Director & Associate General Counsel, International Regulatory Engagement Greater London, United Kingdom Area

International Regulatory Engagement sits within Meta's Global Regulatory organization, which was created to bring a single, empowered point of view to Meta's most complex regulatory challenges across jurisdictions. Our team pairs an international regulatory engagement mandate with cross-Legal strategic coordination muscle. We are looking for a highly experienced lawyer to lead and shape this work across EMEA. Beyond leading individual matters, you will help define Meta's regional regulatory engagement strategy, serve as a senior interlocutor with regulators and enforcement bodies, and act as a strategic counselor to the Global Regulatory leadership team on issues with global implications. You will also retain the strategic-response core of the role: driving coordination and decision-making on high-profile, time-sensitive issues under intense public scrutiny, and giving timely, clear-eyed, actionable advice to Meta's leadership.

Responsibilities

Set and own the EMEA regulatory engagement strategy, in partnership with Global Regulatory leadership, Policy, and Communications

Act as a senior, credible Meta representative in direct engagement with the region's most significant regulators and enforcement bodies, with a bias toward preventing problems rather than simply defending against them

Advise the CLO, Deputy General Counsel, Global Regulatory, and other senior leaders on regulatory issues with cross-regional or global consequence

Identify emerging regulatory risk areas and build strategies to get ahead of them

Lead and coordinate across Legal and cross-functional stakeholders — Policy, Communications, Product — to respond quickly to unexpected internal and external events requiring legal support

Manage strategic elements of longer-term regulatory and proactive initiatives spanning multiple areas and jurisdictions

Distill and synthesize advice from a range of subject-matter experts for leadership and non-legal audiences

Partner with the EMEA Legal Hub and Head of Legal, EMEA, surfacing significant developments and bringing regional context to the team's work

Proactively identify and mitigate regulatory and legal risk; facilitate escalation and strategic decision-making

Minimum Qualifications

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

15+ years of relevant legal experience, with significant depth in regulatory engagement, enforcement, or investigations

Demonstrated track record leading high-stakes regulatory matters end to end, including direct engagement with senior regulators

Experience operating as a trusted advisor to senior executives

Sound judgment, composure and effective prioritization when managing competing high-stakes matters, and a collaborative mindset

Confidence making decisions where there is ambiguity or incomplete information

Concise and persuasive communication style

Experience communicating effectively across cultures and jurisdictions, including with regulators, government officials, and cross-functional partners in multiple regions and experience navigating sensitive stakeholder relationships to reach constructive outcomes

Experience working in a multinational environment and managing complex, cross-jurisdictional matters concurrently

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in crisis management, litigation/strategic communications, or public affairs

Deep familiarity with EU/UK regulatory regimes relevant to technology platforms (e.g. DSA, DMA, GDPR, online safety)

Prior senior government, regulator, or enforcement-side experience