Sr. Director, Global Regulatory Counsel

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and analyze global laws, regulations, and enforcement trends related to illegal items, prohibited and restricted items, and unsafe or recalled products.
• Interpret and advise on the application of these laws to company policies and marketplace practices.
• Partner with internal compliance, trust & safety, and product teams to provide clear, actionable legal recommendations.
• Identify emerging regulatory risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Provide legal and operational governance for eBay’s Prohibited & Restricted Items Policies including Product Safety as they apply to sellers across eBay marketplaces globally, in close partnership with the compliance, detection, and enforcement teams.
• Collaborate with compliance, operations, product, and engineering teams to translate legal and regulatory requirements into scalable detection and enforcement strategies and to implement effective controls.
• Partner with and support the Criminal & Regulatory Investigations team in responding to government authority requests and in proactive investigations.
• Advise on prioritization frameworks for enforcement actions based on legal risk and regulatory expectations.
• Incorporate AI-enabled workflows to increase the speed and scale of regulatory monitoring, ensuring a proactive approach to marketplace safety.
• Support the development and refinement of internal policies, procedures, and tools to improve compliance outcomes.
• Serve as a key legal point of contact for regulators in the space of prohibited & restricted items including product safety globally and proactively engage with regulators to understand and anticipate enforcement priorities.
• Respond to regulatory inquiries, investigations, and information requests.
• Support government relations efforts by providing legal insight into policy developments and advocacy positions.
• Partner with the PR/Communications team to support responses to press inquiries and to help handle media issues.
• Ability to independently engage with government authorities/regulators and represent eBay externally, including speaking roles at industry conferences and public forums.

What You Bring

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant legal experience.
• Direct experience with North American regulators and regulatory regimes/frameworks, including those administered by the CPSC, FDA, DEA, NHTSA, EPA, etc.
• Experience working at a regulatory agency and/or in an in-house legal or compliance role strongly preferred.
• Experience working in fast-paced, global environments and in emerging or ambiguous legal and regulatory environments.
• Strong cross-functional partnership and communication skills.
• Excellent legal judgment and risk assessment capabilities.
• Experience in e-commerce, online marketplaces, or technology companies is a plus.