Senior Product & Marketing Counsel

Turo is the world’s largest car sharing marketplace where you can book the perfect car for wherever you’re going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and France. Whether you're flying in from afar or looking for a car down the street, searching for a rugged truck or something smooth and swanky, Turo puts you in the driver's seat of an extraordinary selection of cars shared by local hosts.

About the team:

As the world's largest car sharing marketplace, Turo is growing fast and hiring talent in the US, Canada, the UK, France, and Australia! Our driven, down-to-earth team empowers you to push yourself, make a huge impact, and accelerate your career growth.

We are searching for a product and marketing counsel to support Turo’s growing business and new expansion areas. This role reports to the Director, Privacy, Product & Regulatory, and serves as legal partner to many other teams across Turo. Collaboration will be a crucial attribute as this role will work closely with legal team members globally and support various business teams. This position can be located on a hybrid basis in our Phoenix, Arizona, San Francisco, California or Toronto, Canada office, or remotely in Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, or New York or a handful of other approved US-based remote locations. 

What you will do:

• Deliver clear, actionable, easy-to-understand, and practical legal advice to the various business functions. These include marketing,  communications, product, and operations.  
• Review and provide compliance counseling on advertising, marketing, and/or promotions (e.g., guidance on consumer protection, privacy, data protection and/or IP agreements and rights).
• Build positive and influential relationships company-wide through trusted advising, knowledge-sharing, and training.
• Perform legal reviews of new products, features, and market expansions and advise on how to position and structure these launches to reduce risk while growing the business profitably.
• Assist with regulatory compliance projects. 
• Advise on, draft and negotiate marketing agreements as needed.
• Provide sensible, business-focused assessments considering practical solutions to mitigate legal risk while keeping business priorities at the forefront. 
• Effectively collaborate with regional and global colleagues to (i) provide globally aligned legal advice that appropriately balances domestic and global perspectives and needs and (ii) participate in global workstreams. 
• Update and maintain marketing playbooks and guidelines based on applicable laws, rules, and regulatory developments.
• Develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative ways and build processes for scaling flexible solutions that address risk.

Your profile:

• JD degree from an accredited law school and a license to practice law in the state in which you work.
• Have 5+ years of legal experience including applicable in-house consumer-focused experience, preferably at a late-stage (or public) tech company with a global footprint.
• You are collaborative, pragmatic, flexible, comfortable operating in gray areas, business-focused, and a whiz at multitasking.
• You are proactive and confident in identifying issues, spotting key risks, analyzing and practically assessing risk, and providing actionable recommendations while demonstrating Turo’s values through work product and daily team interactions. 
• knowledgeable on applicable legal and regulatory concerns, including marketing and promotions law, privacy, and licensing.
• Flexibility and willingness to work with all levels of the organization and to roll up your sleeves to get the job done. You are motivated, organized, and creative. You can research and master complex legal topics and communicate them to non-lawyers in brief, clear, pragmatic language. You are patient, project calm under pressure, are respectful to your co-workers, and bring a positive attitude to the office.
• You have demonstrated expertise and experience navigating and excelling in highly ambiguous environments.

The Seattle base salary target range for this full-time position is $190k - $235k + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in this location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your work location during the hiring process.

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