Director & Associate General Counsel, International Regulatory Engagement
Description
International Regulatory Engagement sits within Meta's Global Regulatory organization, which was created to bring a single, empowered point of view to Meta's most complex regulatory challenges across jurisdictions. Our team pairs an international regulatory engagement mandate with cross-Legal strategic coordination muscle. We are looking for a highly experienced lawyer to lead and shape this work across EMEA. Beyond leading individual matters, you will help define Meta's regional regulatory engagement strategy, serve as a senior interlocutor with regulators and enforcement bodies, and act as a strategic counselor to the Global Regulatory leadership team on issues with global implications. You will also retain the strategic-response core of the role: driving coordination and decision-making on high-profile, time-sensitive issues under intense public scrutiny, and giving timely, clear-eyed, actionable advice to Meta's leadership.
Responsibilities
Set and own the EMEA regulatory engagement strategy, in partnership with Global Regulatory leadership, Policy, and Communications Act as a senior, credible Meta representative in direct engagement with the region's most significant regulators and enforcement bodies, with a bias toward preventing problems rather than simply defending against them Advise the CLO, Deputy General Counsel, Global Regulatory, and other senior leaders on regulatory issues with cross-regional or global consequence Identify emerging regulatory risk areas and build strategies to get ahead of them Lead and coordinate across Legal and cross-functional stakeholders — Policy, Communications, Product — to respond quickly to unexpected internal and external events requiring legal support Manage strategic elements of longer-term regulatory and proactive initiatives spanning multiple areas and jurisdictions Distill and synthesize advice from a range of subject-matter experts for leadership and non-legal audiences Partner with the EMEA Legal Hub and Head of Legal, EMEA, surfacing significant developments and bringing regional context to the team's work Proactively identify and mitigate regulatory and legal risk; facilitate escalation and strategic decision-making
Qualifications
Meta requires all employed attorneys to have a law degree or equivalent certificate to permit the practice of law and be appropriately licensed and authorized to practice law for the company in their assigned work location. Unless prohibited under local law, an attorney must hold a current practicing certificate (including where required from the relevant authority in the jurisdiction of the assigned work location) or the local law equivalent bar registration or license as may be applicable 15+ years of relevant legal experience, with significant depth in regulatory engagement, enforcement, or investigations Demonstrated track record leading high-stakes regulatory matters end to end, including direct engagement with senior regulators Experience operating as a trusted advisor to senior executives Sound judgment, composure and effective prioritization when managing competing high-stakes matters, and a collaborative mindset Confidence making decisions where there is ambiguity or incomplete information Concise and persuasive communication style Experience communicating effectively across cultures and jurisdictions, including with regulators, government officials, and cross-functional partners in multiple regions and experience navigating sensitive stakeholder relationships to reach constructive outcomes Experience working in a multinational environment and managing complex, cross-jurisdictional matters concurrently Experience in crisis management, litigation/strategic communications, or public affairs Deep familiarity with EU/UK regulatory regimes relevant to technology platforms (e.g. DSA, DMA, GDPR, online safety) Prior senior government, regulator, or enforcement-side experience