[Hiring] Senior Counsel, Product @Airbnb

Role Description

Airbnb’s Legal Department is a global team that will require working with diverse international colleagues around the world. The successful candidate will be someone who is adaptable, collaborative and embodies Airbnb’s Core Values. Candidates will be required to approach complex legal issues with a balance for local and global perspectives, while being adaptable to cultural differences and nuances. A genuine and demonstrated interest in Airbnb and a commitment to ethics, integrity and fostering a workplace that emphasizes diversity and belonging is a must.

The position will support Airbnb’s new lines of business, and legal work will typically involve global issues related to:

• Supply
• Sourcing
• Licensing
• Trust & safety
• Consumer protection
• Platform immunity
• Compliance with regulations
• Guest and host features
• Platform policies and standards
• Customer support

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting and providing advice and guidance to the product, operations, design, and engineering teams on Airbnb’s business. You must have excellent judgment in balancing legal risks with business strategy and a proven ability to learn new areas of law and function independently in a demanding fast-paced environment.

A Typical Day

• Advise business, product, design, and engineering teams throughout the product development and operations programming lifecycle and on a broad range of compliance issues.
• Serve as day-to-day partner for business teams to understand the product roadmap and provide pragmatic and strategic advice.
• Lead consensus building across legal and coordinate advice across complex legal issues.
• Collaborate effectively with Legal counterparts supporting other business units.
• Draft clear and concise risk analyses, memoranda, disclosures, disclaimers, FAQs, terms of use, and policies.
• Manage outside counsel on complex research issues.

Qualifications

• A JD with 9-12 years of relevant experience in law firms, governmental agencies, and/or in-house legal departments.
• In-house experience at a multinational, consumer-facing technology company in a product counseling capacity is strongly preferred.
• Barred in a US state, preferably CA, or eligible to register as California Registered In-House Counsel.
• Knowledge of and experience applying regulations and industry guidelines (e.g. consumer protection law, CDA 230, DMCA, TCPA, E-Commerce Directive, GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, CAN-SPAM, DSA/DMA).
• Pragmatic and self-motivated team player with a flexible and proactive mindset.
• Rigorous analytical skills with the ability to condense complex legal advice into clear and succinct oral and written advice.
• Comfort with making decisive risk-based decisions, often urgently and independently.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire trust, forge relationships quickly, and earn the confidence of business partners.
• A solid working knowledge of the Airbnb platform, evolving product lines, and competitive landscape.
• Empathetic with strong ethical judgment.

Location

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. You must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

How We'll Take Care of You

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Pay Range: $208,000 — $253,500 USD