This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Counsel based in Germany.
This role offers the opportunity to advise product, engineering, marketing, and trust & safety teams on complex product, privacy, and regulatory matters. You will help translate evolving global regulations into practical guidance that enables teams to launch products confidently and responsibly. The position covers areas including content safety, consumer protection, intellectual property, privacy, data security, and digital advertising. You will also contribute to regulatory readiness, industry engagement, and policies that balance user safety with freedom of expression. Working across a highly distributed environment, you will bring clear, business-oriented legal advice to complex and rapidly evolving situations. The role offers significant ownership and the opportunity to shape scalable legal and compliance processes across a broad international product portfolio.
Accountabilities
- Advise product, engineering, and trust & safety teams on regulatory and industry requirements related to content safety, consumer protection, intellectual property, privacy, and data security.
- Provide practical product counseling across web hosting, site creation, content publishing, ecommerce, social media, and other digital products, keeping customer needs and business objectives at the center of your analysis.
- Provide subject matter expertise on data protection and privacy frameworks, including GDPR and CCPA, as well as consent requirements for digital marketing and advertising.
- Develop scalable processes and workflows for documenting and maintaining regulatory and privacy compliance.
- Monitor emerging and upcoming regulations and help the organization prepare for changes in applicable requirements worldwide.
- Participate in relevant industry groups and represent the organization in discussions with regulators, government agencies, and officials.
- Work closely with trust & safety teams to develop and oversee policies that support freedom of expression and user safety while meeting legal obligations.
- Help the legal function scale effectively as regulatory, privacy, and compliance requirements continue to grow.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify legal risks, develop practical solutions, and support timely product launches.
Requirements:
- JD from a US-accredited law school with 5+ years of relevant legal experience, or an exception for an EU-based attorney.
- Strong familiarity with legal and regulatory issues affecting open source, user-generated content, web hosting, social media, ecommerce, digital advertising, and related technology business models.
- Experience advising on product, privacy, regulatory, or online safety matters in complex and evolving legal environments.
- Familiarity with regulations such as the Digital Services Act (DSA), UK and Australian Online Safety Acts, EU AI Act, GDPR, CCPA, or worldwide age-assurance requirements is highly valued.
- Ability to provide clear, actionable, business-oriented legal advice that enables teams to make decisions and move products forward.
- Comfortable working through ambiguity and making well-reasoned recommendations when information is incomplete or requirements are still evolving.
- Strong collaboration skills, combined with the ability to work independently and effectively in an asynchronous environment.
- Humble, adaptable, and willing to expand into new areas of legal work, including litigation or intellectual property matters when required.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills, with the ability to make complex legal and regulatory topics accessible to non-legal stakeholders.
Benefits:
- Salary range of $180,000–$300,000 USD, with compensation paid in local currency depending on location.
- Compensation may exceed the stated range in some cases based on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and potential contribution.
- Fully remote work environment.
- Open vacation policy.
- Country-specific benefits packages for eligible employees.
- Opportunity to work on complex international product, privacy, regulatory, and online safety matters.
- Significant scope for independent ownership, with title, compensation, and responsibilities aligned with experience and qualifications.
- Collaboration with distributed teams across multiple regions and regulatory environments.
- Opportunity to contribute to scalable legal processes supporting a broad range of digital products and services.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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