Description:

Position Summary:
Senior Regulatory Compliance Counsel is responsible for handling all regulatory matters the company faces, including inquiries or investigations by federal or state regulators. The role also advises the business on regulatory compliance issues, provide thoughtful legal solutions, and drafting policies and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance. Experience in e-commerce is highly preferred, as is humility for learning something new. Relevant subject-matter expertise includes knowledge of e-commerce and in FTC, CPSC, CFPB and CBP regulations and operations. The position reports to General Counsel of the Americas or Associate General Counsel of Corporate, depending on candidate's experience.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Provide regulatory guidance on federal, state and local laws and regulations.
  • Offer legal advice on areas of risk exposure and propose strategic, creative and effective solutions to address those risks.
  • Handle all regulatory inquiries or investigations.
  • Periodic communications with and training of business on regulatory issues and compliance, and emerging trends.
  • Work cross-functionally with privacy, security, and data protection teams to drive compliance policies and processes relating to product development.
  • Work cross-functionally with business and operations teams to build processes that ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Learn about regulatory emerging trends, anticipate changes in laws or regulations and shifts in industry practice; assess their business impacts and share with internal stakeholders.

Job Requirement:
  • Minimum of 6-8+ years of experience as a practicing regulatory attorney at a top-tier firm, in-house, or in government.
  • Substantive expertise in compliance and regulatory practice.
  • Sound judgment and ability to balance legal risks with practical business objectives in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Meticulous with excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
  • Flexible team-player who can work well in a group or alone.
  • Sense of humor and humility.
  • High integrity with willingness to learn and share knowledge.
  • In-house legal experience is strongly preferred; experience with a tech startup or a public company is a bonus but not required. Ideal experience would be with e-commerce platform company.
  • Ability to work in Mandarin/English professional environment is a plus but not required.