Senior Litigation Counsel - San Francisco, CA

🧾 Role Overview

• Title: Senior Litigation Counsel
• Type: Remote (U.S.-based)
• Compensation: $304,000–$342,000 base + equity + benefits
• Reports to: VP & Deputy General Counsel, Litigation & Regulatory Compliance
• Status: Full-time (contract classified, but likely long-term/permanent in scope)

🎯 Core Responsibilities

• Dispute & Litigation Strategy:
• Lead and manage litigation, regulatory investigations, and pre-litigation disputes across a variety of topics.
• Outside Counsel Management:
• Supervise firms handling complex litigation or sensitive investigations.
• Process & Risk:
• Build eDiscovery systems, assess litigation risk, and advise on emerging areas of platform liability.
• Cross-Functional Work:
• Collaborate across Legal, Trust & Safety, Product, Policy, and Engineering to reduce dispute risk and respond to issues early.
• Regulatory Insight:
• Monitor and interpret evolving global and domestic litigation trends affecting digital platforms.

✅ Ideal Candidate Qualifications

• JD + Bar Admission:
• U.S.-licensed attorney in good standing (jurisdiction not specified).
• Experience:
• 10+ years at top law firms and/or in-house legal departments.
• Direct litigation experience in areas such as:
• Section 230, DMCA, online safety, privacy, consumer protection
• Commercial disputes, IP (trademark/copyright/patents) also valued.
• Soft Skills:
• Excellent communicator and cross-functional partner.
• Strategic thinker with pragmatic execution skills.
• Adaptable, emotionally intelligent, and grounded in growth mindset and humility.

➕ Bonus Experience

• In-house at a consumer tech platform (Discord, Snap, Meta, etc.)
• Managed regulatory inquiries or enforcement (FTC, EU DSA, etc.)
• Litigation involving global jurisdictions: EU, UK, Brazil, Israel
• eDiscovery for multimedia messaging apps (voice, text, video)

🧠 Why This Role Is Distinctive

• Influence & Autonomy: You’ll own high-profile, precedent-setting cases and shape Discord’s approach to litigation risk.
• Remote Flexibility: Rare at this level in legal—fully remote for a leadership litigation role.
• Cutting-Edge Legal Work: Discord sits at the intersection of content moderation, minor protection, user safety, and creator monetization—all hot regulatory and litigation areas.
• Global Complexity: Work touches international litigation risk—especially useful if you’ve worked with or inside global teams.

💡 How to Stand Out

• Showcase hands-on litigation experience in platform law, user-generated content, or tech-focused disputes.
• Emphasize work where you’ve built legal process infrastructure (eDiscovery systems, litigation risk assessments).
• Detail experience in cross-functional advising, particularly at a fast-paced, growth-stage company.
• Demonstrate success navigating regulatory or high-stakes commercial disputes, including managing outside counsel.
• If relevant, cite experience in non-U.S. jurisdictions or compliance under global laws like GDPR, DSA, etc.