Sr. Product & Privacy Counsel

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About the Role

Join a dynamic legal team working on a variety of legal issues across the entire company. You will be an important legal advisor to Twitch's teams on all phases of the product development life cycle, with a particular focus on privacy, security, and artificial intelligence/machine learning. Tackle these topics and others that arise out of the operation and growth of a global User Generated Content (UGC) service. Your work will include not just advising on products, but also devising policies and compliance measures, working with lawmakers and regulators, and partnering with teams throughout the company on mitigating legal risk, using business sense to develop thoughtful strategies to meet business goals while assessing mitigating legal risk. You will report to our Associate General Counsel.

You can work in Los Angeles, CA; Irvine, CA; Seattle, WA; or San Francisco, CA.

You Will:

• Advise on the application of a range of laws and regulations, with a focus on privacy, data security, AI/ML, and advertising / ad technology.
• Review products, features, and initiatives to provide advice consistent with Twitch's legal obligations globally.
• Support product and advertising growth while balancing user and policy considerations.
• Draft and manage the implementation of consumer disclosures, FAQs, terms of use, and privacy notices.
• Manage and develop strategies for potential disputes, litigation, enforcement, and regulatory matters.
• Partner with and provide advice to cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, Engineering, Privacy, Security, Policy and Customer Trust.
• Collaborate with legal team members to improve processes, provide training, and ensure business needs are met.

You Have:

• J.D. Degree
• Admission to the bar of the state in which your practice in good standing (or Registered In-House Counsel)
• 5+ of years of relevant legal experience working on technology-related issues, with 1+ year of in-house experience ideally
• An interest to learn new areas of law or technology to identify legal issues and propose creative solutions for meeting goals while minimizing legal risk
• Experience advising clients in the video, mobile, gaming, e-commerce, online marketplaces, user generated content, or internet services sectors
• Substantial experience with US and international laws regarding privacy/data protection, content policy, intellectual property, marketing, or consumer protection
• High level of comfort with technology and internet services

Bonus Points

• Experience with data security and data privacy incident management
• Experience working in tandem with an operational privacy team

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

Twitch values your privacy. Please consult our Candidate Privacy Notice, for information about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information of our candidates.

Job ID: TW8772

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic marke