Quora
General Counsel (Remote)
Job Summary
Quora is seeking an experienced General Counsel to lead its global legal functions, advising on legal, regulatory, and strategic issues related to AI, user-generated content, and international growth. The role involves overseeing all legal operations, including corporate governance, intellectual property, and compliance, while managing a legal team and external counsel. The ideal candidate will have extensive legal practice experience, leadership skills, and expertise in global regulatory environments, especially around AI and content moderation. This leadership position offers an opportunity to shape the legal and regulatory future of innovative knowledge sharing platforms in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
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Job Description
[Quora is a privately held, "remote-first" company. This position can be performed remotely from anywhere in the United States.]
About Quora:
Quora’s mission is to grow and share the world’s knowledge. To do so, we have two knowledge sharing products:
Quora: a global knowledge sharing platform with over 400M monthly unique visitors, bringing people together to share insights on various topics and providing a unique platform to learn and connect with others.
Poe: a platform providing millions of global users with one place to chat, explore and build with a wide variety of AI language models (bots), including o3, o4-mini, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, GPT Image 1 and more. As AI capabilities rapidly advance, Poe provides a single platform to instantly integrate and utilize these new models.
Behind these products are passionate, collaborative, and high-performing global teams. We have a culture rooted in transparency, idea-sharing, and experimentation that allows us to celebrate success and grow together through meaningful work. Join us on this journey to create a positive impact and make a significant change in the world.
About the Team and Role:
We’re looking for an experiencedGeneral Counsel to lead and build Quora’s global legal function. You’ll be a key partner to our executive team, advising on legal, regulatory, and strategic challenges across AI, UGC, and global growth. This is a unique opportunity to define the legal function at a company known for cutting-edge product development and rapid iteration.
You’ll own all legal operations - from product counsel and regulatory compliance to corporate governance and team building - while navigating evolving global regulations and helping Quora stay at the forefront of knowledge sharing and AI.
Responsibilities:
Act as the primary legal partner for Poe and Quora’s global product teams, providing pragmatic advice on new AI products and evolving user-generated content regulations.
Own and oversee all aspects of Quora’s global legal operations, including corporate governance, IP, equity, and commercial transactions.
Identify and manage legal and regulatory risk across new and existing product areas, offering actionable guidance to drive product and business goals forward.
Build and lead a lean, high-impact legal team (including 2 immediate hires), and manage relationships with external counsel as needed.
Develop and maintain product policies, moderation practices, and regulatory frameworks to ensure Quora stays ahead of global developments.
Serve as a key advisor to the executive team, collaborating cross-functionally with product, engineering, trust & safety, and finance to enable responsible growth.
Minimum Requirements:
Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
J.D. and licensed to practice law in the United States
8+ years of legal practice, including at least 3 years in-house at a technology company
4+ years of experience in a leadership role, managing or building legal teams
Expertise advising on complex regulatory and product questions in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Strong global regulatory awareness (especially around AI, UGC, and content moderation)
Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into practical guidance for cross-functional teams
Proven track record of balancing risk and business needs in scaling environments
Preferred Requirements:
Experience with international regulatory frameworks (e.g., OFCOM, EU DSA, US AI executive orders)
Background in user-generated content, data privacy, and platform governance
Prior experience supporting global expansion and international subsidiary structuring
Deep curiosity about generative AI and a passion for shaping the legal future of this technology
At Quora, we value diversity and inclusivity and welcome individuals from all backgrounds, including marginalized or underrepresented groups in tech, to apply for our job openings. We encourage all candidates who share a passion for growing the world’s knowledge, even those who may not strictly meet all the preferred requirements, to apply, as we know that a diverse range of perspectives can have a significant impact on our products and our culture.
Additional Information:
We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis.
Quora offers a wide range of benefits including medical/dental/vision coverage, equity refreshers, remote work reimbursement, paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more. Benefits are country-specific and may vary. For more information on benefits, visit this link:https://www.careers.quora.com/benefits
There are many factors that will determine the starting pay, including but not limited to experience, location, education, and business needs.
US candidates only: For US based applicants, the salary range is $300,000 - $400,000 USD + equity + benefits.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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