Sr. Counsel - Privacy

Mozilla

127d • $165,000 - $283,000

About The Position

We are seeking a strategic and pragmatic Privacy Counsel to join our privacy legal team! Working remotely, you will advise on Mozilla’s product, business, and ecosystem needs. This will be a wide ranging and cross-functional role covering Mozilla’s global products and internal systems, including Firefox, our subscription and ads products and our data science and research efforts. Become one of our go-to authorities developing our privacy compliance and risk-management strategy. We’re looking for someone who can help drive risk-based privacy decision making across all levels of Mozilla, from executives to individual product teams. The privacy and legal teams coordinate closely with our colleagues in Public Policy, Engineering, Security, Trust & Safety, and Data Science on multidisciplinary issues.

Requirements

• J.D. degree and membership in a state bar with good standing (or foreign equivalent).
• 8+ years of relevant legal experience.
• Experience as In-house counsel.
• Substantial experience advising on global privacy issues across multiple jurisdictions, including those related to data privacy and security.
• Background working with regulators and responding to regulatory inquiries.
• Ability to drive impact, outcomes and engagement using limited resources to get results.
• Established ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously and build consensus across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to distill nuanced concepts into concise messages, write and edit for a variety of audiences, and deliver polished presentations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with the online advertising industry.
• High fluency in internet technologies and software development.
• CIPP or related certifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement risk-based strategies in partnership with internal teams, including Product, Engineering, People, Business Development and Marketing teams.
• Evaluate and internally report on privacy-related U.S., European, and international legislative, regulatory, legal developments and industry guidelines and translate them into guidance for the business teams.
• Design and evolve global privacy compliance programs and strategies across Mozilla.
• Lead privacy risk assessments including DPIAs, TIAs and third-party reviews, using a scalable approach to manage and mitigate risk.
• Draft, revise, and maintain consumer and developer legal terms, privacy policies, notices, and privacy trainings.
• Help us embed privacy-by-design principles into workflows and product development.
• Work with commercial legal teams on critical privacy issues for our agreements with advertisers and other third parties.
• Provide privacy advice in M&A transactions and post-close integration activities.

Benefits

• Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team.
• Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute).
• Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together.
• Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday.
• One-time home office stipend.
• Annual professional development budget.
• Quarterly well-being stipend.
• Considerable paid parental leave.
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country).

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees