Senior Product Counsel, Ads

As Product Counsel, you will act as a key advisor and first point of legal contact to support our product and engineering teams in building the future of the Roblox platform. Our mission is to become product guides and to provide thoughtful and effective legal advice to help our business teams succeed. To accomplish this, we work closely with other members of the legal team and collaborate with a wide range of cross-functional teams to identify risks while maintaining a keen sense of business judgment. 

This role is dedicated to providing strategic legal advice to internal product and engineering teams, primarily in connection with our use and processing of data for ads and measurement purposes, and building ads products and tools. The role requires application of complex, evolving legal frameworks to new and innovative products and services. This is a phenomenal opportunity to join a growing legal team, learn about exciting new technologies and business models, and work on novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.

You will report to the Senior Director of Global Partnerships and Ads Counsel at our San Mateo offices. 

You will:

• Act as a trusted advisor to Roblox product, engineering, and operations teams as well as company leadership throughout the product and process development lifecycle to ensure healthy product launches.
• Ensure compliance with US and international laws and regulations including those concerning content regulation, communications, online safety, consumer protection, and advertising.
• Coordinate advice with cross-functional team members, including product, marketing, trust & safety, product policy, and other internal and external legal counsel.
• Develop internal playbooks, training, drafting policies to raise awareness of advertising legal issues internally with product and engineering teams.
• Stay on top of the latest developments in a constantly evolving legal landscape and develop deep expertise in Roblox’s products.
• Build positive and influential relationships company-wide through trusted advising, knowledge-sharing and training.

You have:

• 7+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably a combination of law firm and in-house experience at a consumer-facing technology company.
• A license to practice law in a US jurisdiction.
• Experience with global privacy legal requirements, especially those relating to social media, digital advertising, or other technologies
• Experience advising on advertising aspects of content moderation laws such as DSA.
• Excellent judgment in analyzing problems, suggesting solutions, and offering creative, practical, and legally sound advice, considering the business's needs and objectives.
• The ability to handle a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and proactively investigating and identifying issues.
• The desire to work on a small but growing team, and a track record of collaborating with cross-functional team members to overcome complex challenges.