Lead Counsel, Youth

Meta; United States; In loco; USD 190.000 - 240.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Meta seeks an experienced Product Counsel to support youth-focused products across its family of apps. You will partner with product, policy, engineering, and operations teams to build safe, compliant features for teens and families while navigating a dynamic regulatory landscape.

You will advise on privacy, data protection, and safety laws, manage inquiries, and translate legal risk into actionable product guidance in a fast-paced environment.

Competenze

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent degree required or expected.
• Active and in good standing bar license in at least one U.S. state.
• 5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney in various settings.
• Experience advising on children's or teens' privacy and online safety laws.

Mansioni

• Partner with product, policy, engineering, and operations teams to advise on legal risk for youth-focused features.
• Navigate youth privacy/regulatory frameworks (e.g., COPPA and related laws) to ensure compliance.
• Lead responses to regulatory inquiries and government-facing matters related to consumer privacy or platform safety.
• Provide practical, business-friendly legal guidance for fast-paced product development.
• Integrate AI considerations into product risk assessments and design practices.

Conoscenze

Legal writing

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Formazione

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent

Bar license in at least one US state

Descrizione del lavoro

Meta's Legal team is seeking an experienced Product Counsel to support our youth-focused products and experiences across Meta's family of apps. In this role, you will serve as a trusted legal partner to product, policy, engineering, and operations teams building features and safeguards for younger users. You will navigate a complex and rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscape — including youth privacy/data protection laws, age-appropriate design requirements, and online safety frameworks — to help Meta build products that are safe, responsible, and compliant for teens and families.

Meta’s Product Counsel organization provides strategic legal advice and risk mitigation to product, engineering, and business teams across Meta’s family of products and services. The organization partners cross-functionally to address complex, novel legal issues in a fast-paced, innovative environment, and influences product and business decisions at scale.

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institutionActive and in good standing bar license in at least one U.S. state or equivalent foreign bar license.
• Where the jurisdiction of licensure differs from the location in which the role is based, the ability to promptly obtain permission to practice law for Meta in that location5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm, in-house, or in government
• Experience advising on children's or teens' privacy and online safety laws and regulations (e.g., COPPA, UK AADC, UK OSA, EU DSA, AU SMMA)
• Experience working directly with product and engineering teams to assess legal risk and implement compliance requirements in a fast-paced environment
• Experience managing regulatory inquiries or government-facing matters related to consumer, privacy, or platform safety issues
• Demonstrated experience providing legal advice on technology, internet, or media products and services
• Effective communication, legal writing, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated business judgment, client counseling, and strategic thinking skills
• Proven track record of delivering results with large-scale, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment
• Experience making decisions in the face of ambiguity and evolving priorities
• 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
• Familiarity with age-appropriate design frameworks, parental consent mechanisms, and minor-specific data handling requirements across multiple jurisdictions
• In-house legal experience at a consumer technology or social media company with youth-facing products
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)