Product Counsel
"The front page of the internet," Reddit brings over 430 million people together each month through their common interests, inviting them to share, vote, comment, and create across thousands of communities. Come for the cats, stay for the empathy.
As Product Counsel, you’ll get to work with a variety of teams including the product and engineering teams that are focused on monetization, internalization, and new products. You must have excellent judgment in balancing legal risks with business strategy and a proven ability to learn new areas of law at a rapid pace and function independently in a demanding environment. You will use your drive and experience to make a big impact on Reddit’s business. If you’re passionate about the law and business and love a challenging, team-focused, fast-moving environment, then this is the place for you.
What You’ll Do:
- Advise multiple stakeholders across product, engineering, and business development throughout the product development cycle (from the initial stages of product development, through launch, to market strategy) on a broad range of best practices and compliance issues regarding reddit.com and its apps.
- Understand and stay up to date on U.S. and international laws and regulations related to platforms and ability to explain complex legal issues in basic terms for the company.
- Provide pragmatic day to day and strategic advice to minimize legal risks while advancing business goals and initiatives.
- Ability to draft clear and concise public facing disclosures, disclaimers, terms of use or other public facing documents for our customers.
- Manage internal projects, training, processes, and drive cross-functional efforts to successful completion.
What We Can Expect From You:
- 3+ years relevant experience; JD from top law school; admitted to the Bar
- Proficiency in two or more of the following areas: intellectual property, privacy, content regulation, consumer protection, or financial regulatory frameworks
- Experience with financial technology and payments, direct-to-consumer products, gaming, and subscriptions preferred
- Strong legal research skills and comfort tackling new and developing areas of law in the US and internationally
- Comfortable handling chaos and ability to thrive in a team environment
- Superior organizational skills and attention to detail
- Enthusiasm and passion for technology, law, and business
- Eagerness and drive to continue learning
- Sense of humor