Associate Product Counsel, Search Ads and Commerce
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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 relevant attorney work experience in product, intellectual property, privacy, antitrust law, or commercial law.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience providing legal advice from product development to launch.
- Knowledge of local privacy and data security laws.
- Ability to have insights on privacy, consumer protection, antitrust, contract, content moderation/safety, or IP law issues in a technology context.
- Ability to work collaboratively, separately, strategically with excellent decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex issues with clarity in writing and in meetings.
About the job
The Search Ads Product Counsel team comprises a group of lawyers providing legal advice to the product managers and engineers in two of Google's most strategically important business lines: the Search Ads and Ads on Google Experiences (SAGE) team and the Google Shopping team. Our lawyers support flagship products like search ads, shopping ads, organic shopping, and AdSense for Search, as well as the business generation of nearly all of Google's owned and operated properties, including Search, Google Maps, Gmail, and Discover. The team advises product and engineering teams on all aspects of legal and regulatory risk, with a particular focus on competition, consumer protection, and privacy law. We also partner closely with regulatory counsel, litigation counsel, and outside counsel on the strategic defense and response to regulatory investigations and active litigation.Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice to engineering, product management, UX research, trust and safety, and cross-functional teams at global scale, from the initial stages of innovative product development to launch.
- Ensure compliance with global laws including competition, privacy, content regulation, trademark, copyright, and consumer protection.
- Partner with regulatory affairs and litigation teams on the defense and response to regulatory investigations and active litigation.
- Respond promptly to a wide range of legal requests from stakeholders across the company that relate to search ads, shopping, and the business generation of Google's owned and operated properties.
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