Associate General Counsel, Product & Privacy
The Trade Desk•San Jose, CA
•$164,900 - $302,400•Hybrid
About The Position
The Trade Desk is seeking an Associate General Counsel, Privacy & Product, to join its global legal team. This role offers a unique opportunity to build privacy into products that are redefining the digital advertising ecosystem. The successful candidate will work on critical, privacy-focused technologies designed to build a trusted advertising ecosystem in a vibrant, fast-paced environment. The role will focus on legal counseling to product and business teams to mitigate legal risk in all phases of product development, requiring sound, independent legal judgment in fast-paced, high-stakes circumstances.
Requirements
- J.D. degree from ABA accredited law school.
- Must be a member in good standing of an applicable state bar.
- 8+ years of legal experience.
- Familiarity with legal issues impacting the digital advertising industry including self-regulatory guidelines, privacy and data governance issues and legislation, consumer protection, and global privacy laws & regulations.
- Technology savvy.
Nice To Haves
- Experience advising on advertising technology matters.
- Detailed understanding of US state privacy laws.
- Product review experience.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the company's product and business teams from the initial stages of product development and beyond to identify potential legal risks and provide risk-mitigation counseling.
- Maintain an up to date understanding of the intersection of global privacy laws and advertising technology, and how the use of cookies, tags, pixels, AI/ML models, and other mechanisms customize and personalize digital advertising.
- Work closely with internal business partners to understand their perspectives, processes, applications, projects, and technologies to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and best practices while guiding them to the successful resolution of projects.
- Educate employees, partners, and clients about current and emerging privacy issues facing the company and the industry.
- Collaborate with legal and business team members to improve processes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents
- 401k plan and company match
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Well-being benefits
- Reimbursement for certain tuition expenses
- Parental leave
- Sick time of 1 hour per 30 hours worked
- Vacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours thru the first year and 160 hours thereafter
- Around 13 paid holidays per year
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Stock-based compensation grants
- Variable compensation-based incentives and commissions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
