Associate General Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs - Privacy & Litigation

Job description

Teamwork makes the stream work. Roku is changing how the world watches TV Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers. From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines. About the role Roku is looking for an Associate General Counsel, Privacy & Litigation to join our Legal team. This role owns Roku’s litigation portfolio outside of intellectual property matters — including consumer class actions, commercial disputes, and government investigations, with a particular focus on privacy-related litigation and related regulatory enforcement actions — across a business that spans hardware, streaming, and one of the fastest-growing advertising platforms in media. You will manage disputes and government inquiries end-to-end, from first notice through resolution — building the strategy, directing outside counsel, and making the call on when to fight, settle, or escalate. This role reports to the VP, Deputy General Counsel, Strategic Litigation and IP. We think of running a case as a creative act, not just a process. The matters that land here rarely come with a clean playbook — the facts are incomplete, the law is unsettled, or the right answer just isn’t obvious yet. We’re looking for someone who is energized by that kind of ambiguity: who can construct a novel argument or a case theory nobody else saw, stay clear-headed when a matter is genuinely indeterminate, and write their way to a conclusion — briefs, internal memos, demand letters, whatever the moment calls for — with the kind of clarity and force that changes how people see the case. The estimated annual base salary for this position is between $270,000 and $300,000 with additional equity. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographic location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off. This position will be based in Austin, TX and will be in office Monday - Thursday with the option to work from home on Friday. What you’ll be doing • Litigation portfolio management • Own Roku’s corporate litigation portfolio outside of intellectual property — including consumer class actions, commercial and contract disputes, and privacy-related claims under laws such as the VPPA, CIPA and other wiretap-style statutes, BIPA, and CCPA — from intake and early case assessment through resolution • Define case strategy and make recommendations on when to litigate, settle, or escalate, in partnership with the Deputy General Counsel, General Counsel, Legal teammates, and business stakeholders • Government investigations and regulatory matters • Manage government investigations and inquiries — from the FTC, state attorneys general, data protection authorities, and other regulators — spanning privacy, consumer protection, advertising, and related areas • Coordinate cross-functional responses to regulatory matters, including with Privacy, Security, Communications, and Government Affairs • Case strategy, creativity, and judgment • Develop novel legal theories and creative litigation strategies for matters that don’t fit a standard playbook, and know when a conventional approach is the right call and when it isn’t • Operate comfortably amid incomplete facts, unsettled law, and genuine uncertainty — and make sound, well-reasoned judgment calls anyway • Write the arguments, memos, and correspondence that move a matter forward — clear, persuasive, and built to withstand scrutiny from a judge, a regulator, or Management • Litigation operations and outside counsel • Help build and scale repeatable litigation processes — intake, early case assessment, playbooks, and post-mortems — across the litigation portfolio, consistent with Roku’s broader litigation operating model • Manage outside counsel relationships and budgets across consumer class actions, government investigations, commercial disputes, and privacy litigation, driving efficient, high-quality outcomes • Cross-functional partnership and reporting • Serve as a trusted advisor to Product, Engineering, Ads, Data/Analytics, and Compliance teams on litigation and privacy risk • Provide clear, decision-ready reporting on litigation exposure, trends, and key matters — including consumer class actions, government investigations, and privacy disputes — to the Deputy General Counsel and senior leadership What you need to know • Litigation experience • Substantial experience managing complex litigation at a top-tier law firm or in house — including consumer class actions and government investigations — from case assessment through resolution • Skilled at developing litigation strategy and managing outside counsel to efficient, well-reasoned outcomes • Creativity and comfort with ambiguity • A track record of finding creative, non-obvious solutions to hard legal problems, rather than defaulting to the conventional playbook • Genuinely comfortable operating without a clear precedent or roadmap — able to make sound judgment calls amid incomplete facts, unsettled law, and competing pressures • Writing and thinking, at a genuinely high level • We hire for this specifically: the ability to write — and think — beautifully. 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