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Global Product Legal is the dedicated legal team for the product, operations, and engineering organization, covering product counseling, creator and industry partnerships, music rights, and AI development.
We partner with business teams, legal specialists, and cross-functional partners to build strategies and execute on product and business initiatives, while navigating a complex regulatory environment and maintaining stakeholder trust.
You will work with product, operations, and engineering from early planning through launch, helping deliver products and initiatives used by billions of people.
We are looking for legal talents like you, who are passionate about innovation, technology, and content, to join us and work closely with legal experts around the world to realize this vision. This is a highly collaborative, on-site role that requires five days per week in the office located in San Jose, CA.
Responsibilities: As the Product Legal Counsel and Legal BP for the product you support, you will take on the following responsibilities: - Product Feature Review: Conduct comprehensive legal assessments of product functions and features, AI model training and deployment, and more, and provide legal opinions. - Cross-regional and Cross-functional Collaboration: Provide cross-regional and cross-functional legal support, communicate closely with various teams to resolve complex issues spanning multiple jurisdictions and legal areas, deliver pragmatic solutions under tight timelines, and ensure alignment with global compliance standards. - Process Optimization: Identify process bottlenecks, develop clear guidelines for high-frequency scenarios, and provide training to relevant teams on common issues, to keep pace with the fast-moving business. - Commercial Support: Assist business teams in advancing day-to-day commercial transactions and operations, and participate in the drafting and negotiation of business contracts. - Handle other tasks assigned by your manager as needed.
Minimum Qualifications: - Professional Experience: A Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar, as well as extensive experience in the internet and technology sector, gained either through practice at a reputable law firm or as legal counsel at a reputable internet, technology, or entertainment company. - Domain Expertise: Hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: AI governance, data protection/data privacy, minor protection, content moderation and safety, copyright, developer ecosystem, and media & entertainment law. - Legal Competence: Strong ability to identify and analyze legal issues, draft legal opinions, and negotiate agreements, with hands-on experience handling complex cross-jurisdictional legal matters. - Language Proficiency: Professional proficiency in both Mandarin Chinese and English, with fluent bilingual writing and speaking skills, is needed to manage stakeholders in the China market. - Business Acumen: Solid commercial awareness, with the ability to understand business needs efficiently and accurately, balance legal risks with operational viability, and provide pragmatic, solution-oriented advice. - Soft Skills: Agile thinker and strong communicator who works proactively and effectively with colleagues from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds. Excellent project management skills and a proven ability to manage multiple high-stakes tasks in fast-paced environments.
Preferred Qualifications: - Extensive experience providing long-term legal services to clients in areas such as AI, international consumer-facing (ToC) apps, short-drama content production, mini-game production and distribution, and local services. - Exceptional work ethic and professional dedication, with a passion for continuous learning and constantly acquiring new knowledge and skills. - A strong interest in cutting-edge technology, AI, and the large-model ecosystem, demonstrated through proactive learning and exploration.



