Senior Product Counsel, Children's Privacy & Design

2 Months ago • 6-9 Years • Legal • $234,492 PA - $343,922 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As Senior Product Counsel, Children's Privacy & Design at Epic Games, you'll be the primary legal advisor on children's privacy and design, acting as the liaison for features supporting children and families. Responsibilities include advising on relevant laws and their changes, providing risk mitigation strategies, supporting updates to child-facing features and parental controls, offering legal support for identity systems and investigations related to child privacy, collaborating with policy and regulatory teams, and engaging with business leaders on risks and opportunities. The role demands strong legal expertise in data protection, children's privacy (GDPR, UK AADC, COPPA, US state laws), and online safety laws, along with excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams.
Must have:
  • Licensed to practice law
  • 6+ years legal experience (3+ in children's privacy)
  • Expertise in global children's privacy laws (GDPR, COPPA etc.)
  • Risk assessment and mitigation experience
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with global video game rating systems
Perks:
  • 100% premium medical, dental, vision coverage
  • Long-term disability, life insurance
  • 401k with competitive match
  • Mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

Job Details

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

LEGAL

What We Do

Epic's multi-specialized team of attorneys and legal professionals partner across our organization to provide legal solutions as well as consult and inform on the products we build and games we develop.

What You'll Do

In this role, you'll act as the primary legal adviser on children’s privacy and design, and as primary legal liaison for features supporting children and families, and other core services initiatives.

In this role, you will

  • Advise on law and upcoming changes to law relevant to children’s privacy and design
  • Provide practical advice on risks and risk mitigation strategies informed by law, industry best practice, and emerging research
  • Provide legal support for updates to child-facing privacy and safety features, parental controls and consents, and child-and-parent facing communications
  • Provide legal support for identity systems and other core backend services
  • Act as legal support in investigation and escalations related to child privacy and design
  • Collaborate with the policy team and legal regulatory team on forthcoming regulatory obligations and regulatory developments
  • Collaborate cross-functionally within legal teams, including other subject matter experts, to ensure fulsome advice 
  • Engage in conversations with the business at all levels, including senior leadership, about risks and compliant opportunities for core services, and in matters related to children’s privacy and design

What we're looking for

  • Licensed in good standing to practice law
  • 6+ years legal experience, including 3+ years relevant experience focused on children’s privacy and design (in-house experience at a fast-paced technology company preferred)
  • Hands-on experience providing practical and actionable legal guidance regarding risks and obligations under global laws related to data protection, children’s privacy, and age appropriate design (including GDPR, UK AADC, COPPA and U.S. state laws), and relevant regulatory and litigation precedent 
  • Familiarity with global online safety laws and ability to issue-spot for risks related to regulatory, contract, intellectual property, and competition law
  • Familiarity with global video games rating systems a plus
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, an ability to operate autonomously as an expert in your area while exercising good judgment about escalation and collaboration, and confidence in being a primary legal point of contact for a wide range of internal stakeholders

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

New York City Base Pay Range
$234,492$343,922 USD
California Base Pay Range
$234,492$343,922 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$234,492$343,922 USD

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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About The Company

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

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