Senior Counsel

The role

This person will support product, privacy, and regulatory work. They will advise product, engineering, and marketing teams to launch new products and untangle global regulations.

What you will do

• Advise product, engineering, and trust & safety teams on implementation of regulations and industry standards.
• Provide product counseling on web hosting, site creation, content publication, ecommerce, and social media.
• Provide subject matter expertise on data protection and privacy laws.
• Advise on consent frameworks for digital marketing and advertising.
• Build scalable processes for documenting compliance.
• Track and prepare for upcoming regulations.
• Participate in industry groups and represent Automattic before regulators and government agencies.
• Work with trust & safety teams to develop and oversee policies for freedom of expression and user safety.
• Design processes and workflows to scale compliance.

Required qualifications

• JD from a US accredited law school with 5+ years of relevant experience (or an exception EU-based attorney)
• Familiarity with industries, concepts, and business models relevant to Automattic’s products
• Humble and eager teammate
• Able to function independently and work in an asynchronous environment
• Willingness and ability to stretch into new areas like litigation or IP if needed
• Comfortable in the grey areas
• Ability to provide recommendations and offer clear thinking even with imperfect information

Nice to have

• Familiarity with laws like DSA, the UK and Australian Online Safety Acts, EU AI Act, and worldwide age-assurance laws

Benefits

• Open vacation policy

Before you apply

• Prioritizing candidates who reside in the United States or Europe

About the company

Automattic is a distributed company with more than 1500 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe. They are the company behind WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, Tumblr and more.