Senior Counsel

About The Role

Houzz is seeking a Senior Counsel to join its Legal team as we help shape the next generation of AI-enabled products and technology! This is a rare opportunity to work across product, privacy, engineering, AI governance, commercial transactions, and consumer technology, while serving as a trusted legal partner to teams throughout the company.

What You’ll Do

• Counsel product, sales, and engineering teams on a variety of features, including providing practical guidance on consumer protection, advertising, subscriptions, payments, privacy, AI, and regulatory compliance;
• Support strategic legal initiatives, including litigation, intellectual property, regulatory matters, and other company priorities as needed, taking ownership of legal matters from intake through resolution, proactively driving work forward, coordinating stakeholders, and identifying issues requiring escalation;
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including technology agreements, vendor contracts, data processing agreements, and other commercial arrangements;
• Support strategic legal initiatives across litigation, intellectual property, regulatory matters, and other company priorities as needed;
• Drive legal review of marketing copy, promotions, sweepstakes, customer-facing disclosures, and go-to-market initiatives;
• Partner cross-functionally to resolve customer escalations and disputes;
• Lead routine privacy reviews and partner on complex privacy matters.

Depending On Your Interest And Experience, You Will Take On Increasing Responsibility For AI-enabled Products, Technology Governance, Privacy-by-design, And Emerging Technologies.

At a Minimum, We’d Like You to Have At least 5-7+ years of relevant experience, including startup or other in-house experience, preferably at a technology company, or experience in a technology transactions, product, IP, or privacy practice at a law firm;

Compensation, Benefits And Perks

• This role has an annual starting salary range of $195,000 - $215,000. In addition to salary, you’re eligible for competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Houzz.
• Benefits And Perks Include Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO), Home internet stipend, Medical, dental, and vision benefits, Maternity/paternity leave program, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Professional Development Reimbursement Program, 401(k) retirement savings plans (Pre-Tax and Roth), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) - Medical & Dependent Care, Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contribution, Healthy at Houzz program, Houzz is an Equal Opportunity Employer.