Senior Legal Counsel – Product, Privacy

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

📋 Description

• Identify and provide guidance on legal matters related to privacy, data protection, intellectual property, marketing, online safety, AI regulation, platform competition, and consumer laws.

• Offer advice to product and engineering teams during the product development phase, including for agentic and generative AI products.

• Counsel on go-to-market strategies, partnership agreements, consumer-facing terms, and risk management.

• Establish and nurture relationships with key stakeholders.

• Contribute to the development of company-wide AI policies, processes, and legal frameworks.

• Draft and update legal playbooks and internal guidance regarding AI tools and technologies.

• Collaborate with privacy, intellectual property, security, product, and engineering teams.

• Create scalable legal review processes to support new product launches.

• Engage in the review and coordination of privacy or data security incidents, providing on-call support, investigations, notifications, and resolution efforts.

• Keep abreast of global AI and privacy regulations as well as relevant industry standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Hold a legal qualification with an AUS/NZ, UK, EU, or US practicing certificate.

• Have over 10 years of experience practicing law.

• Possess some in-house legal experience, ideally within a technology company.

• Be familiar with global digital, AI, privacy, consumer, and online safety laws and regulations, including the EU AI Act, GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, Digital Services Act, and Online Safety Acts.

• Have a deep understanding of contemporary AI technology and products.

• Be comfortable collaborating with team members across various time zones.

• Display a collaborative, pragmatic, and business-oriented mindset.

• Demonstrate the ability to simplify compliance without sacrificing standards.

• Be at ease working alongside engineers, product managers, and marketers in dynamic environments.

• Maintain a risk-aware approach.

• Exhibit creativity, curiosity, and a passion for meaningful work.

• AI Governance Professional or Certified Information Privacy Professional qualifications are highly valued.

• A willingness to obtain CIPP certification within 6 months of joining is mandatory.

• Possess knowledge and understanding of Canva.

• Have a high level of comfort with technology and AI experimentation.

• Bring hands-on experience advising rapidly growing technology companies on privacy and product-related regulatory requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity packages.

• An inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and caregivers.

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to promote wellbeing, social connection, office setup, and more.

• Flexible leave options to allow time for recharging, studying, and personal support.

• Remote work flexibility through hybrid working arrangements.

• Virtual interviews.