Senior Product Counsel, Ads

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San Mateo, CA
283K-315K Annually
Senior level
Computer Vision • Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality • Web3 • Metaverse
Immersive gaming and creation platform
The Role
As Senior Product Counsel, you will provide legal advice to product and engineering teams at Roblox, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations related to ads and data processing. You will develop policies, training, and playbooks, and work cross-functionally to manage legal risks while supporting product launches in an evolving legal landscape.
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Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

As Product Counsel, you will act as a key advisor and first point of legal contact to support our product and engineering teams in building the future of the Roblox platform. Our mission is to become product guides and to provide thoughtful and effective legal advice to help our business teams succeed. To accomplish this, we work closely with other members of the legal team and collaborate with a wide range of cross-functional teams to identify risks while maintaining a keen sense of business judgment. 

This role is dedicated to providing strategic legal advice to internal product and engineering teams, primarily in connection with our use and processing of data for ads and measurement purposes, and building ads products and tools. The role requires application of complex, evolving legal frameworks to new and innovative products and services. This is a phenomenal opportunity to join a growing legal team, learn about exciting new technologies and business models, and work on novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.

You will report to the Senior Director of Global Partnerships and Ads Counsel at our San Mateo offices. 

You will:

  • Act as a trusted advisor to Roblox product, engineering, and operations teams as well as company leadership throughout the product and process development lifecycle to ensure healthy product launches.
  • Ensure compliance with US and international laws and regulations including those concerning content regulation, communications, online safety, consumer protection, and advertising.
  • Coordinate advice with cross-functional team members, including product, marketing, trust & safety, product policy, and other internal and external legal counsel.
  • Develop internal playbooks, training, drafting policies to raise awareness of advertising legal issues internally with product and engineering teams.
  • Stay on top of the latest developments in a constantly evolving legal landscape and develop deep expertise in Roblox’s products.
  • Build positive and influential relationships company-wide through trusted advising, knowledge-sharing and training.

You have:

  • 7+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably a combination of law firm and in-house experience at a consumer-facing technology company.
  • A license to practice law in a US jurisdiction.
  • Experience with global privacy legal requirements, especially those relating to social media, digital advertising, or other technologies
  • Experience advising on advertising aspects of content moderation laws such as DSA.
  • Excellent judgment in analyzing problems, suggesting solutions, and offering creative, practical, and legally sound advice, considering the business's needs and objectives.
  • The ability to handle a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and proactively investigating and identifying issues.
  • The desire to work on a small but growing team, and a track record of collaborating with cross-functional team members to overcome complex challenges.

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.

Annual Salary Range

$283,220$315,490 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love: 

  • Industry-leading compensation package
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • A rewarding 401k program
  • Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
  • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy 
  • Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
  • At Roblox HQ: 
    • Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
    • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
    • Annual CalTrain Go Pass

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.

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The Company
HQ: San Mateo, CA
2,500 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2004

What We Do

Roblox is an immersive gaming and creation platform that offers people millions of ways to be together, inviting its community to explore, create and share endless unique experiences. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together — in a world that's safe, civil, and optimistic. To achieve this vision, we are building an innovative company that, together with the Roblox community, has the ability to strengthen our social fabric and support economic growth for people around the world.

Why Work With Us

Every day, Roblox employees tackle complex questions and drive incredible innovation. Join us in building the future of human connection and communication.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

We are requiring employees to be in the office three days a week – with core days being Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Mondays and Fridays, employees may choose to work remotely, although the office will still be open.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
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