Senior Product Counsel, Spectacles

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

The Legal Team is Snap’s dedicated in-house law firm, thought partner, and all-around advisor. This team helps Snap do the right thing the right way, make better decisions, understand and manage risks, and creatively navigate challenges, both external and internal. We partner with Snap team members on a wide array of matters, including privacy, product, IP, commercial transactions, corporate governance, employment, acquisitions, litigation, and policy, and social impact. We value the power of diversity, as we continually strive to build an innovative and inclusive leadership culture centered on Snap's values of Kind, Smart, and Creative.

We’re looking for a Senior Counsel to join the Product Legal team! You’ll be joining a team responsible for AI, AR, and Spectacles, and you’ll focus on counseling a diverse array of hardware and software issues. 

What You’ll Do:

• Work closely with Engineering, Product, and Design teams to understand and assess new products and technologies, from early development stages through launch.

• Review engineering and design specifications for privacy-by-design requirements and legal compliance.

• Analyze potential legal and safety risks and regulatory requirements for new products and technologies.

• Work with legal and business colleagues to develop regulatory compliance and go to market strategies.

• Help scale the legal organization by developing innovative processes - including AI - to support the fast-moving Engineering, Product, and Design teams.

• Help draft public-facing descriptions, terms, and product inserts, of new products and technologies.

• Conduct trainings for engineers and other teams across the company.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Excellent legal and business judgment, with the ability to think strategically and creatively.

• Strong understanding of laws and experience across a range of legal disciplines (e.g., advertising, privacy, consumer protection, marketing, IP).

• Strong subject matter expert on all things AR, AI and hardware.

• Detail-oriented, business-friendly, and a phenomenal teammate, with an ability to accommodate tight deadlines.

• Strong work ethic and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

• Able to communicate effectively with stakeholders across the company on complex, multifaceted issues.

• Experience working directly with engineers and product managers

• Comfortable mastering new areas of law and tech.

Minimum Qualifications:

• J.D. from a nationally recognized law school.

• Active membership in at least on state bar.

• 8+ years of experience practicing law.
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep experience counseling clients on hardware legal issues, including compliance with global hardware regulations and safety and repair standards, and counseling on products liability issues. Bonus points if you have experience with wearable technology!

• Experience advising clients on domestic and global privacy issues, including ones related to AI, AR, and wearable technology.

• Experience directly advising and working with product teams and engineers to drive outcomes that effectively balance risk mitigations and business objectives.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

Zone B:

Zone C: