Senior Counsel, StreetEasy & New Construction

Zillow

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Zillow Group Legal and Compliance Department is a dedicated team of skilled legal professionals working in a collegial environment within an innovative, fast-paced tech, real estate, and media company. This role is part of the Business Lines Legal Team, providing frontline support for Zillow’s products and services. The position seeks an outstanding product attorney to provide legal support to the StreetEasy and New Construction business lines. StreetEasy, Zillow’s New York brand, is a portal for New Yorkers to buy, sell, and rent in New York City, requiring expertise in real estate portal legal compliance, NYC brokerage operations, real estate rules, marketing, AI, promotions, and general product support. Zillow’s New Construction business offers advertising products for homebuilders, focusing on product development, software and data licensing, AI, marketing, claim substantiation, trust and safety, and general product support. The attorney will need to provide quick and accurate legal advice, identify, engage, and collaborate with stakeholders within Legal and Compliance and other shared services, and be willing to learn new areas of law while leveraging subject matter experts. Demonstrated expertise in supporting the development and launch of real estate tech products, offering creative solutions to complex problems, and building strong relationships with clients and colleagues is essential.

Requirements

7+ years of relevant experience with a national or regional law firm or in-house legal department, preferably at a tech company
A JD with active state bar admission
Experience with licensing, marketing, intellectual property, and commercial agreements
Aptitude for innovative and goal-oriented problem solving
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with ability to persuasively advise on the implications of legal issues and risk
Outstanding attention to detail, a proactive work ethic, and top-notch drafting and negotiation skills
A project-manager approach to ownership of projects and the ability to quickly get things done by creating clarity from ambiguity
A team-first attitude with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across departments and levels to develop consumer-centric, leading-edge solutions

Nice To Haves

Experience with real estate regulatory frameworks, the New York real estate market, and the national builder landscape preferred

Responsibilities

Serve as legal point of contact and subject matter expert for our StreetEasy and New Construction business lines. Support includes all aspects of the product development lifecycle, including product design and copy, marketing collateral, vendor / partner contracts, customer service scripts / escalations, data use & privacy implications, and disclosures and terms of use
Embed yourself with business partners and provide tactical and pragmatic legal counsel for special projects, pilot programs, and other key initiatives that are central to our strategy
Proactively partner with cross-functional business teams and shared services (e.g., privacy, fair housing, finance, compliance industry, licensing, communications, and marketing) to identify and resolve novel legal matters that arise during the product development lifecycle
Analyze proposed and enacted legislative changes that impact assigned products and work with government relations and product teams to develop and execute implementation plans
Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including for key strategic partnerships
Collaborate closely with other internal partners, including other product attorneys, privacy, finance, tax, risk management and information security and compliance