Job Description

About the team

The Zillow Group Legal and Compliance Department is a dedicated team of skilled (and fun!) legal professionals who enjoy working in a collegial environment within an innovative, fast-paced tech and media company. This role is part of the Business Lines Legal Team, which provides the frontline support for Zillow’s products and services.

About the role

We are looking for an outstanding product attorney to provide legal support to our Follow Up Boss business. While serving as the legal point-of-contact for the business line, this attorney will be responsible for handling a broad range of legal matters, with a focus on product development, software and data licensing, marketing and claim substantiation, commercial contracts, trust & safety protocols, and customer support issues.

Just as important as providing quick and accurate legal advice will be this attorney’s ability to identify, engage, and collaborate with other team members within Legal and Compliance and other shared services. Supporting Follow Up Boss requires a willingness to learn new areas of law while also understanding when to consult subject matter authorities. Above all, this attorney should have demonstrated expertise in supporting the development and launch of tech products, offering creative solutions to complex problems, and excelling at building strong relationships with both clients and colleagues.

In this role, you will get to:

Serve as legal point of contact and subject matter authority for Follow Up Boss product. Support includes all aspects of the product development lifecycle, including product design and copy, marketing collateral, vendor / partner contracts, customer service scripts/escalation, data use & privacy implications, and disclosures and terms of use

Embed yourself with business partners and provide tactical and pragmatic legal counsel for special projects, pilot programs, and other key initiatives

Proactively partner with cross-functional business teams and shared services (e.g., privacy, fair housing, finance, compliance, risk, licensing, communications, and marketing) to identify and resolve novel legal matters that arise during the product development lifecycle

Analyze proposed and enacted legislative changes that impact assigned products and work with government relations and product teams to develop and carry out implementation plans

Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including for key strategic partnerships

Collaborate closely with other internal partners, including other product attorneys, privacy, finance, tax, risk management and information security and compliance

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC the standard base pay range for this role is $124,700.00 - $199,300.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC and may not be applicable to other locations.In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location.

Who you are

You are a highly responsive and trusted advisor that has:

3-7+ years of proven experience as product counsel with a national or regional law firm or in-house legal department, preferably at a tech company

A JD with active state bar admission

Experience with licensing, intellectual property, and commercial agreements

Experience in marketing, data, privacy and/or advertising law

Skills for innovative and goal-oriented problem solving

Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with ability to persuasively advise on the implications of legal issues and risk

Outstanding attention to detail, a proactive work ethic, and top-notch drafting and negotiation skills

Desire to take ownership of projects and quickly get things done by creating clarity from ambiguity

A team-first attitude with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across departments and levels to develop consumer-centric, innovative solutions