Counsel, Perplexity

• J.D. from an accredited law school, or an LL.M. or equivalent law degree, and current authorization to practice law in the U.S. state where you are located
• At least five years of relevant legal experience at a law firm, government agency, or in house, with meaningful consumer protection or product counseling experience
• Strong command of U.S. consumer protection law and enforcement principles, including Section 5 of the FTC Act and state unfair or deceptive acts and practices (UDAP) laws
• Experience with several of the following areas: subscriptions and auto-renewal, advertising and marketing, privacy and data protection, payments, promotions, platform regulation, or AI governance
• Ability to lead a product or regulatory matter independently, from fact development through recommendation and execution
• Excellent judgment. You know what to decide, what to escalate, and how to explain risk without slowing the business unnecessarily
• Clear, direct writing and the ability to translate legal requirements for product, engineering, and business teams
• Comfort learning technical systems and asking precise questions about how products, data flows, and controls actually work
• Hands-on attitude, low ego, intellectual curiosity, and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment
• Genuine interest in AI products and the legal questions created by how people use them

Desirable

• We are looking for a practical, versatile attorney to join our Product, Privacy and Regulatory Legal team
• You will have a clear center of gravity in consumer protection and a flexible mandate across product counseling, privacy, regulatory matters, marketing, subscriptions, and international expansion
• This is not a narrow subject matter role. You might advise on a new consumer product flow one day, assess an advertising or subscription practice the next, and help respond to a regulator or customer escalation after that
• You will work directly with Product, Engineering, Growth, Marketing, Support, Security, GRC, Policy, and Communications
• The right person can identify the legal issue quickly, learn the product deeply, and give the business a practical path forward
• You will own matters independently and help turn recurring questions into clear guidance and durable systems
• This role Reports to the Senior Director, Product, Privacy and Regulatory Legal
• Serve as a primary legal partner for consumer products and features from early design through launch and post-launch review
• Advise on consumer protection issues, including unfair and deceptive practices, disclosures, pricing, subscriptions, renewals, refunds, promotions, advertising claims, dark patterns, and customer support practices
• Review marketing, growth, and advertising initiatives, including adtech and martech integrations, audience practices, email and messaging campaigns, and product claims
• Counsel product and engineering teams on privacy, data use, consent, retention, security, AI transparency, age-related protections, and other legal requirements
• Lead legal review of cross-functional launches and translate complex requirements into practical product and operational choices
• Support responses to consumer complaints, state attorneys general, competition authorities, privacy authorities, and other regulators around the world, in partnership with the regulatory lead and outside counsel
• Assess incidents and escalations that cross product, privacy, consumer protection, contractual, and regulatory lines
• Monitor legal developments affecting AI products and online services, then convert them into clear advice, playbooks, and product requirements
• Help build scalable legal infrastructure, including templates, review standards, decision records, training, and self-service guidance
• Flex across the broader Product, Privacy and Regulatory Legal portfolio as company priorities and risk change