Sr. Lead Counsel, Privacy

8d•$178,255 - $366,996•Remote

About The Position

As Senior Privacy Counsel (EU), you will provide strategic, product-focused privacy counseling to help Pinterest design, build, and scale products in compliance with EU privacy requirements, including GDPR and ePrivacy. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Security, Marketing, Trust & Safety, Regulatory, and Legal stakeholders to embed privacy by design throughout the product lifecycle, advise on high-impact launches, and balance business goals with privacy obligations. The role also involves shaping scalable privacy processes and supporting privacy governance across EU-facing products and features. You will counsel Trust & Safety and Product teams on products, features, tools, and operations, including platform abuse prevention, content moderation, reporting, enforcement, account integrity, age assurance, identity-related signals, automated decision-making, and sensitive data handling. You will lead or support privacy risk assessments, including DPIAs, advise on vendor arrangements and international data transfers, and collaborate on privacy incidents, complaints, escalations, regulatory inquiries, and investigations. The role includes developing workflows, review processes, templates, and playbooks, and responsibly using AI-enabled tools to improve counseling and program efficiency while maintaining legal oversight. The position follows Pinterest’s PinFlex flexible work model. It may be located anywhere in the country, with in-office attendance for in-person collaboration 1–2 times every six months. It is not eligible for relocation assistance. US-based applicants only. The role is eligible for equity, and the listed base salary range is $178,255–$366,996 USD.

Requirements

Qualified to practice law in the jurisdiction where you reside.
At least 10 years of experience.
Demonstrated experience providing privacy counseling in a fast-paced environment to Trust & Safety and Product teams.
Ability to translate legal requirements into clear, practical guidance for business, product, and technical teams.
Experience leading or materially supporting DPIAs or privacy risk assessments and driving cross-functional mitigations.
Excellent judgment, strong ownership, and ability to operate independently on sensitive, high-stakes matters.
Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to influence and build alignment across cross-functional teams.
Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities independently, with sound judgment, attention to detail, and a practical, solutions-oriented approach.
Demonstrated ability to use AI and other technology tools effectively and responsibly and identify practical opportunities to improve effectiveness, or willingness to learn.

Nice To Haves

Experience with privacy product counseling on ads in the technology sector.
Experience advising on commercial matters, including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating data processing agreements (DPAs) and related data protection terms.
Experience navigating complex, multi-jurisdictional legal and compliance issues for a technology company or similarly dynamic environment.
Familiarity with international data transfer mechanisms, such as SCCs and transfer risk assessments.

Responsibilities

Provide end-to-end privacy counseling to Trust & Safety and Product teams on products, features, tools, and operations from early design through launch and iteration.
Advise on global privacy and data protection matters in Trust & Safety, including abuse prevention, content moderation, user reporting, enforcement, account integrity, age assurance, identity-related signals, automated decision-making, and sensitive data handling.
Counsel on privacy and privacy-adjacent legal frameworks, including EU GDPR, ePrivacy, UK GDPR, CCPA, UK Children’s Code, California AADC, and other global privacy laws.
Lead and support privacy risk assessments, including DPIAs where applicable, and drive practical mitigations with cross-functional stakeholders.
Partner with Trust & Safety, Product, Engineering, Security, Regulatory, and Legal teams to operationalize privacy by design in systems, workflows, and investigations.
Support scalable governance frameworks, review processes, templates, and playbooks for consistent and efficient privacy review.
Advise on third-party and vendor arrangements, including privacy terms, data protection requirements, and data sharing.
Advise on international data transfers and cross-border data flows, partnering with internal stakeholders and outside counsel as appropriate.
Develop and improve scalable privacy workflows, templates, and playbooks across teams and roadmaps.
Collaborate with cross-functional partners and Legal colleagues on privacy issues arising from incidents, complaints, escalations, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations, and help drive durable process improvements.
Use AI-enabled tools thoughtfully and responsibly to improve the efficiency and consistency of privacy counseling and program workflows while maintaining legal oversight and quality control.