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Associate General Counsel, Political Activities

Meta

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At a glance

Compensation
$202–274K/yr
Location
Washington, DC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Current Practicing Certificate Or Bar License, required

Job overview

Meta seeks an Associate General Counsel to advise on global political activities, related laws, and regulatory engagement, including campaign finance, elections, lobbying, government contracting, and government ethics. The attorney will work closely with Global Affairs and other partner teams on legal issues, compliance programs, and cross-functional initiatives.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Compliance Program Design, nice to haveCampaign Finance Law, nice to haveLobbying Law, nice to haveGovernment Contracting, nice to haveGovernment Ethics, nice to haveLegal Analysis, nice to haveRisk Counseling, nice to haveLegal Communication, nice to havePolitical Law Compliance, nice to haveAI Workflow Optimization, nice to haveResponsible AI Practices, nice to havePrompt Engineering, nice to haveAgent Orchestration, nice to have

Qualifications

Law Degree or Equivalent Certificate, requiredCurrent Practicing Certificate or Bar License, required5+ Years Legal Experience, requiredPolitical Law or Government Contracting Experience, requiredTechnology Company Political Law Experience, nice to have

Full job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking an Associate General Counsel who will provide legal counsel to the company on a range of global political activities, laws, and related regulatory engagement, including campaign finance, election, and lobbying laws. This role will also counsel the company on government contracting and government ethics rules. This role will be involved in counseling on cutting-edge legal issues in close partnership with Global Affairs and other partner teams.

Required Skills:

Associate General Counsel, Political Activities Responsibilities:

  1. Assist in the design and implementation of company-wide compliance programs and initiatives

  2. Advise on legal and regulatory compliance matters in the areas of campaign finance law, lobbying registration and reporting laws, government contracts and government ethics

  3. Actively partner with other legal teams, such as anti-corruption and trade counsel

  4. Develop and communicate compliance policies, processes and training

  5. Actively collaborate with and support cross-functional teams, such as Global Affairs and Product teams

  6. Undertake special projects and support other compliance program initiatives

  7. Advise clients on legal obligations applicable when interacting with government bodies (including lobbying disclosure laws, anti-corruption law, and gift and ethics rules) and political entities (including campaign finance and political advertising laws)

  8. Advise on the company's compliance with international and U.S. federal, state, and municipal government contracting and procurement laws, rules, and regulations

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Meta requires all employed attorneys to have a law degree or equivalent certificate to permit the practice of law and be appropriately licensed and authorized to practice law for the company in their assigned work location. Unless prohibited under local law, an attorney must hold a current practicing certificate (including where required from the relevant authority in the jurisdiction of the assigned work location) or the local law equivalent bar registration or license as may be applicable

  2. 5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm and/or in-house or government experience

  3. Experience applying legal analysis to business decisions and counseling internal clients on risk and compliance

  4. Experience communicating legal guidance in writing and verbally to cross-functional stakeholders, including non-legal teams

  5. Experience advising on political laws, such as Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), and/or government contracting regulations (e.g., FAR)

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

  2. Experience advising technology companies on political law compliance

  3. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

  4. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Public Compensation:

$202,000/year to $274,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 2,559 open Legal Counsel jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$202–274K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$169–237K/yr92 salary ranges
  • US median$154–230K/yr1,920 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $238K, is 17% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($204K) — in the middle half of Legal Counsel salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 103 open Legal Counsel jobs in Washington, D.C. and 2,559 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Legal Counsel postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,182 postings).
Education
2,012 of the 2,559 open Legal Counsel jobs (79%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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