Description:

Meta's Reality Labs legal group seeks an attorney with experience of consistently driving projects forward and finding opportunities to increase impact to join as Associate General Counsel to support Reality Labs (RL) Insights, and related cross-functional teams across our product lines. Reality Labs is building the next generation of computing devices to bring the world together and make people feel closer. This includes Quest and Wearable products, AR and VR software and hardware, and the metaverse. Success in this position will require applying a complex and evolving global legal framework to new tech products and services.

In this role, you will provide legal advice and counsel to the RL Insights teams, review research proposals, and review products, features, and initiatives to inform on product research, usability, development, and improvement while balancing important priorities. You will help to ensure legal compliance with privacy laws and other legal requirements across multiple jurisdictions. This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge issues in a time-sensitive environment. You will provide front-line legal support with demonstrated experience in communicating, drafting, and negotiating working collaboratively with legal colleagues and business partners across the organization.

Associate General Counsel - Reality Labs (RL) Insights Responsibilities

Research and Privacy counseling, providing direct support to RL Insights research teams, reviewing and analyzing research plans, research studies, study reports/findings for privacy and other legal risk and compliance issues, and drafting research, legal, and operational policies, playbooks, frameworks, and other guidance
Commercial transactions, providing direct support to RL Insights research teams, drafting and negotiating vendor agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and help structure and implement research programs and their related policies, procedures, and terms and conditions
Academic and Policy engagements, providing direct support to RL Insights research teams for research and product collaborations and agreements with academic institutions and policy organizations
Provide and coordinate legal advice and education to RL Insights research teams, and other business teams across complex and multifaceted legal issues including regulatory compliance, privacy, sensitive data, data governance, competition, and intellectual property issues
Act as a trusted partner and subject matter expert on RL Insights research across all product lines
Build influential relationships with executives, product teams, and peers in Reality Labs and across the family of Meta companies
Lead consensus-building and drive coordination with other members of Legal and business teams in Reality Labs and across the family of Meta companies

Minimum Qualifications:

J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent)
Active membership in at least one US state bar and eligibility to obtain registered in-house counsel status
5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm and/or in-house or government experience
Demonstrate business judgment and client counseling skills
Experience with regulatory or privacy law or research counseling
Experience working under your own initiative and cross-functionally
Experience working on multiple projects at once in a time-sensitive environment
Proven problem-solving, communication, and conflict resolution skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience providing commercial, privacy, or product counseling for large technology company or technology sector
Prior experience advising on use, sharing, collection and analysis of data including data governance
Prior in-house experience
Regulatory experience in any area, but privacy background preferred
Experience building scalable legal functions and processes, e.g. frameworks, playbooks, product guidance

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About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

$198,000/year to $266,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits (https://www.metacareers.com/benefits) at Meta.

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