Senior Product Counsel, Consumer

Roblox•San Mateo, CA

1d•$252,210 - $297,550•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Product Counsel focused on consumer products, you will act as a key advisor and first point of legal contact to support our product and engineering teams in building the future of the Roblox platform. Our mission as Product Counsel is to become product experts and to provide thoughtful and effective legal advice to help our business teams succeed. To accomplish this, we work closely with other members of the legal team and collaborate with a wide range of cross-functional teams to identify risks while maintaining a keen sense of business judgment. This role is dedicated to providing strategic legal advice on consumer facing products. The role requires application of complex, evolving legal frameworks to new and innovative products and services. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team, learn about interesting new technologies and business models, and work on novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

5+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably a combination of law firm and in-house experience at a consumer-facing technology company.
A license to practice law in a US jurisdiction.
Experience counseling social media platforms, communications services, or products with parental controls.
Strong business-oriented judgment and the ability to analyze problems, propose solutions, and provide advice that is creative, practical, and legally acceptable, taking into account the needs and objectives of the business.
The ability to manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and proactively investigating and identifying issues.
The desire to work on a small but growing team, and a track record of collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to overcome complex challenges.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience counseling kids safety and/or privacy issues.
Prior experience working with product policy or trust and safety orgs to develop internal and external policies.
Superior communication abilities, with proven experience in cross-functional collaboration and consensus building.
A track record of educating internal stakeholders, translating complex concepts, and advising on risk mitigation strategies.

Responsibilities

Act as a trusted advisor to Roblox product, engineering, and operations teams as well as company leadership throughout the product and process development lifecycle to ensure healthy product launches.
Advise on legal and regulatory considerations related to user signup, account settings, parental controls, age assurance, social interactions, including chat, discovery systems, personalization, and recommendations.
Ensure compliance with US and international laws and regulations including those concerning content regulation, communications, online safety, consumer protection, and advertising.
Coordinate advice with cross-functional stakeholders, including product, marketing, trust & safety, product policy, and other internal and external legal counsel.
Help draft and review product policies, user-facing disclosures, and terms of service.
Contribute to internal policies, compliance initiatives, and training for product and engineering teams.
Stay on top of the latest developments in a fast-changing legal landscape and develop deep expertise in Roblox’s products.
Build positive and influential relationships company-wide through trusted advising, knowledge-sharing and training.