Airbnb · 2 hours ago
Senior Counsel, Product
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$208K/yr - $254K/yr
9+ years expAirbnb is a global company that connects hosts and guests for unique travel experiences. The Senior Counsel, Product will provide legal guidance to various teams on compliance issues related to product development, focusing on consumer protection and global regulatory challenges.
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Responsibilities
Advise business, product, design, and engineering teams throughout the product development and operations programming lifecycle and on a broad range of compliance issues for cutting edge and first impression legal issues
Serve as day-to-day partner for business teams in order to understand the product roadmap and provide pragmatic and strategic advice in your area of coverage, to minimize legal risks while advancing business interests across multiple jurisdictions
Lead consensus building across legal and coordinate advice across complex and multifaceted legal issues, including laws and regulations dealing with privacy, consumer protection, AI, intermediary liability, competition, anti-discrimination, employment, marketing/IP, ecommerce, payments, and other laws related to current and proposed activities you counsel
Collaborate effectively with Legal counterparts supporting other business units and global product legal counterparts to ensure consistency across the product team and provide globally-aligned legal advice
Draft clear and concise risk analyses, memoranda, disclosures, disclaimers, FAQs, terms of use, policies, and implement related processes
Manage outside counsel on complex research issues with an eye toward driving business goals while effectively managing time and cost
Qualification
Required
A JD with 9-12 years of relevant experience in law firms, governmental agencies, and/or in-house legal departments
Barred in a US state, preferably CA, or eligible to register as California Registered In-House Counsel
Knowledge of and experience applying regulations and industry guidelines (e.g. consumer protection law, CDA 230, DMCA, E-Commerce Directive, GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, CAN-SPAM, DSA/DMA, employee misclassification, and other regulations related to internet platforms)
Pragmatic and self motivated team player who has a flexible and proactive mindset
Rigorous analytical skills with the ability to condense complex legal advice into clear and succinct oral and written advice
Comfort with making decisive risk-based decisions, often urgently and independently
Demonstrated ability to inspire trust, forge relationships quickly, and earn the confidence and cooperation of business partners
A solid working knowledge of the Airbnb platform, evolving product lines, and competitive landscape
Empathetic with strong ethical judgment
Preferred
In-house experience at a multinational, consumer-facing technology company in a product counseling capacity is strongly preferred
Previous product counsel experience is a plus
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits
Company
Airbnb
Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Airbnb has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (234)
2024 (176)
2023 (160)
2022 (270)
2021 (250)
2020 (274)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.44BKey Investors
VERSO CapitalJP Morgan ChaseFirstMark
2020-12-10IPO
2020-04-14Debt Financing· $1B
2020-04-06Private Equity· $1B
Leadership Team
Brian Chesky
Co-founder & CEO
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder / Chief Strategy Officer
Recent News
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