Overview
This role involves providing privacy-focused legal counsel at the intersection of law, technology, data, mobility, and consumer innovation. The position is fully remote with travel as needed to support business objectives and team collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted privacy advisor, providing strategic counsel on U.S. state privacy laws, GDPR, and other global privacy frameworks.
- Conduct complex legal analysis to determine the applicability of laws, regulations, exemptions, and compliance requirements across evolving business models and technologies.
- Partner with privacy program leads to ensure ongoing compliance with existing legal and regulatory requirements while supporting emerging privacy, data governance, and artificial intelligence (AI) regulations.
- Advise advertising, marketing, and product teams across the audience lifecycle, including audience creation, activation, measurement, attribution, and the deployment of tags, pixels, SDKs, and related technologies.
- Advise on consent management, consumer choice mechanisms, and regulatory requirements governing data collection and use.
- Counsel on Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) matters involving the collection, use, and sharing of consumer report data, including permissible purpose requirements, notice obligations, and disclosure considerations.
- Lead privacy support for complex data-driven transactions and commercial arrangements, including data licensing agreements, data supply agreements, clean room agreements, strategic partnerships, and other transactions where data rights and regulatory considerations are critical.
- Advise stakeholders on data strategy and governance, including data provenance, permitted use rights, consumer-facing disclosures, data sharing practices, licensing rights, retention requirements, and data lifecycle management.
- Collaborate across Law & Regulation, product, technology, marketing, data, compliance, and business teams to support strategic initiatives and deliver practical, business-oriented legal solutions.
- Anticipate legal and regulatory developments, identify potential risks, and develop solution-oriented approaches that enable innovation while managing legal exposure.
- Perform risk-benefit analyses of key business initiatives, considering enterprise-wide implications and providing actionable recommendations.
- Advise business partners on emerging legal, regulatory, technology, and risk management issues.
- Help execute legal strategy by driving action plans and fostering communication and alignment across business units and legal stakeholders.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree required.
- Active license to practice law and in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive legal experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department supporting a mid-sized to large organization.
- Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following:
- Privacy
- Advertising technology (AdTech)
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Technology transactions
- Commercial contracting
- Data governance
- Other highly regulated industries
- Experience advising within corporate structures, including parent companies and affiliated entities, with the ability to navigate diverse business and regulatory environments.
- Proven ability to provide strategic legal counsel that balances risk management with business objectives.
Preferred Qualifications
- Leadership experience building, developing, mentoring, and guiding high-performing teams.
- Executive presence with strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and translate complex legal concepts into practical business guidance.
- Demonstrated business acumen, including assessing legal and operational risks, developing business cases, and quantifying return on investment for strategic initiatives.
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation: $120,000.00 – $193,725.00 annually, based on experience and qualifications.
- Background investigation required.
- Comprehensive technology setup provided, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.
- For employees eligible to work from home: monthly connectivity reimbursement to offset internet costs.
Location & Travel Requirements
- Fully remote role.
- Includes travel as needed to support business objectives and team collaboration.
- Candidates welcomed from across the United States, with a preference for those located in: Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, New York, or California.
Work-From-Home Requirements
- Dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating.
- Reliable internet required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.
Additional Notes
- This role generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas.
- This position has no supervisory duties.
- Internal candidates are only asked to join on video; a Valid Photo Identification is not needed for the interview.
- For virtual interviews, candidates are asked to join with their camera on and have a Valid Photo Identification available at the start of the interview.
- If accommodations are needed, candidates should reach out to the recruiter ahead of the interview.