Reddit Associate General Counsel, Ads Product provides legal guidance to Ads Product and Engineering teams on a wide range of initiatives. Advises on technical product operation, business strategy, and compliance with global privacy and data laws.
Responsibilities
Enable Product Growth: Leverage a deep understanding of technical product operation and business strategy to advise teams building products and features in a fast-paced, high-growth setting.
Work Autonomously: Serve as principal legal advisor to various ads product areas, and develop subject-matter expertise to lead cross-product initiatives.
Guide Strategy: Develop principles and frameworks that will help teams design products for a changing regulatory environment.
Counsel Emerging Technologies: Advise on cutting-edge technology, including AI-driven features, data-clean-room solutions, and advanced machine learning.
Engage Across Functions: Work closely with product managers, engineers, business partners, and other functions and all levels of the company.
Data & Privacy Governance: Ensure that products and features comply with evolving global privacy and data laws (GDPR, ePrivacy, U.S. State Laws) and internal policies.
Qualification
Advertising ExpertiseGood Team MemberTechnical UnderstandingProblem SolverClearProject ManagementMastery of the Regulatory LandscapeQualifications
Required
Advertising Expertise: 10+ years of legal experience with a significant focus on online advertising. You understand the digital ads business and the information systems and data flows that support it. Experience as ads product counsel at a UGC platform is a plus.
Good Team Member: A nimble, creative thinker with lots of positive energy, superior organizational skills, a growth mindset, strong attention to detail, a sense of humor, and a team-first attitude.
Technical Understanding: Deep knowledge of technical ads infrastructure and emerging trends. Experience advising AI-feature development in ads is a plus.
Problem Solver: A "get-to-yes" mindset. Enthusiastic collaboration with the business to find workable solutions and drive risk-based decisionmaking.
Clear, Concise Communication: Someone who can process information quickly, confidently exercise judgment in a timely fashion, and succinctly summarize complex legal concepts in writing or in conversation.
Project Management: Ability to lead cross-functional groups and drive successful, timely outcomes in projects while balancing other tasks and responsibilities.
Mastery of the Regulatory Landscape: Strong working knowledge of privacy laws and regulations, including the GDPR, U.S. State Privacy Laws, and self-regulatory regimes (IAB, NAI), as well as other statutory regimes that impact ads platforms (e.g., DSA, the EU AI Act).
Qualifications: JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (or ability to register as in-house counsel where required).
