Senior Lead Counsel, Privacy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Deliver comprehensive privacy guidance to Trust & Safety and Product teams from the initial design phase through to launch and ongoing iterations.

• Provide insights on global privacy and data protection matters within Trust & Safety, which includes platform abuse prevention, content moderation, user reporting, enforcement operations, account integrity, age verification, identity-related signals, automated decision-making, and handling of sensitive data.

• Offer counsel on EU GDPR, ePrivacy, UK GDPR, CCPA, UK Children’s Code, California AADC, and various other international privacy regulations.

• Lead and facilitate privacy risk evaluations, including Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and implement effective mitigations.

• Collaborate with Trust & Safety, Product, Engineering, Security, Regulatory, and Legal teams to embed privacy-by-design principles.

• Create scalable governance structures, review protocols, templates, workflows, and operational playbooks.

• Provide guidance on third-party and vendor agreements, privacy clauses, data protection necessities, and data sharing practices.

• Advise on international data transfers and compliant mechanisms for such transfers.

• Address privacy challenges that arise from incidents, complaints, escalations, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations.

• Utilize AI-driven tools in a responsible manner to enhance privacy counseling and program workflows while ensuring legal compliance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Licensed to practice law in your residing jurisdiction.

• At least 10 years of professional experience.

• Proven experience in providing privacy counsel to Trust & Safety and Product teams in a dynamic environment.

• Experience in leading or significantly contributing to DPIAs/privacy risk evaluations.

• Familiarity with EU GDPR, ePrivacy, UK GDPR, CCPA, UK Children’s Code, California AADC, and other global privacy regulations.

• Experience in privacy product counseling, particularly regarding advertising in the technology sector, is highly desirable.

• Background in advising on commercial aspects, including the review, drafting, and negotiation of Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and related data protection terms, is a significant advantage.

• Strong judgment, a sense of ownership, and the capability to independently handle sensitive, high-stakes issues.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication abilities.

• Capability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities independently, demonstrating sound judgment and meticulous attention to detail.

• A practical, solutions-focused mindset.

• Proficiency in utilizing AI and other technological tools effectively and responsibly, or a willingness to acquire such skills.

• Preferred experience in navigating complex, multi-jurisdictional legal and compliance challenges.

• Familiarity with international data transfer mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and transfer risk assessments is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for equity.

• Participation in the PinFlex flexible work model.

• Requirement for in-person collaboration only 1-2 times every six months.

• Relocation assistance is not provided.