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Company

Airbnb · 10 hours ago

Senior Counsel, Product

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$205K/yr - $249K/yr

9+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Advise business, product, design, and engineering teams throughout the product development and operations programming lifecycle and on a broad range of compliance issues for cutting edge and first impression legal issues.

Serve as day-to-day partner for business teams in order to understand the product roadmap and provide pragmatic and strategic advice in your area of coverage, to minimize legal risks while advancing business interests across multiple jurisdictions.

Lead consensus building across legal and coordinate advice across complex and multifaceted legal issues, including laws and regulations dealing with privacy, consumer protection, intermediary liability, competition, anti-discrimination, employment, marketing/IP, ecommerce, payments, and other laws related to current and proposed activities you counsel.

Collaborate effectively with Legal counterparts supporting other business units and global product legal counterparts to ensure consistency across the product team and provide globally-aligned legal advice.

Draft clear and concise risk analyses, memoranda, disclosures, disclaimers, FAQs, terms of use, policies, and implement related processes.

Manage outside counsel on complex research issues with an eye toward driving business goals while effectively managing time and cost.

Qualification

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In-house legal experienceConsumer protection lawBarRisk-based decision makingAirbnb platformCDA 230DMCAE-Commerce DirectiveGDPRCCPACPRACAN-SPAMDSA/DMAEmployee misclassificationEthical judgment

Required

A JD with 9-12 years of relevant experience in law firms, governmental agencies, and/or in-house legal departments.

Barred in a US state, preferably CA, or eligible to register as California Registered In-House Counsel.

Knowledge of and experience applying regulations and industry guidelines (e.g. consumer protection law, CDA 230, DMCA, E-Commerce Directive, GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, CAN-SPAM, DSA/DMA, employee misclassification, and other regulations related to internet platforms).

Pragmatic and self motivated team player who has a flexible and proactive mindset.

Rigorous analytical skills with the ability to condense complex legal advice into clear and succinct oral and written advice.

Comfort with making decisive risk-based decisions, often urgently and independently.

Demonstrated ability to inspire trust, forge relationships quickly, and earn the confidence and cooperation of business partners.

A solid working knowledge of the Airbnb platform, evolving product lines, and competitive landscape.

Empathetic with strong ethical judgment.

Preferred

In-house experience at a multinational, consumer-facing technology company in a product counseling capacity is strongly preferred.

Previous product counsel experience is a plus.

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Employee Travel Credits

Company

Airbnb

Glassdoor

4.3

Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the internet.

Founded in 2008

San Francisco, California, USA

5,001-10,000 employees

http://www.airbnb.com

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