Counsel, Product & Platform Compliance

at Reddit

New York, United States

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 116 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

Location: Chicago or New York City

We’re looking for an experienced product counsel with 5+ years of legal experience, preferably with 3+ years in-house. You will work closely with Reddit’s consumer product and engineering teams to provide legal guidance on a wide range of legal issues, including intermediary liability, information access, privacy, and content safety. A successful candidate will be passionate about collaborating with cross-functional colleagues to solve complex legal problems, and working at the cutting edge of law and technology.

What You'll Do:

Advise Reddit’s consumer product teams through all stages of product development on how to navigate potential legal risks.
Analyze new and existing regulations that are relevant to Reddit’s consumer products, and work with product teams to translate legal requirements into product requirements and implement those requirements.
Serve as a strategic partner to help product and business teams anticipate and plan for future regulatory requirements.
Develop strong cross-functional relationships and deep product and industry knowledge.

What We're Looking For:

Law degree (JD, LLB, LLM, etc.). You are licensed in the United States, and ideally you have legal experience in multiple jurisdictions.
5+ years of legal experience, with 3+ years of in-house experience at a consumer tech company.
Global experience working on B2C search, publisher and/or user generated content issues.
Strong background advising platform compliance with global laws and regulations, including the EU Digital Services Act.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including cross-translation of complex legal and technical concepts to both legal and non-legal audiences.
Excellent judgment and analytical skills.
Ability to assess risk strategically and help clients manage risk while achieving their goals.
Program/project management skills, including the ability to handle and prioritize high impact and complex multiple projects.
Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with product, engineering, and other cross-functional teams.

Benefits:

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is:

$216,700—$303,400 USD

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