[Hiring] Associate General Counsel, Ads Product @Reddit

Role Description

We’re looking for a highly motivated, technically savvy, and pragmatic attorney to join our Ads Legal team as Associate General Counsel, Ads Product. This role will provide legal guidance to our Ads Product and Engineering teams on a wide range of initiatives while collaborating with other partners across the company, including our commercial legal, ads policy, sales, privacy, and regulatory teams. This is an opportunity for an attorney who is mission-focused, proactive, and driven to make a big impact on Reddit’s rapidly growing ads business.

Location: Remote – United States (NYC/SF preferred but not required)

What You’ll Do:

• Enable Product Growth: Leverage a deep understanding of technical product operation and business strategy to advise teams building products and features in a fast-paced, high-growth setting.
• Work Autonomously: Serve as principal legal advisor to various ads product areas, and develop subject-matter expertise to lead cross-product initiatives.
• Guide Strategy: Develop principles and frameworks that will help teams design products for a changing regulatory environment.
• Counsel Emerging Technologies: Advise on cutting-edge technology, including AI-driven features, data-clean-room solutions, and advanced machine learning.
• Engage Across Functions: Work closely with product managers, engineers, business partners, and other functions and all levels of the company.
• Data & Privacy Governance: Ensure that products and features comply with evolving global privacy and data laws (GDPR, ePrivacy, U.S. State Laws) and internal policies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience with a significant focus on online advertising.
• Experience as ads product counsel at a UGC platform is a plus.
• A nimble, creative thinker with lots of positive energy, superior organizational skills, a growth mindset, strong attention to detail, a sense of humor, and a team-first attitude.
• Deep knowledge of technical ads infrastructure and emerging trends.
• Experience advising AI-feature development in ads is a plus.
• A "get-to-yes" mindset with enthusiastic collaboration to find workable solutions and drive risk-based decision-making.
• Ability to process information quickly, confidently exercise judgment in a timely fashion, and succinctly summarize complex legal concepts.
• Ability to lead cross-functional groups and drive successful, timely outcomes in projects while balancing other tasks and responsibilities.
• Strong working knowledge of privacy laws and regulations, including the GDPR, U.S. State Privacy Laws, and self-regulatory regimes (IAB, NAI).
• Knowledge of other statutory regimes that impact ads platforms (e.g., DSA, the EU AI Act).
• JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (or ability to register as in-house counsel where required).

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k with Employer Match
• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Generous Paid Parental Leave