Senior Counsel

• **This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Counsel based in Switzerland.**
• This role offers the opportunity to provide strategic legal guidance across product, privacy, regulatory, and trust & safety matters in a highly distributed environment.
• You will advise product, engineering, marketing, and safety teams on complex legal requirements affecting digital products and global users.
• The position combines practical product counseling with regulatory analysis, compliance strategy, and advocacy around emerging laws.
• You will help teams launch innovative products while balancing customer needs, user safety, privacy, security, and freedom of expression.
• A key part of the role involves simplifying complex legal issues and turning them into clear, actionable recommendations for business and technical stakeholders.
• You will also design scalable legal processes and workflows that enable the organization to respond effectively to evolving regulatory requirements.
• This is an ideal opportunity for a versatile attorney who thrives in ambiguity, works independently, and enjoys partnering closely with cross-functional teams.

### Accountabilities

• Advise Product, Engineering, and Trust & Safety teams on regulations and industry standards covering content safety, consumer protection, intellectual property, privacy, and data security.
• Provide practical product counseling across web hosting, site creation, content publishing, ecommerce, social media, and other digital product areas, using a business-oriented approach centered on user needs.
• Provide subject matter expertise on data protection and privacy requirements, including GDPR and CCPA, as well as consent frameworks for digital marketing and advertising.
• Develop scalable processes for documenting and demonstrating compliance with privacy and regulatory obligations.
• Monitor emerging global regulations, assess their potential business impact, and help teams prepare for upcoming requirements.
• Participate in industry groups and engage with regulators, government agencies, and officials to represent organizational interests and contribute to relevant policy discussions.
• Partner with Trust & Safety teams to develop and oversee policies that balance freedom of expression and user safety with applicable legal requirements.
• Design legal processes and workflows that allow compliance activities to scale effectively as regulatory and privacy requirements increase.
• Support cross-functional teams in navigating complex or uncertain legal issues by providing clear recommendations and practical paths forward.
• Contribute to broader legal matters and stretch into areas such as litigation or intellectual property when business needs require additional support.

**Requirements:**

• Hold a JD from a U.S.-accredited law school with 5+ years of relevant legal experience, or qualify as an EU-based attorney under the applicable exception.
• Bring familiarity with industries, concepts, and business models such as open source, user-generated content, web hosting, social media, ecommerce, and digital advertising.
• Have strong knowledge of product, privacy, and regulatory requirements relevant to digital products and online platforms.
• Demonstrate familiarity with regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, the Digital Services Act, the UK and Australian Online Safety Acts, the EU AI Act, and global age-assurance laws; experience with these areas is a significant advantage.
• Be comfortable advising on complex regulatory and privacy matters while balancing legal requirements with product and business objectives.
• Demonstrate strong judgment and the ability to provide clear, actionable recommendations even when information is incomplete or circumstances are ambiguous.
• Be a collaborative and humble teammate who can also work independently and effectively in an asynchronous environment.
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to develop expertise in new legal areas as organizational needs evolve.
• Communicate complex legal concepts clearly to product, engineering, marketing, safety, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Be capable of operating with minimal friction while maintaining a high standard of legal analysis and practical business judgment.
• Candidates may be considered at either Counsel or Senior Counsel level, with title, compensation, and scope of independent ownership reflecting experience and qualifications.

**Benefits:**

• Salary range of $180,000–$300,000 USD, with global salary ranges paid in local currency.
• Compensation may exceed the stated range in certain cases based on the candidate's potential contribution and expected impact.
• Fully remote work environment.
• Open vacation policy.
• Opportunity to work on complex global product, privacy, regulatory, and trust & safety matters.
• Exposure to emerging regulations and rapidly evolving legal issues affecting digital products and online communities.
• Opportunity to work across international markets and collaborate with globally distributed teams.
• Country-specific benefits are available according to the applicable location.
• Scope, title, and compensation can be aligned with the experience and qualifications brought to the role.