Moloco
Director, Assistant General Counsel, Employment, Ethics & Compliance
About Moloco:
Moloco builds some of the most powerful AI advertising solutions in the world. Our name—short for "machine learning company"—reflects our core mission: democratizing access to the advanced AI that has historically been reserved for tech giants. Led by machine learning pioneers who built some of the most successful ad systems at Google, including YouTube's monetization engine and key search advertising technologies, we're transforming how businesses grow and compete in the digital economy.
Built with AI from day one, Moloco’s planet-scale machine learning platform powers a suite of solutions for advertising growth and monetization. Moloco Ads is an AI-powered platform that delivers real business outcomes for mobile app marketers through performance-based user acquisition. Moloco Commerce Media enables retailers and marketplaces to build revenue-generating ad businesses that balance user experience and advertiser performance.
Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, Gurgaon, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, Tel Aviv, and Berlin.
Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of. Join us today and apply now!
The Impact You’ll Be Contributing to Moloco:
We are seeking an outstanding attorney with 12+ years of experience in labor, employment, ethics & compliance to join our Legal team as Director, AGC, Employment, Ethics & Compliance. This role will report to the Enterprise Compliance Officer & Associate General Counsel (Employment & Ethics) and serve as the primary legal partner to Moloco’s People team, while also playing a key leadership role in advancing our global ethics, compliance, and third-party risk programs.
This role is based near our Menlo Park, CA office and follows a hybrid in-office schedule.
The Opportunity:
- Partner with the People team to provide counsel on all global employment-related issues, including but not limited to employee policies, training, wage and hour compliance, performance management, leave of absence, discipline and terminations, investigations, and AI governance as it relates to employment use cases (e.g., recruiting, hiring, and performance management).
- Lead the strategy and resolution of global employment-related disputes and investigations, including litigation, agency claims, subpoenas, and internal ethics matters, while partnering with outside counsel to minimize legal and regulatory risk.
- Lead the drafting, review, and ongoing enhancement of global ethics, compliance, and employment policies and templates, including the Code of Conduct, employee handbooks, employee and contractor agreements, and related governance frameworks.
- Partner cross-functionally with global People, Finance, Security, Product, and business leaders to proactively identify legal, compliance and governance risks, assess impact, and drive practical, defensible solutions.
- Support and mature Moloco’s third-party risk management program, including onboarding and optimization of a third-party due diligence platform, and assessment of anti-bribery & corruption (ABC), export controls, and trade compliance risks.
- Work closely with outside counsel to deliver coordinated, practical guidance to global stakeholders on employment, ethics, ABC, export, and trade compliance matters.
How Do I Know if the Role is Right For Me?
- 12+ years of relevant experience in labor, employment, ethics, and compliance, including a mix of law firm and in-house experience (startup/private company experience preferred).
- Member in good standing of the California Bar or another bar association with the ability to register as in-house counsel in California.
- Deep subject matter expertise in U.S. federal and state employment laws and regulations.
- Strong business judgment and risk assessment skills, with the ability to deliver pragmatic, business-oriented solutions.
- Strong communication and drafting skills, with the ability to advise and influence executive stakeholders, build collaborative cross-functional relationships, and drive execution in a fast-paced, global environment.
- Highly organized, proactive, and self-directed, with a hands-on, “roll up your sleeves” approach and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience leading ethics and compliance programs, including:
- Drafting and implementing global policies.
- Conducting sensitive internal investigations and overseeing external investigations.
- Managing third-party compliance risks (e.g., anti-bribery/corruption, export controls, trade compliance), ideally using structured diligence tools.
- Experience managing and coordinating global outside counsel to support multi-jurisdictional matters.
Compensation & Benefits
U.S.-based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits and perks. U.S.-based employees also receive up to 12 scheduled paid holidays per calendar year and one Thrive Day off per quarter. Additionally, all employees have Flexible Time Off (FTO).
The successful candidate may be eligible for a bonus and equity awards. Eligibility and amounts are determined by performance and the terms of the applicable plans.
The location for this role is listed above. For base pay range purposes, location-based compensation is grouped into the following regions. Your region is determined by your assigned work location.
- Region A: Menlo Park Office, New York Office, SF Bay Area, New York Metro Area
- Region B: Seattle Office, Seattle, Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego, Austin, Boston, Washington DC Metro Area, Miami
- Region C: All other U.S. locations
Salary Ranges:
Moloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being:
We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career. Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives.
Moloco Values:
- Lead with Humility: Everyone’s voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success.
- Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what’s possible.
- Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with rigor and integrity. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value.
- Go Further Together: We’re one team working towards one mission and vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won’t let each other fail.
Additional Resources:
AI Use in Interviews
Our interview process is designed to get to know the real you. Unless a round specifically includes AI as part of what's being assessed, we ask that candidates engage without AI assistance. Please review our AI Use in Interviews Policy before your interview to understand what to expect. Failure to comply with this policy may impact your candidacy.
Equal Opportunity:
Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence. To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization. Our workforce is our superpower, and we know that fostering a culture of inclusion, authenticity, and belonging gives us the greatest opportunity to achieve our vision to become the scaling engine for the Internet economy.
Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex and gender, gender expression and identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidate Privacy Notice:
Your privacy matters to us. By applying, you acknowledge that you’ve reviewed our Candidate Privacy Notice.
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Program Manager, Enterprise Compliance Office
About Moloco:
Moloco builds some of the most powerful AI advertising solutions in the world. Our name—short for "machine learning company"—reflects our core mission: democratizing access to the advanced AI that has historically been reserved for tech giants. Led by machine learning pioneers who built some of the most successful ad systems at Google, including YouTube's monetization engine and key search advertising technologies, we're transforming how businesses grow and compete in the digital economy.
Built with AI from day one, Moloco’s planet-scale machine learning platform powers a suite of solutions for advertising growth and monetization. Moloco Ads is an AI-powered platform that delivers real business outcomes for mobile app marketers through performance-based user acquisition. Moloco Commerce Media enables retailers and marketplaces to build revenue-generating ad businesses that balance user experience and advertiser performance.
Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, Gurgaon, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, Tel Aviv, and Berlin.
Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of. Join us today and apply now!
The Impact You’ll Be Contributing to Moloco:
The Program Manager within the Enterprise Compliance Office (ECO) drives execution of Moloco’s global compliance priorities by translating strategy into structured, measurable, and repeatable delivery. You’ll lead high-impact, cross-functional programs, bring structure to ambiguity, and build scalable systems that enable the business to grow across multiple regions and regulatory environments. You’ll gain deep exposure to how a modern and global compliance organization operates while developing expertise at the intersection of compliance, operations, and data-driven execution.
This role will report to the Enterprise Compliance Officer & Associate General Counsel (Employment & Ethics) and will partner cross-functionally across Legal, Security/GRC, Product, Engineering, People, Finance, and Business teams to coordinate complex global compliance initiatives, manage dependencies, and ensure that our most important compliance commitments are delivered on time with high quality. In addition to core program management responsibilities, this role incorporates targeted analytical capabilities to strengthen evidence readiness, data quality, and operational rigor across compliance workflows.
This role is based near our Menlo Park, CA office and follows a hybrid in-office schedule.
The Opportunity:
- Lead end-to-end program management for enterprise global compliance initiatives, coordinating across teams to deliver on commitments, risks, and milestones.
- Create and drive integrated program plans and workflows, including roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, resourcing, decision points, and standardized intake and routing processes. Track intake volume, cycle time, handoffs, and rework drivers.
- Apply creative, practical problem-solving to navigate ambiguity and develop scalable solutions across complex compliance challenges.
- Define and manage the program delivery approach, including plan structure, operating cadence, and change control.
- Drive cross-functional alignment across Legal, People, Security/GRC, Product, Engineering, and business teams.
- Sequence work and manage interdependencies across initiatives to ensure timely delivery of program milestones.
- Track overall program health, identify risks or delays, develop risk mitigation plans, and escalate issues as needed to keep work on track.
- Operate program governance, including decision logs, RAID tracking, status reporting, and escalation management through resolution.
- Ensure audit and regulatory readiness by tracking commitments and delivering high-quality, complete, and well-documented outputs suitable for governance and executive review.
- Establish and manage remediation pipelines, ensuring clear ownership, severity, timelines, and evidence of closure.
- Build and maintain program metrics and dashboards, including KPIs, OKRs, and KRIs, to improve visibility and predictability. Analyze compliance data, documentation, and workflows to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities for improvement.
- Strengthen evidence quality and documentation standards in partnership with control owners and stakeholders.
- Develop and scale repeatable program infrastructure, including playbooks, templates, workflows, and tooling, to improve operational maturity.
How Do I Know if the Role is Right For Me?
- 8-10+ years of relevant compliance experience, including in-house experience, preferably in fast-paced, high-growth or startup environments.
- Strong program management foundation, with experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives (PMO experience or certification preferred).
- Experience in compliance, legal, risk, privacy, security, audit, or regulated environments.
- Ability to translate ambiguity into structured plans, manage shifting priorities, and drive execution.
- Strong communication and drafting skills, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and collaborate cross-functionally.
- Highly organized, proactive, and self-directed, with a hands-on, “roll up your sleeves” approach and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience building or supporting:
- Program governance frameworks (cadence, reporting, escalation)
- Metrics, dashboards, and reporting structures
- Audit readiness or evidence tracking processes
- Demonstrated ability to:
- Analyze data, documentation, and workflows to identify gaps and improve processes
- Maintain high-quality documentation and evidence standards
- Partner with stakeholders to operationalize compliance requirements into scalable processes.
- Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, GRC platforms, and other program, project, or workflow management systems.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, global environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
Compensation & Benefits
U.S.-based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits and perks. U.S.-based employees also receive up to 12 scheduled paid holidays per calendar year and one Thrive Day off per quarter. Additionally, all employees have Flexible Time Off (FTO).
The successful candidate may be eligible for a bonus and equity awards. Eligibility and amounts are determined by performance and the terms of the applicable plans.
The location for this role is listed above. For base pay range purposes, location-based compensation is grouped into the following regions. Your region is determined by your assigned work location.
- Region A: Menlo Park Office, New York Office, SF Bay Area, New York Metro Area
- Region B: Seattle Office, Seattle, Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego, Austin, Boston, Washington DC Metro Area, Miami
- Region C: All other U.S. locations
Salary Ranges:
Moloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being:
We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career. Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives.
Moloco Values:
- Lead with Humility: Everyone’s voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success.
- Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what’s possible.
- Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with rigor and integrity. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value.
- Go Further Together: We’re one team working towards one mission and vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won’t let each other fail.
Additional Resources:
AI Use in Interviews
Our interview process is designed to get to know the real you. Unless a round specifically includes AI as part of what's being assessed, we ask that candidates engage without AI assistance. Please review our AI Use in Interviews Policy before your interview to understand what to expect. Failure to comply with this policy may impact your candidacy.
Equal Opportunity:
Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence. To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization. Our workforce is our superpower, and we know that fostering a culture of inclusion, authenticity, and belonging gives us the greatest opportunity to achieve our vision to become the scaling engine for the Internet economy.
Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex and gender, gender expression and identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidate Privacy Notice:
Your privacy matters to us. By applying, you acknowledge that you’ve reviewed our Candidate Privacy Notice.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Moloco