Counsel, Product & Commercial (Rideshare & Safety)

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Lyft is seeking an experienced, strategic, and self-motivated attorney to join the Product & Commercial Legal Team to focus primarily on Lyft’s safety initiatives, driver issues, and public policy. You’ll partner with and provide legal guidance to various cross-functional organizations such as Safety & Customer Care, Risk, Driver, Rider, Policy, and Marketing. The legal issues you’ll encounter are some of the most challenging in the industry; they are cutting edge, revolutionary and always evolving, so it will be up to you to advise with a creative and pragmatic approach. The successful candidate will be skilled at building strong relationships, working in the unknown while balancing legal risks, and comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Responsibilities: Serve as a strategic thought leader and trusted advisor to cross-functional teams such as Safety and Risk to actively shape and guide Lyft's overall approach to community safety, road safety, and fraud prevention on the Lyft Platform — providing the legal frameworks needed to drive immediate and long-term strategies forward Provide rapid-response legal guidance on sensitive safety incidents and collaborate with the Comms and Litigation teams to manage risk Lead and contribute to high-impact, long-term initiatives coordinating across teams to ensure timely execution of public-facing and internal programs Partner closely with various cross-functional organizations such as Product, Marketing, Engineering, Risk, Public Policy and Comms to recognize and mitigate regulatory, safety, consumer protection, and employment classification issues related to the development and commercialization of driver and rider-facing products and programs Understand and advance Lyft’s priorities by connecting issues across business leaders and subject