Director, Corporate Counsel - Privacy

Overview

A leading enterprise software company is seeking a Director, Corporate Counsel – Privacy to lead a global privacy legal team. This role involves growing and maturing a scalable global privacy practice within a high-growth, publicly-traded SaaS environment. The position reports to the Senior Director, Corporate Counsel, Cybersecurity & Privacy and provides legal support on privacy and data protection issues to help deliver secure products to thousands of global customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of privacy legal professionals, serving as a point of escalation for privacy and data protection legal expertise.
• Advise security, engineering, product teams, executives, and other stakeholders on compliance with privacy laws and regulations such as GDPR, U.S. federal and state laws, privacy by design principles, frameworks, and industry certifications.
• Negotiate privacy and data protection terms in Master Subscription Agreements, Data Processing Addendums, and other customer and vendor contracts.
• Provide day-to-day legal support on privacy-related questions with pragmatic, business-oriented guidance.
• Support investigations of potential privacy incidents, analyzing regulatory responsibilities and contractual obligations.
• Develop, implement, and maintain privacy policies, procedures, standards, processes, certifications, and guidance.
• Build relationships to provide practical and strategic advice that balances business objectives with privacy compliance.
• Understand technical controls and assist in creating audit and monitoring frameworks for controlled operations.
• Review privacy-related marketing and external communications for accuracy.
• Manage outside counsel relationships, including staffing, strategy, work product, and budgets.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 10 years of relevant in-house and/or law firm experience as a practicing attorney, including at least 5 years specializing in privacy and data protection, preferably in a SaaS technology company.
• Ability to translate complex privacy issues into clear legal guidance and communicate effectively with non-legal colleagues.
• Familiarity with fast-paced enterprise software company culture and SaaS products.
• Experience working with highly-regulated customers, preferably in financial services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, drafting, and negotiation skills.
• Strong legal and business judgment with strategic thinking and relationship-building abilities.
• Deep knowledge of privacy and data protection frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, HIPAA, NIST, ISO, FedRAMP, and PCI-DSS.
• Proven experience managing and overseeing a global privacy legal team.
• Ability to maintain strong working relationships across various internal functions.
• Self-motivated, proactive, team-oriented, with high emotional intelligence and a results-driven approach.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from a highly regarded law school and active bar admission.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington: $240,000 to $330,000 USD.
• Additional compensation includes equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits such as health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, and paid leave including PTO and parental leave.

Location

• Remote work option available.

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request during the application and hiring process.

Additional Information

• Candidates located in New York City should be aware that Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) may be used in the recruitment and hiring process in compliance with local laws.