Director, Privacy Legal

Netflix•Los Angeles, CA

10d•$550,000 - $945,000

About The Position

Netflix is seeking a Director to lead privacy legal support for its rapidly scaling global advertising business. The role advises Ads, Product, and Measurement teams on data collection, targeting, and partner data flows; embeds privacy-by-design into new ad products and partnerships; and supports responsible revenue growth in compliance with complex U.S. and global privacy laws. The Director will also support the broader privacy and data security team as needs arise. The role is ideally based in Netflix’s Los Angeles or Los Gatos, California office, with New York also considered. The Director will serve as the primary privacy legal advisor to Netflix’s global advertising organization, partnering on products, features, and integrations from ideation through launch. The position covers advertising privacy laws and practices, programmatic advertising and data-sharing arrangements, commercial agreement review, consent and identifier use, regulatory and self-regulatory matters, and evolving privacy legislation. The role works closely with Ads, Product, Measurement, Commercial and Partnerships Legal, Privacy Engineering, Global Privacy Legal, and Public Policy. It also involves training stakeholders and building scalable privacy review processes for the UCAN advertising business, while providing adjacent privacy and cybersecurity legal guidance as needed.

Requirements

J.D. and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
10 or more years of combined law firm and in-house experience.
Meaningful in-house experience at a technology, media, or ad tech company advising on advertising and marketing issues.
Substantive knowledge of global privacy and advertising law, including CCPA/CPRA and other state privacy statutes, COPPA, VPPA, and TCPA.
Working familiarity with EU GDPR, Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA), and other global privacy laws.
Direct experience advising an advertising, ad tech, or martech business, including programmatic/DSP-SSP ecosystems, data clean rooms, identifier and cookie-deprecation strategy, and measurement/attribution partnerships.
Comfort partnering with engineering teams on technical privacy controls for advertising data, including consent management, data separation, and pseudonymization.
Sound, risk-calibrated judgment that balances legal risk with business growth in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
Experience negotiating privacy and data protection terms in ad tech and measurement commercial agreements.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to explain privacy concepts to business and engineering audiences.
Experience building or scaling a privacy program or practice area.

Nice To Haves

Experience building or scaling a privacy program or practice area in a regional or business-vertical lead capacity.
Familiarity with self-regulatory advertising frameworks, including NAI and DAA, and IAB standards.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary privacy legal advisor to Netflix’s global advertising organization, including Ad Sales, Ad Product, Ads Partnerships, and Measurement, from product ideation through launch.
Advise on U.S. federal and state privacy laws, including CCPA/CPRA, comprehensive state privacy statutes, COPPA, VPPA, and TCPA, as well as the EU GDPR and other global laws relevant to advertising data collection, targeting, and measurement.
Provide legal guidance on programmatic advertising and DSP/SSP relationships, data clean room arrangements, and first- and third-party data-sharing structures for ad targeting and measurement.
Review and negotiate privacy and data protection terms in ad tech, data, and measurement vendor and partner agreements with Commercial and Partnerships Legal.
Advise on consent management, opt-out and opt-in mechanics, and use of pseudonymous or hashed identifiers in advertising data flows, partnering with Privacy Engineering and Product.
Support responses to regulatory inquiries and self-regulatory matters, including NAI and DAA matters, and assess litigation risk related to online behavioral advertising.
Track evolving U.S. state privacy legislation and regulatory developments relevant to advertising, and help shape Netflix’s position.
Partner with Global Privacy Legal, Privacy Engineering, and Public Policy to align UCAN ads privacy practices with Netflix’s global privacy program and standards.
Train and advise Ads, Product, and Measurement stakeholders on privacy requirements and practical risk mitigation.
Build and scale privacy review processes to keep legal support pace with the growth of the UCAN ads business.
Provide other privacy and cybersecurity legal guidance in adjacent areas and help foster a global privacy program across Netflix.

Benefits

Comprehensive health plans.
Mental health support.
401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
Stock option program.
Disability programs.
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
Family-forming benefits.
Life and Serious Injury Benefits.
Paid leave of absence programs.
Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.
Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off.