About the position
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 as Product Counsel is to become product experts 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 our Safety and User teams. The role requires application of complex, evolving legal frameworks to new and innovative products and services. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team, learn about interesting new technologies and business models, and work on novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- 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 partners, including product, marketing, trust & safety, product policy, and other internal and external legal counsel.
- Develop internal playbooks, training, and policies to raise awareness of online safety 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.
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably a combination of law firm and in-house experience at a consumer-facing technology company.
- Admitted to the California bar in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status).
- Experience counseling UGC platforms, social media platforms, or communication platforms.
- Previous experience counseling a Safety team in the tech industry on fraud and/or kids safety issues.
- Strong business-oriented judgment and the ability to analyze problems, propose solutions, and provide advice that is creative, practical, and legally acceptable, taking into account the needs and objectives of the business.
- The ability to manage 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 stakeholders to overcome sophisticated challenges.
- Outstanding communication abilities, with proven experience in cross-functional collaboration and consensus building.
- A track record of educating internal stakeholders, translating complex concepts, and advising on risk mitigation strategies.
Benefits
- Equity compensation
- Health insurance
- 401k
- Paid time off
- Flexible work schedule
