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Associate Product Counsel, Ads

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Compensation
$217–314K/yr
Location
Washington D.C., DC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bar Admission Or Authorized Practice

Job overview

The Associate Product Counsel will advise Google’s Ads Legal team on global digital advertising products, partnering with product, engineering, sales, and other teams to develop, launch, and scale advertising solutions. The role addresses legal risks and regulatory compliance across Google’s advertising properties, including evolving issues involving privacy, competition, content, children’s regulations, and AI adoption.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Product Development to LaunchDigital MediaAd TechnologyProgrammatic AdvertisingEmerging TechnologiesInternational RegulationsOnline Advertising RegulationsCommunicationWritten CommunicationVerbal Communication

Qualifications

JD, LLB, Equivalent Degree or Experience3 Years Attorney-Level ExperienceBar Admission or Authorized Practice

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match

  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment

  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)

  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks

  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Minimum qualifications:

  • JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.

  • Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience providing legal advice from product development to launch.

  • Experience in digital media, ad technology (ad tech), or programmatic advertising.

  • Understanding complex and emerging technologies and products, and for talking shop with product, engineering, and business teams.

  • Understanding of one or more major international regulations affecting online platforms and advertising (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, DMA, DSA, AIA, COPPA).

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex issues with clarity in writing and in meetings.

About the job

As Corporate Counsel at Google, you work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You're part of a whip-smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you take on challenge you to think big and differently. You are collaborative -- ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company. As an integrated part of the team, you proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will not only move information into the 21st century, but move information law forward as well.

As a Product Counsel on the Ads Legal team, you will navigate the legal landscape of our global digital advertising products. You will partner directly with our product, engineering, and sales teams to develop, launch, and scale advertising solutions across the Google Search and Display ecosystems, YouTube, and other key properties, ensuring compliance with the latest regulations worldwide and supporting the rapid evolution of the business in the era of AI adoption.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $217000 - $314000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Act as product counsel for new and existing Ads products, features, and policies, providing legal advice to product management, engineering, business, user experience, communications, ads privacy and safety (APAS) and other cross-functional teams.

  • Advise product and engineering teams on global regulations across privacy, competition, content, and kids regulations, including GDPR and US State privacy laws, DMA, DSA, AIA, and evolving AdTech regulations.

  • Develop and maintain legal strategy for advertising practices related to user data, ads personalization, and evolving consent and transparency frameworks, ensuring adherence to Google policies and privacy controls.

  • Develop and maintain legal strategy for competition inquiries and restrictions, including supporting the on-going global AdTech matters.

  • Partner with legal and regulatory affairs teams to prepare responses and defenses for regulatory inquiries and legal issues in major markets (e.g., global competition issues).

Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google'sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (./privacy-policy) .

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.

How this job compares

Set against the 754 open Corporate Counsel jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$217–314K/yr
  • US median$155–226K/yr566 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $266K, is 38% above the US median midpoint ($193K) — in the top quarter of Corporate Counsel salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 17 open Corporate Counsel jobs in Washington, D.C. and 754 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Corporate Counsel postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 711 postings).
Education
646 of the 754 open Corporate Counsel jobs (86%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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