Senior Counsel, Privacy and Regulatory

ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking a Senior Counsel, Privacy and Regulatory to lead our global privacy program and provide legal guidance on emerging regulatory topics. This is a unique opportunity for a thoughtful, pragmatic, and collaborative attorney with strong business instincts to shape innovative edge cloud technologies. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Senior Counsel, Privacy and Regulatory, you will be responsible for leading our global privacy program, managing stakeholder engagement across the company, and providing legal guidance on emerging regulatory and technical issues. Your key responsibilities will include: - Architecting, scaling, and leading a global privacy program - Managing compliance strategy for emerging regulatory and technical issues related to cutting-edge products and new jurisdictions - Designing and driving internal company policies, external assets, and sales collateral addressing global privacy, data protection, and other regulatory frameworks - Responding to regulatory inquiries and investigations, and collaborating with outside counsel where specialized jurisdictional expertise is required - Partnering closely with product and engineering teams to provide end-to-end legal guidance on product and feature development - Serving as our subject matter expert on privacy and other relevant regulations in complex customer, partner, and vendor negotiations - Advising on global employee data protection, workforce privacy initiatives, and talent-related privacy matters - Independently managing the legal response to privacy-related incidents - Drafting and maintaining policies, playbooks, checklists, FAQs, and training materials to improve process and streamline stakeholder engagement on privacy and regulatory matters - Overseeing and conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), maintaining Records of Processing Activities (RoPAs), and supporting audits, law enforcement requests, and platform-abuse process and policy WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need: - A JD from a respected institution and membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar - 8+ years of relevant legal experience, with significant in-house experience advising on global privacy and regulatory matters at a technology company, especially in the cloud or SaaS space - Advanced knowledge of U.S. and global privacy and data protection laws and experience with emerging technology regulations, including AI regulatory schemes - Experience building and managing a privacy program and providing clear, actionable legal guidance to business, product, and engineering teams - Technology industry experience and familiarity with technical concepts such as APIs, encryption, LLMs, and cloud architecture - A pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to problem-solving - Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to simplify complex legal issues for a business audience - Ability to own matters and prioritize, manage, and complete projects independently in a dynamic, evolving environment - A collaborative team player who enjoys working across disciplines and values building relationships and improving processes WHY REMOTE This role will be based out of one of our preferred office locations, which include San Francisco, CA, and New York, NY. As a remote employee, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere and will be expected to be available during core business hours. BENEFITS As a member of our team, you will be eligible for a range of benefits, including health insurance, parental leave, education stipend, life insurance, and equipment stip