Senior Legal Counsel, Khan Kids

Khan Academy
Mountain View, United States, Canada
Workplace: RemoteContractUSD 188,000 - 199,750 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Business judgment","Cross-functional collaboration","Independent legal work","Stakeholder management","Attention to detail"]

Serve as the primary legal partner to the Khan Kids team, supporting product development and international expansion for young children. Provide first-line product and regulatory guidance across the full development lifecycle, with a focus on privacy-by-design and responsible AI use. Advise on children’s privacy compliance (COPPA/GDPR and regional laws), draft customer-facing legal documents, analyze market entry requirements, and coordinate with local counsel.

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Senior Legal Counsel, Khan Kids

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Job Summary

Serve as the primary legal partner to the Khan Kids team, supporting product development and international expansion for young children. Provide first-line product and regulatory guidance across the full development lifecycle, with a focus on privacy-by-design and responsible AI use. Advise on children’s privacy compliance (COPPA/GDPR and regional laws), draft customer-facing legal documents, analyze market entry requirements, and coordinate with local counsel.
Location: Mountain View, United States, Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Contract
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as first-line legal and regulatory business partner to Khan Kids product, engineering, and international programs teams.
  • •Provide product counseling from ideation through launch, emphasizing privacy-by-design, age-appropriate practices, and responsible AI use.
  • •Advise on privacy compliance for children’s products under COPPA, GDPR (including age-appropriate design requirements), and regional data protection laws.
  • •Draft, review, and update terms of service, privacy policies, and parental consent flows for Khan Kids products.
  • •Analyze international tax, registration, and digital services laws and coordinate with local counsel on jurisdiction-specific requirements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 188,000 - 199,750 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife401kRemote WorkParental LeavePaid LeaveWellness StipendLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of legal practice advising on the design, launch, and scaling of consumer-facing websites or applications in global markets.
  • •JD or LLM from an accredited U.S. law school, and active membership in good standing of at least one U.S. state bar association.
  • •Deep privacy compliance experience for consumer products, including building privacy programs, drafting user-facing legal documents, and embedding privacy-by-design into product development.
  • •Expertise in children’s privacy (e.g., COPPA, GDPR, age-appropriate design codes) or demonstrated commitment to developing deep expertise in this area.
  • •Experience navigating international regulatory landscapes, including coordinating with local counsel and advising on market entry requirements across jurisdictions.
Experience:8+ years
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:Business judgmentCross-functional collaborationIndependent legal workStakeholder managementAttention to detail
Certifications:CIPP
Languages:English

Company Brief

Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit education organization offering free, world-class online lessons, practice exercises, and resources across math, science, economics, and test prep to learners and teachers worldwide.
Industry: EdTech
Growth: Nonprofit & NGO
Funding: Grant Funded
Headquarters: Mountain View, United States
Founded: 2008
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