Legal Counsel, Product & Privacy
Mason Alexander - san francisco, CA
Apply NowJob Description
One of our clients,a high growth technology company, is looking to hire a Product & Privacy Legal Counsel , to be based in their offices in San Francisco. This role will require significant cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, policy, operations, and business teams, as well as other legal subject-matter experts, as you help shape the future of products used by billions of users worldwide. This is an opportunity to work on novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment as we build and scale for our global community. Responsibilities Become a deep subject-matter expert in the products you cover, building close connections with your product team through effective communication and collaboration Serve as the first point of contact for your product team's legal questions, and for the broader legal team's questions about your product Review new and changed products, features, platforms and initiatives to provide practical legal risk mitigation strategies across multiple jurisdictions Experience with drafting and reviewing Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) Provide and coordinate legal advice across complex and multifaceted legal issues applicable to the product you are supporting, including compliance with newly developing regulatory and legal obligations Enable product teams to move quickly by proactively identifying and helping to resolve areas of potential legal risk Support the company's global privacy program, including support for external regulatory inquiries and audits Coordinate with public policy, communications, product management, engineering, product marketing, trust and safety, and other cross-functional teams on external communications, policy development, internal investigations, and product development and launches Minimum Qualifications J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) 8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm or in-house experience Experience in one of the following areas: Litigation, regulatory, product counselling, data security, privacy and/or client counselling Preferred Qualifications Experience advising clients on risk mitigation across technology product platforms Proven experience to distil complicated technical concepts for legal colleagues and to distil complicated legal concepts for technical colleagues Experience working on multiple projects at once Proven problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills
Created: 2024-10-08