Associate General Counsel, Director, Regulatory Strategy

Available Locations: Washington D.C.

The Role

Cloudflare is a leading connectivity cloud company that runs one of the worlds largest and most interconnected networks powering and protecting millions of websites remote teams applications and anything connected to the Internet. Our global network fast-paced innovation and commitment to helping build a better Internet puts us at the forefront of some of the most complex and important issues in technology and law. We are looking for an experienced lawyer to help navigate this constantly evolving regulatory landscape.

Cloudflare is looking for a lawyer to help lead our response to Cloudflares most complex regulatory issues whether they arise from regulatory inquiries or enforcement actions new legal requirements or proposed new laws. This individual will handle critical regulatory issues around the globe and will work cross-functionally with subject-matter experts across our Legal Policy and Trust & Safety Team as well as across the broader company. The ideal candidate has the passion to keep pace with a fast-moving docket the curiosity to dive deep into evolving technology and law and the strategic vision to navigate novel legal issues with an eye towards protecting Cloudflare and its principles.

In this role you will:

• Respond to high-stakes regulatory inquiries or enforcement actions;
• Support the Policy Team in advocacy regarding proposed legislations or regulations related to the Internet and Cloudflare;
• Evaluate newly enacted laws to determine applicability to Cloudflares services and guide our Cloudflares response;
• Provide support to our Product Legal Team in evaluating regulatory implications arising from new products or services;
• Support our Go to Market Function in addressing emerging regulatory questions posed by Cloudflares customers related to the use of our services;
• Collaborate with legal team members to improve processes provide training and ensure business needs are met.

You have:

• J.D. degree and admitted to practice law in a relevant jurisdiction.
• 10 years of relevant legal experience preferably at a top law firm in-house at a technology company or in a government regulatory or enforcement agency.
• Deep expertise in navigating complex regulatory frameworks responding to government inquiries and advising on compliance with new and proposed laws.
• Experience working on a global scale with a variety of international regulatory regimes.
• Exceptional ability to work cross-functionally with lawyers and non-lawyers to find practical effective and principled solutions.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex regulatory concepts to business leaders and to advocate for the companys position externally.
• An ambitious and strategic mindset that enables you to work independently and autonomously but also to exercise good judgment and escalate issues when needed.
• Flexibility to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced environment leading with empathy and understanding while embracing diverse points of view.

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For D.C. based hires: Estimated annual salary of $249000 - $305000

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflares equity plan.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses support caregiving build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs including parental pregnancy health medical and bereavement leave

What Makes Cloudflare Special

Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal - we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their or any other persons perceived or actual race color religion sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation national origin ancestry citizenship age physical or mental disability medical condition family care status or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to changing the application process providing documents in an alternate format using a sign language interpreter or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job please contact us via e-mail at or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco CA 94107.