Sr. Privacy Counsel

Overview

The organization is seeking a high caliber, experienced, and creative privacy attorney to join the legal team. This role will work as a strategic partner across the business and will report into the Chief Legal Officer.

This is a remote-first position with hiring hubs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany.

Responsibilities

• Support the business (product, engineering, etc.) to build trustworthy, privacy-first products and services by advising on the management and use of data, including privacy matters related to EdTech, Advertising, and data governance.
• Support the public community platform and Ads and Stack Overflow for Teams businesses.
• Provide subject matter expert advice related to regulatory investigations, individual complaints, and enquiries received related to GDPR.
• Advise on management of GDPR individual data subject access rights requests and data retention.
• Provide subject matter expert advice across all aspects of global privacy law and regulation.
• Support product lawyer evaluation of impact of privacy laws, regulatory guidance and enforcement actions, and other related guidelines on new and existing products and features.
• Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in areas of data use and protection laws, advising on the impact to the organization’s business.
• Structure, draft, review, and negotiate data protection terms in commercial agreements, including master service agreements and DPAs.
• Collaborate with and support the InfoSec team to obtain and maintain security certifications.

Representative Duties

• Support members of the Product and Engineering teams to advise on all privacy related matters for all products.
• Drive completion of multiple tasks and responsibilities in a fast-paced and high energy environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Juris Doctor (JD) Degree from an accredited law school
• Membership with good standing in at least one U.S. State Bar
• 6+ years of legal practice experience (in-house legal experience preferred)
• Ability to interact with, and establish respect and confidence with, senior business leaders
• Business-oriented problem solver and flexible team player; able to partner across departments to provide legal support that enables teams to do business effectively
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrable experience advising clients on privacy matters and legislation, including Ads and global privacy laws & regulations (including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, GLBA, and other international data protection frameworks)
• Significant experience drafting and negotiating data protection terms in commercial contracts
• Global thinker with demonstrated collaboration and sound, pragmatic legal and business judgment when providing practical privacy and data protection advice
• Ability to translate legal advice into actionable policies, processes, and programs that enable business objectives

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $200,000–235,000 plus bonus
• Competitive base salary
• Generous paid vacation
• Generous parental leave, family care leave, and unlimited sick days
• Industry-leading health benefits applicable per country of residence for all full-time employees
• Company-paid life insurance
• Home internet stipend
• Professional allocation for growth and development
• One-time allowance to assist with home office setup
• Company-paid access to Calm, Prosus Academy and Overdrive

Location

Remote-first with hiring hubs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany.

Equal Opportunity

The organization is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other legally protected characteristics in the location where the candidate is applying.

For individuals based in California, and other locations where required, the organization will consider employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.