Counsel, Regulatory Affairs (Archived)

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 116 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

We are looking for a tech platform regulation regulatory attorney with 5+ years of legal experience, preferably with 3+ years in house, with experience responding to informal and formal regulatory inquiries, analyzing new laws and its impact to the business, and building and maintaining strong regulatory relationships. A successful candidate is passionate about Reddit’s mission “to empower communities and make their knowledge accessible to everyone” and is flexible, curious, and has a reputation for being highly collaborative.

What You’ll Do:

Manage and respond to regulatory requests from around the world about how Reddit’s products work.
Manage government and regulator discussions, negotiations, and disclosures on compliance readiness efforts.
Review proposed and new regulations to analyze potential business impact and/or advocate for changes in the law.
Provide advice and counsel to ensure Reddit meets its legal obligations and legal requirements under US, EU, and other applicable legal frameworks.
Be a lead legal subject matter expert on areas of online platform regulation, ensuring consistency in counseling across the legal team, in line with Reddit’s user-centric approach.
Serve as a strategic, proactive, and pragmatic legal partner to help product and business teams anticipate and plan for future regulatory risks and requirements.

What We’re Looking For:

Law degree (JD, LLB, LLM, etc.). You are locally licensed in a U.S. jurisdiction, and ideally you have legal experience in multiple jurisdictions.
5+ years of legal experience at a top law firm and/or in house, with ideally 3+ years of in-house product counseling and/or regulatory experience.
Strong background advising on global platform compliance laws, like in data protection, content regulation, and child safety.
Demonstrated experience advising on regulatory readiness in a fast paced, product-forward environment.
Strong legal drafting and writing skills and a penchant for concise, plain English writing.
Experience responding to and partnering with regulators, particularly in Europe.
Experience collaborating and building relationships effectively across time zones and with cross-functional partners at all levels of the business.
Ability to assess risk strategically and help clients manage risk while achieving their goals.

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is:

$230,000—$322,000 USD

In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.

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Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

Counsel, Regulatory Affairs

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