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About the Role
Meta seeks a highly motivated and experienced team player to serve as Lead Counsel on Meta's Data Protection team, focusing on Personalization and Monetization. This role offers a great opportunity to tackle significant legal challenges in a fast-evolving area of law, working at the intersection of privacy, product development, AI, and EU digital regulation.
Responsibilities
- Analyze products, policies, and initiatives to provide practical legal risk mitigation strategies across multiple jurisdictions.
- Monitor and respond to developments in data protection and relevant consumer laws.
- Provide full-service support to the wider legal team on EU regulatory and litigation matters, including liaising with regulators.
- Advise policy, legal, product, engineering, and other business teams on data protection laws and regulations for external communications, policy development, and enforcement decisions.
Requirements
- Solicitor or barrister qualified to practice law in at least one European jurisdiction or the UK.
- 5+ years of relevant legal experience, including law firm or in-house experience.
- In-depth knowledge of legal issues in online social media platform operations, including data protection law.
- Knowledge and experience in GDPR, privacy regulatory compliance, ePrivacy requirements, and the EU digital regulatory framework (Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience partnering with and influencing cross-functional teams in a highly matrixed organization.
- Proven communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex concepts and translate insights for leadership.
- Must have a law degree or equivalent, be licensed to practice law, and hold a current practicing certificate or equivalent bar registration/license.
- Requires sound judgment, ability to translate complex legal requirements into practical product advice, commitment to high-quality work, and interest in new technologies.
Skills
- Data protection law
- GDPR
- Privacy regulatory compliance
- ePrivacy requirements
- EU digital regulatory framework
- Digital Services Act
- Digital Markets Act
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- AI skill development
- Prompt/context engineering
- Agent orchestration
- Responsible AI practices
- Risk assessment
- Bias mitigation
- Quality and accuracy reviews
Location
- Europe
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of relevant legal experience
Education Level
- Law degree or equivalent certificate
About the Company
- Meta is a company operating in the fast-evolving area of law, focusing on privacy, product development, artificial intelligence, and EU digital regulation.