Senior Legal Counsel - Product & Privacy

Overview

Permanent role for a Senior Legal Counsel supporting the Product and Privacy team. This position advises product and engineering teams on evolving AI capabilities and how they integrate into an ecosystem of tools, while ensuring risk awareness across applicable privacy, IP, AI, online safety, marketing, accessibility, platform, and consumer laws.

This role is based in Australia with collaboration across global time zones.

Where and How You Can Work

• Flagship office location: Sydney, Australia
• US operations hub: San Francisco
• Flexibility in how and where you work, with balance determined to support individual and team goals
• Comfort working across time zones is required

Responsibilities

• Identify, advise on, and support legal issues across areas including:
  • Privacy and data protection
  • Intellectual property
  • Marketing
  • Online safety
  • AI regulation
  • Platform, competition, and consumer laws
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and advise on:
  • Product development (including agentic and generative AI products)
  • Go-to-market strategy
  • Partnership terms
  • Consumer-facing terms
  • Risk mitigation
• Contribute to the development and operationalization of company-wide AI policies, processes, and legal frameworks
• Draft and maintain legal playbooks and internal guidance related to AI tools and technologies
• Collaborate closely with privacy, IP, security, product, and engineering teams
• Help build scalable and effective legal review processes to enable the launch of new products
• Participate in the review and coordination of potential privacy or data security incidents (including on call), including investigations, notifications, and resolution efforts
• Stay up to date with global AI and privacy regulations and relevant industry standards

Requirements

• Legally qualified in one or more of: AUS/NZ, UK, EU, or US (practising certificate)
• 10+ years of practicing law, with some in-house experience preferred (preferably in a technology company)
• Familiarity with key global digital, AI, privacy, consumer, and online safety laws and regulations (examples include EU AI Act, GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, Digital Services Act, Online Safety Act(s))
• Deep understanding of modern AI technology and products, including opinions on generative and agentic AI and related privacy, IP, safety, and regulatory considerations
• Comfortable collaborating with team members in other time zones
• Collaborative, pragmatic, business-minded approach
• Ability to provide clarity and simplify compliance without compromising standards
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, PMs, and marketers in fast-moving environments
• Risk-aware, not risk adverse
• Creative, curious, and motivated by meaningful work

Preferred Qualifications

• AI Governance Professional or Certified Information Privacy Professional qualifications highly regarded
• Willingness to obtain CIPP certification within 6 months of joining (required)
• Knowledge and understanding of Canva
• High comfort with technology and AI experimentation
• Hands-on experience advising rapidly growing technology companies on privacy and product-related regulatory requirements

Compensation & Benefits

• Target salary range: USD 187,000 to USD 280,000 per year
• Equity packages
• Health benefits plans
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Inclusive parental leave policy supporting all parents & carers
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing, social connection, office setup, and more
• Flexible leave options

Other Notes

• Interviews are conducted virtually.
• Recruitment type: Permanent.
• In the application, candidates are asked to provide the pronouns they use and any reasonable adjustments needed during the interview process.

Location

• Sydney, Australia (flagship office)
• US operations hub: San Francisco
• Global collaboration across time zones is required