Job Description

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.

Facebook is hiring a Lead Counsel for its virtual reality and augmented reality business. Facebook invents, manufactures and sells industry leading virtual reality headsets and operates a global virtual reality content ecosystem and social platform. Success in this position will require you to provide creative and practical guidance to clients on different legal, product, and business strategies to help foster the development of our thriving content creator, user, and social ecosystems. You will also be drafting and negotiating a wide variety of agreements, including software and media licenses, content licenses and developer-facing contracts and terms. This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge issues in a fast-paced start-up environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal support to product, engineering, content, and other business teams across many subject areas, including content distribution, user-generated content, copyright and trademark, open source software, data privacy and security and the general legal framework for social ecosystems and consumer-facing platforms.
• Oversee the negotiation of contracts relating to content and software products, platforms and services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners and subject matters experts both within Facebook’s legal department (such as privacy, compliance, M&A, and competition) and across the business (such as policy, communications, and marketing) to analyze and communicate legal risks.
• Coordinate closely with Privacy team to identify and provide frontline product advice and ensure privacy compliance.
• Support the development of a thriving social and content creator ecosystem.
• Build positive and influential relationships with executives, product teams, and peers across the AR/VR organization in Facebook.
  

Minimum Qualification

• J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and membership in at least one US state bar
• 5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney (including at a law firm or in-house experience)
  

Preferred Qualification

• Law firm and in-house experience with technology companies
• Industry experience and legal expertise representing mobile or game console software platforms, interactive game development, developer ecosystems and consumer-facing software platforms
  

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.