Regulatory Counsel

San Francisco CA In-Office (Hybrid)

About Meter

Meters mission is to make the internet a utility: a world where any business can turn on reliable secure enterprise-grade internet at any physical location as easily as it turns on power or water. Getting there is genuinely hard because internet and networking have become deeply fragmented and crystallized. So Meter does the whole thing: we design and manufacture our own networking hardware procure and manage ISPs design configure and physically install networks operate and monitor them once theyre live and are working toward running them autonomously.

Put differently Meter is a hardware company a software and models company an internet service provider an installer and a real estate business all at once.

Why this role matters

Each one of those businesses carries its own body of regulation and ethics questions. And youll be the lawyer who clears the path so Meter can rapidly and responsibly enter new business and geographic markets. Youll guide Meter in becoming an ISP in the US Canada UK EU Australia and the rest of world; shape how Meter responsibly handles data and builds AI; build and manage Meters international risk compliance program; work with compliance engineering to clear our hardware through FCC and safety reviews; and manage day-to-day employment and safety matters.

This is a founding role reporting to the General Counsel and based in San Francisco. It is among the broadest regulatory remits youll find in-house and youll be building it from the early days rather than inheriting a machine someone else made.

What youll do

• Learn to be Meters telecom lawyer guiding our path to becoming an ISP across the US Canada UK EU Australia and rest of world.

• Methodically build Meters international risk compliance program (across FCPA export controls CFIUS and sanctions) and project-manage entry into each new international market end-to-end.

• Practically advise the business on basic B2B data privacy GDPR and CCPA compliance work while partnering closely with our CISO to enable Meters privacy-as-a-product strategy.

• Be our Marketing Teams counsel as Meters brand scales clearing advertising claims and campaign copy structuring sweepstakes and promotions papering event and sponsorship deals and protecting how the Meter name and marks get used.

• Build Meters vendor risk program starting with the installers who physically deploy our networks from diligence through contracting and ongoing oversight.

• Serve as product counsel supporting Meters compliance engineers on FCC and safety questions across our hardware.

• Counsel our ML and AI teams on training building and deploying their models responsibly and safely.

• Work with Meters People and Facilities Teams to handle day-to-day employment safety and OSHA matters.

• Support with dispute management and litigation and build thoughtful repeatable defensible compliance processes and policies alongside the General Counsel.

How youll do it

• You learn fast and are energized not intimidated by regulatory regimes youve never worked with. Getting smart quickly on an unfamiliar body of law should be the part of the job youre drawn to.

• Your advice is grounded in the statute and in how its actually enforced. Its practical and risk-adjusted but anchored in the law and what regulators and courts truly care about not instinct alone.

• You have strong tested risk frameworks and principles. You weigh the probability of harm against magnitude against the cost of the fix and you design cost-justified solutions to the risk that actually matters.

• You rarely just say no but also can draw a line. You show the path to yes and its cost so the business can make an informed call and you know the rare moments that warrant slowing it down.

• Youre principled and high-integrity. You hold a high bar for honesty and ethics and you expect the same of the business its partners and its suppliers.

• Youre commercially sharp low-ego and kind. The work is hard and long-term; that ethos is what makes it sustainable and fun.

Where this can go

This is one of two cornerstone legal hires; youd be lawyer #2 or #3. If you love operating with autonomy and have the judgment to make sound calls every day youll build trust fast and become someone the business cant move without. As Meters regulatory surface area grows so will the seat: more programs to run and a team to build and lead. And youll get to do it on a small rigorous legal team that takes its work (but not itself) seriously.

What were looking for

• A J.D. from a top law school and experience at a top law firm.

• In-house regulatory experience.

• Member in good standing of at least one state bar.

Compensation

We think about Meters compensation as a combination of salary equity benefits and the experience of doing the best work of your career alongside a talented team.

• The estimated salary range for this role is $172000 - $275000.

• Additionally this role is eligible to participate in Meters equity plan.

The salary range represents the low and high end of the range for this role in the Bay Area. The actual offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills qualifications and experience.

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