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Sr. Lead Counsel, Privacy

Washington D.C.Full-time$178k–$367k2026-10-23 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · United States

Core

Provide strategic, product-focused privacy counseling to help design, build, and scale products in compliance with EU privacy requirements (GDPR, ePrivacy) and global frameworks.

Role type

Senior IC privacy counsel (EU)

Builds

Scalable privacy processes, governance frameworks, risk assessments, and playbooks for EU-facing products.

Domain

Technology / Privacy Law / Data Protection

Required skills

EU GDPR and ePrivacy expertise, privacy risk assessment (DPIA) leadership, cross-functional stakeholder management, commercial contract negotiation (DPAs), international data transfer mechanisms, online safety and content moderation regulations, AI tool integration for legal workflows

Preferred skills

Privacy product counseling on ads, multi-jurisdictional legal compliance, commercial matters expertise

Technologies

AI-enabled legal tools, data transfer mechanisms (SCCs)

Responsibilities

Provide end-to-end privacy counseling from design to launch; Lead privacy risk assessments and DPIAs; Partner with Trust & Safety, Product, and Engineering to embed privacy-by-design; Advise on international data transfers and vendor arrangements; Develop scalable governance frameworks and playbooks; Address privacy issues from incidents and regulatory inquiries.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC