About the team
The Zillow Group Legal and Compliance Department is a dedicated team of skilled (and fun!) legal professionals who enjoy working in a collegial environment within an innovative, fast-paced tech, real estate, and media company. This role is part of the Technology Transactions Group, which provides strategic legal support for Zillow’s industry relationships, data, technology, privacy, intellectual property, marketing, and commercial transactions.
About the role
We are looking for a strategic, commercially minded attorney to help shape how Zillow acquires, uses, and operationalizes industry data. This role sits at the intersection of Zillow’s relationships with multiple listing services, brokerages, and other industry partners, and the products and experiences those relationships enable. It is well suited for a lawyer energized by sophisticated transactions, evolving industry requirements, and translating complex data rights into practical guidance that helps the business move forward. Industry data increasingly powers Zillow’s AI-enabled products and consumer features, and this role will help ensure that data is licensed, governed, and used in ways that support continued innovation.
You will be a day-to-day legal partner to Zillow’s Industry, Product, Engineering, and Operations teams. You will lead and support negotiations with MLSs, brokerages, and other strategic partners that advance Zillow’s 2026-2027 strategy; advise on the interpretation and implementation of MLS data licenses, rules, and policies; and help teams make sound decisions as products, market requirements, and industry relationships evolve.
You will be fully integrated in the legal lifecycle for a meaningful portfolio of industry data matters, from structuring and negotiating agreements to advising on product design, implementation, and ongoing operations. You will work closely with other Legal and Compliance teams on issues that implicate privacy, data governance, commercial strategy, marketing, intellectual property, and enterprise risk. You will also partner with legal leadership on matters that present significant cross-functional, market-specific, or relationship-sensitive considerations.
The right candidate brings strong commercial judgment, an ability to build credibility with internal and external stakeholders, and a practical approach to working through ambiguity. You are comfortable balancing legal, operational, and relationship considerations, can independently drive complex matters forward, and enjoy helping a business navigate an industry that is continually changing.
This position is intentionally designed to span two closely connected areas: strategic industry transactions and industry data operations. The relative emphasis may evolve as Zillow’s strategy, industry relationships, and product roadmap develop.
In this role, you will get to:
Lead or materially support the structuring, drafting, negotiation, and management of strategic agreements with MLSs, brokerages, franchisors, and other industry partners that advance Zillow’s 2026-2027 priorities
Advise the Industry Development team and senior management on deal strategy, commercial structure, and risk tradeoffs, from early concept through execution and ongoing relationship management
Help develop negotiation strategies, positions, and playbooks that balance Zillow’s commercial objectives, legal risk, relationship considerations, and operational feasibility, and that help the business move quickly and consistently across markets
Engage directly with counterparties, industry participants, and their counsel to help manage complex and relationship-sensitive external matters
Serve as one of Zillow’s legal subject-matter experts on MLS data, advising on the acquisition, licensing, display, use, and governance of MLS data across Zillow products and experiences
Advise on the rights, restrictions, and governance considerations for using MLS and other industry data in AI-enabled products…