Senior Privacy Counsel

Apple • Cupertino, CA

7d

About The Position

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great
products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and
dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Do you
love tackling big challenges without precedent? Do you possess a deep knowledge
of the legal field and a passion for innovation? As a part of Apple’s Legal
department, you’ll help uphold Apple’s high ethical and corporate standards.
Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you’ll
be challenged to creatively apply your deep legal expertise to rare and often
unexplored aspects of the law. As Senior Privacy Counsel you will have the
opportunity to work with a dynamic and experienced team on privacy issues
impacting Apple’s business and products globally. You will work directly with
business and engineering teams to design innovative privacy solutions for
products as well as across the legal department on Apple activities and
regulatory issues.

DESCRIPTION

Apple’s Privacy Legal Team is seeking a Senior Privacy Counsel to lead a team of
attorneys supporting Apple’s privacy compliance. You will be responsible for
advising and providing support on privacy related topics for Apple’s various
products and services and working alongside legal, engineering and business
teams. This role will be on the Privacy Legal team that supports teams working
on Apple’s Wallet, Payments & Commerce initiatives, our Retail and Online
Stores, and AppleCare efforts and more. You will provide strategic advice on
emerging privacy laws, trends and issues. You will also lead and mentor a highly skilled team of lawyers, promoting the Legal department’s culture of
high-performance and collaboration. You will work closely with incredible
colleagues across the company and have opportunities to engage with the senior
leadership of the company.

Requirements

• Knowledge of comprehensive privacy laws, and regulatory and other guidance and standards
• Deep understanding of US state and federal sector-specific privacy laws
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to advise and build relationships with senior leaders, teammates, and cross-functional colleagues
• 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
• 8+ years professional legal experience advising on privacy laws
• At least 4+ years experience leading and managing high-performing legal team
• 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

• Advising and providing support on privacy related topics for Apple’s various products and services
• Working alongside legal, engineering and business teams
• Providing strategic advice on emerging privacy laws, trends and issues
• Leading and mentoring a highly skilled team of lawyers, promoting the Legal department’s culture of high-performance and collaboration

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree