Product Counsel, Roblox
Advertising
$211.8-252.2k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Online gaming and entertainment platform
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Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$211.8-252.2k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably a combination of law firm and in-house experience at a consumer-facing technology company
- Previous experience counseling advertising product teams and/or research teams building foundation models
- Strong business-oriented judgment and the ability to analyze problems, propose solutions, and provide advice that is creative, practical, and legally acceptable, taking into account the needs and objectives of the business
- Understand the letter of the law and can approach problems in a practical, principled approach
- The ability to manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and proactively investigating and identifying issues
- The desire to work on a small but growing team, and a track record of collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to overcome complex challenges
- A license to practice law in a US jurisdiction
What the job involves
- As Product Counsel for the Ads and Brands team, you will act as a key advisor and first point of legal contact to support our product, engineering, and other teams in building the future of the Roblox platform
- Our mission as Product Counsel is to become product experts and to provide thoughtful and effective legal advice to help our business teams succeed
- To accomplish this, we work closely with other members of the legal team and collaborate with a wide range of cross-functional teams to identify risks while maintaining a keen sense of business judgment
- This role is dedicated to providing strategic legal advice to internal product and engineering teams, primarily in connection with our Ads and Brands team
- The role requires application of complex, evolving legal frameworks to new and innovative products and services
- This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team, learn about interesting new technologies and business models, and work on novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment
- Act as a trusted advisor to Roblox product, engineering, and operations teams as well as company leadership throughout the product and process development lifecycle to ensure healthy product launches
- Assist with legal initiatives related to Roblox’s advertising products, models, and technologies
- Ensure compliance with US and international laws and regulations including those concerning advertising, privacy, copyright, online safety, and consumer protection
- Coordinate advice with cross-functional stakeholders, including product, marketing, trust & safety, and other internal and external legal counsel
- Develop internal playbooks, training, drafting policies to raise awareness of laws and regulations applicable to advertising products internally with product and engineering teams
- Stay on top of the latest developments in a fast-changing legal landscape and develop deep expertise in Roblox’s products
- Build positive and influential relationships company-wide through trusted advising, knowledge-sharing and training
- You will report to the Director, Product Counsel for Creator, Economy, Ads & Brands
Our take
Online gaming may be a well-established space, but Roblox has distinguished itself as a leader by empowering its community to build, share, and profit from their own creations, turning game development into an accessible, rewarding ecosystem for millions of users.
In addition to standard games, the platform offers virtual worlds and other experiences to explore and interact with. Its platform provides an online ecosystem for millions to create, socialize, chat, and explore immersive experiences with friends. In fact, in the US its used by two-thirds of children aged 9 to 12.
While the platform does face scrutiny over users safety (particularly given its young audience) the company's efforts to strengthen parental controls and open dialogue through initiatives like its new Parents Council signal a growing commitment to addressing these challenges. At the same time, its financial performance and creator-focused investments underscore a business in very strong health. With record payouts to developers, an expanding older player base, and a platform that increasingly rewards creative talent, Roblox's trajectory remains one of innovation and impressive growth.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2021
$520m
SERIES H
Feb 2020
$150m
SERIES G
Total funding: $922.8m
Company HQ
South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
David Baszucki
(Founder & CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford before founding Knowledge Revolution in 1990, where they spent 9 years as CEO. They worked as VP of MSC.Software for 2 years, and started Roblox in 2005.
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