Product & Privacy Counsel for AI Regulation & Growth

Perplexity; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 200,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity is seeking a practical, versatile attorney to join our Product, Privacy and Regulatory Legal team in the United States. The role centers on consumer protection, privacy, regulatory matters, and product counseling with an international expansion focus.

You will work with Product, Engineering, Growth, Marketing, Support, Security, GRC, Policy, and Communications to turn complex requirements into practical guidance and durable systems.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school, or an LL.M. or equivalent law degree, and current authorization to practice law in the U.S. state where you are located
• At least five years of relevant legal experience at a law firm, government agency, or in house, with meaningful consumer protection or product counseling experience
• Strong command of U.S. consumer protection law and enforcement principles, including Section 5 of the FTC Act and state UDAP laws
• Experience with several areas: subscriptions and auto-renewal, advertising and marketing, privacy and data protection, payments, promotions, platform regulation, or AI governance
• Ability to lead a product or regulatory matter independently, from fact development through recommendation and execution
• Excellent judgment. You know what to decide, what to escape, and how to explain risk without slowing the business unnecessarily
• Clear, direct writing and the ability to translate legal requirements for product, engineering, and business teams
• Comfort learning technical systems and asking precise questions about how products, data flows, and controls actually work
• Hands-on attitude, low ego, intellectual curiosity, and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment
• Genuine interest in AI products and the legal questions created by how people use them

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary legal partner for consumer products and features from early design through launch and post-launch review
• Advise on consumer protection issues, including unfair and deceptive practices, disclosures, pricing, subscriptions, renewals, refunds, promotions, advertising claims, dark patterns, and customer support practices
• Review marketing, growth, and advertising initiatives, including adtech and martech integrations, audience practices, email and messaging campaigns, and product claims
• Counsel product and engineering teams on privacy, data use, consent, retention, security, AI transparency, age-related protections, and other legal requirements
• Lead legal review of cross-functional launches and translate complex requirements into practical product and operational choices
• Support responses to consumer complaints, state attorneys general, competition authorities, privacy authorities, and other regulators around the world, in partnership with the regulatory lead and outside counsel
• Assess incidents and escalations that cross product, privacy, consumer protection, contractual, and regulatory lines
• Monitor legal developments affecting AI products and online services, then convert them into clear advice, playbooks, and product requirements
• Help build scalable legal infrastructure, including templates, review standards, decision records, training, and self-service guidance
• Flex across the broader Product, Privacy and Regulatory Legal portfolio as company priorities and risk change

Skills

J.D.

5+ years experience

Consumer protection

Product counseling

Privacy & data protection

Regulatory matters

Written communication

AI governance

Education

J.D.

LL.M.

Job description

Perplexity is seeking a practical, versatile attorney to join our Product, Privacy and Regulatory Legal team in the United States. The role centers on consumer protection, privacy, regulatory matters, and product counseling with an international expansion focus.

You will work with Product, Engineering, Growth, Marketing, Support, Security, GRC, Policy, and Communications to turn complex requirements into practical guidance and durable systems.