Lead Counsel, Product (Instagram)

Meta

$160K — $190K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution
  • Active bar license in good standing in at least one U.S. state or equivalent foreign bar license
  • 5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm, in-house, or in government
  • Experience advising on technology, internet, social media, or consumer-facing digital products
  • Knowledge of privacy, data protection, consumer protection, advertising law, and platform regulatory compliance
  • Strong communication skills to explain complex legal issues to diverse stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary legal advisor for Instagram's product, engineering, and business teams
  • Advise on a variety of legal areas including privacy, intellectual property, and advertising law
  • Analyze new products and features for legal risks across multiple jurisdictions
  • Create scalable legal solutions that help product teams comply with regulatory requirements
  • Lead cross-functional projects involving legal analysis and compliance
  • Guide product and business decisions to align with legal and regulatory standards
  • Monitor global regulatory trends and translate them into practical guidelines

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence significant product decisions at a leading tech company
  • Engage in diverse legal challenges across multiple jurisdictions
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Access to resources for professional development and growth
  • Be part of shaping policies in a fast-evolving digital landscape
Full Job Description
Serve as the primary legal partner to Instagram product, engineering, and business teams, providing practical and strategic legal advice on complex and novel legal questions arising from Instagram's products, features, and business models
• Advise on a broad range of legal subject areas relevant to Instagram, including privacy, data protection, consumer protection, intellectual property, advertising law, platform integrity, and emerging regulatory frameworks
• Analyze new Instagram products and features to identify and mitigate legal risks across multiple jurisdictions, including the EU, US, and other key markets
• Build and scale legal solutions and frameworks that enable Instagram product teams to meet regulatory obligations while maintaining product velocity and innovation
• Drive high-impact, cross-functional projects involving legal analysis and compliance, partnering with policy, communications, security, operations, and business stakeholders
• Influence Instagram product and business decisions by ensuring alignment with legal and regulatory requirements and proactively identifying legal risk mitigation opportunities
• Develop and deliver clear, actionable legal guidance to non-legal audiences, including product managers, engineers, and business leaders across Instagram
• Monitor and assess evolving global regulatory developments relevant to Instagram, including those related to content moderation, youth safety, advertising, and data privacy, and translate those developments into practical product and compliance guidance
• Collaborate with Meta's broader legal, policy, and compliance teams to ensure consistency and alignment on cross-cutting legal issues affecting Instagram and Meta's family of apps
• Proactively identify systemic legal risks across Instagram's product portfolio and develop scalable approaches to address them across teams and geographies

Minimum Qualifications
• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution
• Active bar license in good standing in at least one U.S. state or equivalent foreign bar license, where the jurisdiction of licensure differs from the location in which the role is based, the ability to promptly obtain permission to practice law for Meta in that location
• 5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm, in-house, or in government
• Experience providing legal advice on technology, internet, social media, or consumer-facing digital products and services
• Experience with privacy, data protection, consumer protection, advertising law, intellectual property, and/or platform regulatory compliance
• Experience communicating complex legal issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Familiarity with emerging areas such as AI-driven advertising, influencer/creator marketing, and youth or teen safety considerations
• Experience with regulatory engagement, inquiries, or investigations involving advertising or platform products
• Experience advising social media, consumer internet, or mobile application product and engineering teams on developing advertising, commerce, and monetization products

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