SoundCloud · 1 month ago
Senior Director - Product Counsel
New York
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $230K/yr
10+ years expSoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. As Senior Director, you will set the vision for how legal, safety, and operational rigor underpin SoundCloud’s product innovation, overseeing teams that support complex product roadmaps and safeguard platform integrity.
AppsAudioAudio Recording and ProductionIndependent MusicMusicMusic Streaming
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor teams across Product Counsel, Legal Operations, setting vision, priorities, KPIs, and scalable operational frameworks
Serve as a senior legal partner to Product, Engineering, Operations, Trust & Safety, and executive leadership, driving cross-functional strategies that balance product velocity with legal, regulatory, and platform governance requirements. You will be expected to build strong and collaborative relationships with the product leadership and to help them find solutions to difficult problems. You will need to be patient, solution-oriented, and have a clear sense of acceptable compromise
You will support the product team in the international rollout of SoundCloud Go/Go+. This will include advice regarding the localisation of the product, and in particular those compromises that need to be made in order to comply with local consumer protection, data protection, and similar laws
Provide high-level, business-minded legal guidance throughout the product lifecycle, advising on subscriptions, monetization models, marketplace offerings, payments, fan engagement features, creator tools, and global data protection compliance
Oversee privacy-by-design initiatives, review user flows and consent mechanisms, and maintain product-related Terms of Service, Privacy Policy provisions, disclosures, and compliance documentation
Ensure adherence to third-party platform and developer requirements (e.g., Apple, Google) and supervise the negotiation, technology partnerships, and vendor agreements
Oversee platform safety policies, content moderation guidelines, enforcement frameworks, and escalation management for high-risk user safety, fraud, abuse, and integrity issues
Partner with cross-functional teams to design trust & safety systems that protect users while supporting creative expression and platform growth, ensuring alignment with global online safety and consumer protection regulations
Manage Trust and Safety and copyright, including DMCA workflows, rights holder interactions, and enforcement processes, while driving improvements in tooling, automation, and operational efficiency
Qualification
Required
Qualified lawyer with 10+ years of legal experience at a technology, digital media, or related company, including experience in senior leadership roles
Significant experience leading a multi-disciplinary team of Product Counsel, Trust & Safety, Policy, and Legal Operations teams at scale
Deep expertise in technology law, privacy/data protection, consumer protection, e-commerce/subscription regulations, payments, and global regulatory environments across the U.S., EU, UK, and other major markets
Proven success in building and maturing teams, operational processes, roadmaps, and cross-functional strategies in complex or high-growth environments
Demonstrated leadership in designing and scaling Trust & Safety or platform governance frameworks, with experience in content moderation, enforcement operations, or online safety compliance
Extensive experience partnering cross-functionally with leaders throughout the organization to drive alignment, accelerate decision-making, and deliver legally sound, user-centric product and platform outcomes
Skilled at influencing executives, synthesizing complex issues into actionable guidance, and setting organizational direction across ambiguous and evolving landscapes
Experience managing outside counsel, vendors, and technology partners across multiple jurisdictions
Highly collaborative, pragmatic, solutions-oriented leader capable of balancing innovation with legal and operational risk
Experience engaging and managing outside counsel for specialized or escalated issues
Preferred
Understanding of copyright law and/or operational rights management frameworks; experience overseeing copyright operations is highly preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources
Robust 401k program
Employee Equity Plan
Generous professional development allowance
Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office
Company
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is a social sound platform where anyone can create and share sounds.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$542.82MKey Investors
Sirius XMTwitter VenturesTennenbaum Capital Partners
2020-02-11Corporate Round· $75M
2017-08-11Series F· $169.5M
2017-03-23Debt Financing· $70M
Leadership Team
Eliah Seton
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Eisenberg
Senior Vice President & Head of Global Content Partnerships
Recent News
2026-01-24
2026-01-22
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