Lead Counsel - AI Product

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• Provide practical, strategic legal advice to product, engineering, and business teams across Meta’s global products and initiatives
• Analyze new products, features, and business models to identify and mitigate legal risks across multiple jurisdictions
• Advise on a broad range of legal subject areas, including consumer protection, data protection, privacy, competition, intellectual property, and emerging legal frameworks
• Drive high-profile, high-impact projects involving legal analysis and compliance with cross-functional stakeholders (business, policy, legal, communications, security, etc.)
• Influence product and business decisions, ensuring alignment with legal and regulatory requirements
• Proactively identify and address potential legal roadblocks, developing plans to mitigate risks

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution
• Active and in good standing bar license in at least one U.S. state or equivalent foreign bar license. Where the jurisdiction of licensure differs from the location in which the role is based, the ability to promptly obtain permission to practice law for Meta in that location
• 5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm, in-house, or in government
• Demonstrated experience providing legal advice on technology, internet, or media products and services
• Experience with advertising, privacy, data protection, consumer protection, competition, and/or intellectual property laws and regulations
• Proven business judgment and client counseling skills
• Effective communication skills
• Experience working on cross‑functional projects and influencing executive‑level stakeholders
• High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to create structure and execution plans in a fast‑paced environment

• 8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm, in‑house, or in government
• Experience working on AI powered products
• Product counseling experience
• Demonstrated experience with AI transactions, including complex licensing, joint development, and strategic partnerships
• Prior in‑house experience supporting advanced product teams or 0→1 product launches
• Familiarity with global data privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory issues in the AI domain

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and Whats App further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$167,000/year to $233,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

Not Applicable

Full‑time

Legal

Industries:
Technology, Information and Internet

Menlo Park, CA

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