Senior Counsel, Regulatory

Role Overview

• Build and maintain strong relationships with Pinterest’s regulators globally, with a focus on content regulation, online safety, intermediary liability, and competition.
• Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, requests for information, and other regulatory-facing matters, including coordinating with internal subject matter experts and outside counsel as needed.
• Draft clear, persuasive materials for regulatory engagements including consultation responses, regulatory submissions, position papers, and related communications.
• Defend the company in regulatory enforcement matters.
• Provide strategic legal guidance to cross-functional partners and members of the Legal team on emerging regulatory requirements.
• Partner closely with Legal, Public Policy, Communications, and other cross-functional teams to ensure consistent, well-supported regulatory positions and external messaging, including through the drafting of consultation responses to new laws.
• Monitor ongoing developments in legislation and regulatory guidance applicable to Pinterest.
• Support development of scalable approaches for managing regulatory risk across multiple jurisdictions while balancing local regulatory requirements and enforcement risks.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools thoughtfully and responsibly to improve the efficiency, consistency, and scalability of regulatory workflows, including information gathering, issue spotting, and response coordination.
• Identify opportunities to streamline repetitive regulatory processes through AI and other tools, while maintaining appropriate legal oversight and quality control.
• Exercise strong judgment in reviewing and validating AI-assisted work product, ensuring that materials are accurate, nuanced, and aligned with Pinterest’s strategic positions.

Requirements

• Qualified to practice law in the jurisdiction where you reside.
• At least 5 years of post-qualification experience advising on content, platform, or other regulatory issues at a law firm, in-house, or at a regulatory body.
• Experience engaging directly with regulators and managing regulatory inquiries, investigations, enforcement matters, or other government-facing processes.
• Strong experience analyzing and applying global laws and regulatory frameworks, preferably in content regulation, online safety, intermediary liability, privacy, or other technology-related areas.
• Excellent judgment and integrity, with strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues, as well as nuanced product interventions, into clear, practical responses.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with an ability to drive alignment across teams in fast-moving, high-stakes environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities with independence, sound judgment, and attention to detail.
• Eagerness to learn, strong ownership, and a flexible, collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI and other technology tools effectively and responsibly and identify practical opportunities to improve effectiveness, or willingness to learn.
• Experience navigating complex, multi-jurisdictional legal and compliance issues for a technology company or similarly dynamic environment preferred.
• Experience with implementation and compliance with global content laws, preferred.

Benefits

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.
• Flexible working arrangements.