SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. With over 400+ million tracks from 40 million artists, the future of music is SoundCloud.
SoundCloud is seeking a Senior Director to lead the Product, Advertising, and Regulatory counsels and oversee the Legal Operations team (including Trust & Safety and Copyright). This role will serve as a senior leader within SoundCloud's Business & Legal Affairs organization, providing strategic legal guidance and strategy that shapes product development, platform governance, and operational excellence across a global creator- and fan-focused platform, helping to build the future of music and audio.
As a Senior Director reporting directly to the General Counsel, you will set the vision for how legal, Trust & Safety, and operational rigor underpin SoundCloud's product innovation. You will oversee multidisciplinary teams that support complex product roadmaps, safeguard platform integrity, manage global copyright enforcement, and build a foundational legal operations infrastructure. You will partner closely with senior stakeholders across EPD (Engineering, Product, and Design), Advertising, Security, and other teams to drive solution-focused decision-making and ensure SoundCloud's ecosystem is safe, compliant, rights and artist-respecting, and aligned with business objectives and priorities.
We're seeking a strategic operator and seasoned legal leader who excels at managing high-performing teams, navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, and balancing risk tolerance with product velocity and platform stewardship.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the legal team responsible for Product, Advertising, and Regulatory matters by setting the team's strategic vision and direction, while also overseeing the Legal Operations function responsible for Trust & Safety and Copyright, and its non-counsel professionals
- Serve as a trusted senior legal partner to EPD (Engineering, Product, Design), Advertising, Security, and executive leadership, enabling cross-functional strategies that balance rapid product development with legal, regulatory, and platform governance requirements through pragmatic, collaborative problem-solving
- Partner with the Product team to support the international rollout of SoundCloud Go/Go+ by providing strategic legal guidance on product localization and navigating the legal and regulatory tradeoffs necessary to comply with local consumer protection, data protection, and related requirements across global markets
- Provide high-level, business-minded legal guidance throughout the product lifecycle, advising on subscriptions, monetization models, marketplace offerings, payments, fan engagement features, creator tools, and global data protection compliance
- Oversee privacy-by-design initiatives, review user flows and consent mechanisms, and maintain product-related Terms of Service, Privacy Policy provisions, disclosures, and compliance documentation
- Ensure adherence to third-party platform and developer requirements (e.g., Apple, Google) and supervise the negotiation, technology partnerships, and vendor agreements
- Provide senior oversight of the Trust & Safety and copyright functions, including platform safety and content moderation frameworks, regulatory alignment, and DMCA and enforcement operations, while supporting scalable, user-protective systems and operational efficiency
Experience and Background:
- Qualified lawyer with 10+ years of legal experience at a technology, digital media, or related company, including experience in senior leadership roles
- Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution, and maintains an active, in good standing bar license in the U.S. or an equivalent foreign jurisdiction
- Extensive experience building, leading, mentoring, and developing multi-disciplinary teams of counsel and non-legal professionals at scale, fostering a high-performance culture, driving alignment across functions, and empowering teams to deliver strategic impact
- Deep expertise in technology law, privacy/data protection, consumer protection, e-commerce/subscription regulations, payments, and global regulatory environments across the U.S., EU, UK, and other major markets
- Proven success in building and maturing teams, operational processes, roadmaps, and cross-functional strategies in complex or high-growth environments
- Cross-functional partnership experience with technical and non-technical leaders throughout the organization to drive alignment, accelerate decision-making, and deliver legally sound, user-centric product and platform outcomes
- Demonstrated leadership in supervising legal operations frameworks, with experience in content moderation, enforcement operations, or online safety compliance
- Understanding of copyright law and/or operational rights management frameworks; experience overseeing copyright and Trust & Safety operations is highly preferred
- Skilled at influencing executives, synthesizing complex issues into actionable guidance, and setting organizational direction across ambiguous and evolving landscapes
- Highly collaborative, pragmatic, solutions-oriented people manager capable of balancing innovation with legal and operational risk
- Experience managing outside counsel, vendors, and technology partners across multiple jurisdictions and for specialized or escalated issues
The salary range for this role is $200,000 - $230,000 annually. The final salary offered will be determined based on relative experience, skills, internal equity, and location. We also offer a generous total rewards program - read more about additional benefits and perks below!
About us:
- We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)
- We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home
- We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone's voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard
- We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources
- Robust 401k program
- Employee Equity Plan
- Generous professional development allowance
- Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
- Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
- 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
- Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud
SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us lead what's next in music by understanding and empowering our creators and fans, no matter their identity. We acknowledge the challenges in the music industry, and strive to influence an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute respectfully and thrive, especially the historically marginalized communities that many of our creators, fans and SoundClouders identify with. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment at SoundCloud for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status.
At SoundCloud you can find your community or elevate your allyship by joining a Diversity Resource Group. Diversity Resource Groups are employee-organized groups focused on supporting and promoting the interests of a particular underrepresented community in order to build a more inclusive culture at SoundCloud. Anyone can join, whether you share the identity or strive to be an ally.
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