Associate General Counsel, Reddit
Privacy & Global Regulatory Affairs
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Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Open for applications
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Reddit's mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Law degree (JD, LLB, LLM, etc.). You are locally licensed in your jurisdiction, and ideally you have legal experience in multiple jurisdictions
- 10+ years of legal experience, at a top law firm or in house, with 5+ years of in-house privacy compliance experience
- Demonstrated experience implementing and managing a successful privacy compliance program in a fast paced, product-forward environment
- Experience with global privacy laws and industry guidelines, especially including those relevant for tech platforms like Reddit
- Strong legal drafting and writing skills and a penchant for concise, plain English writing
- Experience responding to and partnering with regulators, particularly in Europe
- Program/project management skills, including the ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects
- Nimble, proactive and an excellent communicator. You are used to collaborating effectively across time zones and have the ability to build strong relationships with engineers, product managers, legal colleagues and other internal stakeholders at all levels of the business
- We are looking for a senior privacy and regulatory compliance attorney with 10+ years of legal experience, preferably with 5+ years in-house, with experience managing a privacy compliance program, responding to informal and formal regulatory inquiries, and building regulatory relationships
- A successful candidate is passionate about privacy and even more passionate about collaborating with cross-functional colleagues to create a best-in-class compliance program in a fast-moving environment
What the job involves
- Support Reddit’s global privacy compliance program. Provide advice and counsel to ensure Reddit meets its legal obligations and legal requirements under US, EU and other application legal frameworks
- Implement and maintain external and internal privacy- and legal-related policies and processes in line with industry standard frameworks. Partner with and advise product and technical teams to design and implement privacy controls as part of Reddit’s privacy program
- Manage government and regulator discussions, negotiations, and disclosures on compliance readiness efforts
- Be a lead legal subject matter expert for privacy and data protection, ensuring consistency in privacy counseling across the legal team, in line with Reddit’s user-centric approach to privacy
- Partner with and advise technical teams to investigate potential privacy and security issues and ensure compliance with applicable law
- Be a strategic, proactive and pragmatic legal partner and collaborator with high EQ
- Be an evangelist across the company and externally for Reddit’s privacy-focused approach
Our take
Reddit is a website that facilitates thousands of message board communities, known as subreddits, with an aim to promote authentic human connection. There are more than 100,000 communities on Reddit, covering everything, from food, entertainment, sports, and books, to more niche topics that cater for very specific audiences.
The simple platform is used by more than 52 million people a day and attracts over 50 billion monthly views. While these are impressive numbers, they do pale in comparison with social media giants Facebook and Twitter, however, Reddit distinguishes itself by providing easy-to-find communities for a truly endless range of topics.
Reddit makes money through advertising as well as offering a premium ad-free membership plan. The company has enjoyed continuous user & revenue growth, acquisitions by Conde Nast in 2006 and Advance in 2011, and plans to launch an IPO bid in 2024.
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Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$410m
SERIES F
Feb 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time off
- 4+ months paid parental leave
- Personal and professional development stipend
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Steve Huffman
(CEO)After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.
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