Senior Legal Counsel

Overview

A nonprofit organization dedicated to free knowledge is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to provide comprehensive in-house legal guidance to its Fundraising, Product, and Engineering teams. This role focuses on marketing, product development, and privacy issues, supporting innovation while protecting the privacy of a global community.

Responsibilities

• Analyze current and upcoming regulations related to marketing, customization, and fundraising initiatives to support Advancement, Product, and Technology teams, including mobile app development.
• Collaborate with legal and public policy professionals to address the impact of Generative AI and help create a global legal ecosystem that supports free knowledge with minimal disintermediation.
• Identify and execute opportunities to advance the organization's mission within a complex and evolving technological and legal landscape.
• Support Product and Engineering teams in developing data governance models that enable novel features while maintaining high privacy standards, particularly in reader engagement.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school or equivalent foreign degree, preferably with significant U.S. legal experience.
• 5-7 years of experience advising on product, privacy, marketing, and internet law issues, ideally as in-house counsel for a user-facing digital technology or internet company with global reach.
• Proven experience working closely with engineering teams as a legal advisor to achieve organizational goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with full fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with marketing, fundraising, campaign customization, and online communities.
• Background or work experience in marketing, campaign management, computer science, engineering, or related fields, with a good understanding of fundraising, marketing, and software engineering processes.
• Ability to speak additional languages, experience living or working outside the United States, or prior work on international legal issues.

Compensation & Benefits

• The anticipated annual salary range for U.S.-based applicants is $109,920 to $167,448, with the final offer based on skills, experience, and location.
• For applicants outside the U.S., compensation will be adjusted according to the country of hire.
• The organization is a remote-first employer with staff and contractors in over 40 countries.
• Benefits include a comprehensive U.S. benefits package and a commitment to equitable and competitive compensation.

Location

• Hiring is currently open in the following U.S. states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
• International hiring is open in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya (citizens/permanent residents only), Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore (citizens/permanent residents only), South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
• Non-U.S. employees are hired through a local third-party Employer of Record and must have current work authorization in their location.

Equal Opportunity

The organization is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Additional Information

Applicants requiring accommodations during the application process due to disability are encouraged to request assistance.