Associate General Counsel, Security Legal
Meta

Job Info

Meta is seeking a highly motivated associate general counsel to work on Meta's Central Security Legal Team, based in the United States and with a remit to support security, safety, integrity, product, regulatory and privacy equities worldwide.The ideal candidate would bring both United States and international criminal justice experience, civil litigation experience, and a keen interest in learning and working with new technologies and laws across jurisdictions and timezones. They should be able to work effectively both independently as well as with large multi-stakeholder cross-functional teams. Key qualities include excellent legal judgment, strong work ethic, strategic thinking, solid communications skills and being proactive, flexible, collaborative, and diligent.This is a rare opportunity to work with a dynamic team on complex and novel legal and technological issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.

Associate General Counsel, Security Legal Responsibilities:

• Identify and advise business and product partners on legal obligations globally relating to data disclosure, platform safety and integrity, including child safety and other serious crimes.
• Provide security, safety, integrity and privacy legal guidance on a wide range of product developments, including private messaging products, e-commerce/payments related products, AR/VR products, and business products
• Provide advice and support the processing of legal requests for user data, and manage the litigation of matters implicating user data preservation and disclosure in criminal and civil matters.
• Develop and implement effective policies for processing legal requests and protecting user data.
• Develop strategic approaches to managing regulatory, criminal and policy legal risks and resolving disputes.
• Work closely with the company's safety and security teams to protect the people who use our service from abuse.
• Support legal and public policy teams' engagement with regulators and legislators on safety and security policy
• Collaborate with members of Public Policy, Legal, Community Operations, Product, Engineering and others on safety and security matters
• Manage effective relationships with key government agencies, regulators, and law enforcement agencies, in close collaboration with internal cross-functional teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

• J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and membership in at least one US state bar
• 5+ years of legal experience, including litigation experience at a law firm and/or in-house experience
• Experience managing and handling legal and regulatory issues
• Experience with U.S. law, particularly the Stored Communications Act, Wiretap Act, Pen Register/Trap and Trace Statute.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience advising technology or telecommunications companies as in-house or outside counsel on regulatory, safety and security matters, investigations, policy and/or criminal process
• Experience with the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Stored Communications Act, General Data Protection Regulation, and and other analogous U.S. and international laws
• Experience providing guidance to providers in responding to law enforcement requests and regulatory requests.
• Experience with Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty requests, Letters Rogatory, or other forms of international cooperation
• Understanding of major EU laws regarding data disclosure and content moderation, including familiarity with the European General Data Protection Regulation.

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