Privacy Counsel

Apple • Cupertino, CA

5h

About The Position

At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bringing passion and dedication to the job can lead to significant accomplishments. This role is for individuals who enjoy tackling big challenges without precedent, possess deep knowledge of the legal field, and have a passion for innovation. As part of Apple's Legal group, the Privacy Counsel will help uphold Apple’s high ethical and corporate standards and defend intellectual property by providing legal support for products and businesses globally. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means creatively applying deep legal expertise to rare and often unexplored aspects of the law. The Privacy Counsel will work with a dynamic and experienced team on privacy issues impacting Apple’s business and products globally, directly with business and engineering teams to design innovative privacy solutions for products, and across the legal department on Apple activities and regulatory issues. The role involves advising and providing support on privacy-related topics for Apple’s various products and services, working alongside legal, engineering, and business teams. This position is on the Privacy Legal team, reporting through the team’s product counseling group, and will collaborate closely with privacy policy colleagues to advise business and engineering teams on cutting-edge privacy issues.

Requirements

• Knowledge of comprehensive privacy laws, and regulatory and other guidance and standards
• Deep understanding of US state and federal sector-specific privacy laws
• Ability to clearly organize and inform through excellent written and verbal communications
• Experience quickly issue-spotting, analyzing, and clearly communicating privacy advice on complex legal issues
• Strong analytical capability with attention to detail
• 4+ years of privacy experience as an associate at a premier law firm or business
• JD or equivalent and admission to at least one US state bar

Nice To Haves

• Experience providing strategic and practical advice to product, business, and engineering teams
• Experience drafting and negotiating privacy related contracts
• Experience advising on regulatory compliance and inquiries
• Ability to lead, take action, and provide direction in the face of ambiguity
• Ability to get results in diverse, fast paced environments
• Ability to partner at all levels of the organization
• Excellent academic credentials
• In-house experience

Responsibilities

• Advise and provide support on privacy related topics for Apple’s various products and services
• Work alongside legal, engineering and business teams
• Work directly with business and engineering teams to design innovative privacy solutions for products
• Work across the legal department on Apple activities and regulatory issues
• Work closely with privacy policy colleagues in helping advise the business and engineering teams on cutting-edge privacy issues

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees