[Hiring] Senior Counsel @Automattic

Role Description

Automattic is seeking a talented attorney to support our product, privacy, and regulatory work. We’re looking for a versatile lawyer who gets things done with minimum friction, makes the complex seem simple, and can provide actionable advice to help business teams launch great products for our vibrant community of users.

• Advise product, engineering, and trust & safety teams on implementation of a broad assortment of regulations and industry standards, focusing on content safety, consumer protection, intellectual property, privacy, and data security.
• Familiarity with laws like DSA, the UK and Australian Online Safety Acts, EU AI Act, and worldwide age-assurance laws is a major plus.
• Provide product counseling on a wide array of products relating to web hosting, site creation, content publication, ecommerce, social media, and more, using a business-forward approach that puts our customers at the center of your analysis.
• Provide subject matter expertise on data protection and privacy laws, such as GDPR and CCPA, advise on consent frameworks for digital marketing and advertising, and build scalable processes for documenting compliance.
• Track and prepare for upcoming regulations, and participate in industry groups around the globe, representing Automattic before regulators and advocating for Automattic’s interests before government agencies and officials.
• Work with trust & safety teams to develop and oversee policies championing freedom of expression and user safety while complying with applicable laws.
• Design processes and workflows that enable the legal team to effectively scale compliance in a manner that meets the increase in regulatory and privacy requirements.

Qualifications

• JD from a US accredited law school with 5+ years of relevant experience (or an exception EU-based attorney).
• Familiarity with the industries, concepts, and business models relevant to Automattic’s products (e.g., open source, user-generated content, web hosting, social media, ecommerce, and digital advertising) and the product, privacy, and regulatory requirements that apply to them.
• Humble and eager teammate who is also able to function independently and work in an asynchronous environment, with a willingness and ability to stretch into new areas like litigation or IP if needed.
• Be comfortable in the grey areas, and have the ability to provide recommendations and offer clear thinking even with imperfect information.
• We are hiring at either the Counsel or Senior Counsel level, and we encourage candidates across both levels to apply.

Requirements

• Salary range: $180,000 - $300,000 USD.
• Please note that salary ranges are global, regardless of location, and we pay in local currency.
• We are searching for high-caliber candidates with the skills and qualities to have a net positive for Automattic.
• Pay will reflect the potential contribution and the impact you can bring, which may, in some cases, go beyond the range stated.
• This isn’t your typical work-from-home job; we are a fully-remote company with an open vacation policy.

Benefits

• To see a full list of benefits by country, consult our Benefits Page.
• Read more about our compensation philosophy.
• Check out these links to learn more about How We Hire and What We Expect from Ourselves.

Company Description

Now in our 20th year, we’re the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Beeper, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, and more. We believe in making the web a better place.

• We’re a distributed company with more than 1500 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages.
• Enriched by this diversity, we’re united by a singular mission: to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single source.
• We believe in Open Source, and the vast majority of our work is available under the GPL.
• Automattic is a Most Loved Company, an Equal Opportunity employer, and Disability Confident Committed.