark, news, right of publicity and other content-related laws (e.g., DMCA, CDA, EU Copyright Directive, DSA).

Advise on new legislative and regulatory proposals governing AI-generated content, digital replicas, AI training, news content and the like.

Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, policy, operations, and other business teams, as well as legal colleagues.

Work with a global network of outside counsel advising on IP issues.

J.D. degree and membership in good standing in at least one state bar

5+ years of relevant legal experience, either in-house or at a law firm

Subject matter expertise in IP and related areas, including copyright and fair use, trademark, rights of publicity, and intellectual property licencing

Subject matter expertise in global intermediary liability issues and laws, including DMCA, CDA, EU Copyright Directive, and DSA

Experience with the evolving global IP regulatory landscape, including legal developments involving AI, direct and secondary liability, and other new IP laws

Experience counseling on IP issues relating to new technologies

Demonstrated ability to assess legal, practical, and business risks and provide clear, actionable guidance to stakeholders

Demonstrated ability to operate proactively, collaborate, and build cross-functional relationships with legal and business partners

Experience advising on IP issues in the technology or social media industry

Experience managing relationships with outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions

Familiarity with Meta's products and services, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Reality Labs

Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver legal guidance on time-sensitive product launches

Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies