Associate Product Counsel, Ads
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The application window will be open until at least March, 11 2025. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Washington D.C., DC, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Portland, IN, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.Minimum qualifications:
- JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
- Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
- 3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
Preferred qualifications:
- Ability to have insights of privacy, consumer protection, antitrust, contract, content moderation/safety, or IP law issues in a technology context.
- Excellent judgment skills, with the ability to take decisions as needed based on incomplete information.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex issues with clarity in writing and in meetings.
- Passion for technology and a sense of humor.
About the job
As Corporate Counsel at Google, you will work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You will be a part of a whip-smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you will take on challenge, will help you to think big and differently. You should be collaborative - ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company. As an integrated part of the team, you will have to proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will not only move information into the 21st century, but move information law forward as well.
In this role, you will be joining a team of lawyers who will be the primary legal advisers to the product managers and engineers who design, build and run the Ads products that generate most of Google's business, and that also help to power the free and open internet. As a product counsel, it will be your job to spot legal risk in the products for which you will be given the responsibility, and work with the product teams to identify ways to manage those risks (e.g., by exploring alternative product solutions with our clients). You will also work with our commercial counsel, specialist advisers (e.g., privacy counsel or competition counsel), comms team and public policy team. You will become an expert in the products that you will cover, knowing a product's functionality, and the team's business goals, more deeply than any other lawyer. You may also become a subject matter expert on a niche area of law that impacts your products.
20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.
Responsibilities
- Advise on a range of matters such as the design of our Ads products, handling of user data, public statements relating to the products, policies that govern the use of the product and their enforcement.
- Analyze existing legal regimes around the world to identify potential impacts on our products and future product decisions.
- Collaborate with the Product and Engineering teams that run our products, also with other product counsel, lawyers in other roles at Google (e.g., commercial counsel and specialist counsel), our Communications and Public Policy team.
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