Lead Product Counsel, Youth

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. This team is looking for an attorney who is enthusiastic about technology and its potential for positive impact in peoples’ lives. In this role you will be supporting the product teams that are working on some of our most significant cross product services and technologies for our youth users. To be successful candidates should have flexibility, collaboration skills, and help drive decision making across multiple teams within the legal department, as well as product, engineering, marketing, policy, communications, and other teams. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team and influence product and business decisions at scale.

Lead Product Counsel, Youth Responsibilities:

• Support youth product, engineering and research teams on projects involving teen and family experiences and age-appropriate content, while delivering practical legal risk assessments and mitigation strategies in these and other important spaces
• Provide holistic legal advice across many subject areas including data protection/privacy, content regulation, online safety, competition, and consumer protection
• Coordinate with policy, public affairs, product management, product marketing, privacy, and other cross-functional teams on external communications, policy development, product development, and product launches
• Lead consensus building and drive coordination with other members of the Legal team
• Maintain subject matter expertise in youth laws and regulations
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution
• 5 years of experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm and/or in-house
• Experience with one or more of the following or related legal areas: product or regulatory counseling, research counseling, consumer protection, and/or privacy
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8 years of experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm or in-house
• Experience with international legal requirements, especially those related to youth privacy/data protection, content regulation, and/or online safety
• Product counseling experience at a technology company
• Experience working autonomously and cross-functionally
• Experience prioritizing work and providing advice in a deadline driven environment across multiple jurisdictions and time zones
• Experience taking on projects involving different subject matters and supporting a portfolio of clients
  
  

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 Affirmative Action 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 accommodations-ext@fb.com.

$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.