Senior Legal Counsel - Product & Privacy
About The Position
Canva is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel for their Product and Privacy team. This role supports product and engineering teams in evolving Canva AI and its integration into a tool ecosystem, while ensuring awareness of applicable privacy, IP, AI, online safety, marketing, accessibility, platform, and consumer laws. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in global laws related to these areas and a keen interest in emerging and generative AI technologies. This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of AI, product counseling, and legal strategy within Canva's Australian operations. Collaboration with global colleagues across different time zones is expected. As Canva continues to scale and evolve, this role will adapt to new challenges and opportunities.
Requirements
- Legally qualified (AUS/NZ, UK, EU or US practising certificate)
- 10+ years practicing law with some experience in-house, preferably in a technology company.
- Familiarity with key global digital, AI, privacy, consumer and online safety laws and regulations (e.g. EU AI Act, GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, Digital Services Act, Online Safety Act(s)).
- Deep understanding of modern AI technology and products. You have real opinions on things like generative and agentic AI, and the privacy, IP, safety and regulatory considerations that come with them.
- Comfortable collaborating with team members in other time zones.
- A collaborative, pragmatic, business-minded lawyer who wants to help the Canva group grow and be a part of its exciting journey.
- Ability to bring clarity to complexity and simplify compliance without compromising standards.
- Enjoys collaborating with engineers, PMs, and marketers — and thrives in fast-moving environments.
- Risk aware, not risk adverse.
- Creative, curious, and motivated by meaningful work.
Nice To Haves
- AI Governance Professional, Certified Information Privacy Professional qualifications highly regarded (and willingness to obtain CIPP certification within 6 months of joining is a must)
- Knowledge and understanding of Canva
- High level of comfort with technology and AI experimentation
- Hands on experience advising rapidly growing technology companies on privacy and product related regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Identify and advise on legal issues in key areas including privacy, data protection, intellectual property, marketing, online safety, AI regulation, platform, competition, and consumer laws.
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, advising on product development (including agentic and generative AI products), go-to-market strategy, partnership terms, consumer-facing terms and risk mitigation.
- Contribute to the development and operationalization of company-wide AI policies, processes and legal frameworks.
- Draft and maintain legal playbooks and internal guidance related to AI tools and technologies.
- Collaborate closely with privacy, IP, security, product and engineering teams.
- Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review to enable the launch of new products.
- Participate in the review and coordination of potential privacy or data security incidents (including on call), including investigations, notifications, and other resolution efforts.
- Stay up to date with global AI and privacy regulations and relevant industry standards.
Benefits
- Equity packages
- Health benefits plans
- 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
- Flexible leave options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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