Senior Legal Counsel – Content Safety, Product & Privacy

Canva

Senior Legal Counsel for Product and Privacy at Canva, ensuring compliance with content safety laws. Advise product teams on legal strategy, governance, and emerging AI regulations.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeRemote • Melbourne • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identify and advise on legal issues in key areas including online content and product safety (including youth and AI), platform, privacy, intellectual property, AI regulation
Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, advising on product development (including Generative AI products), go-to-market strategy, and risk mitigation, with a particular focus on safety issues
Contribute to the development and operationalization of company-wide safety policies, and processes, including regulatory, government and law enforcement inquiry handling, scalable risk assessment frameworks, and regulatory monitoring (with a focus on online and child safety)
Draft and maintain legal playbooks and internal guidance
Collaborate closely with policy, IP, security, product, trust and safety regulatory and engineering teams
Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review to enable the launch of new products
Participate in the review and coordination of potential safety, privacy or data security incidents (including on call), including investigations, notifications, and other resolution efforts

Requirements

What you’ll need

Legally qualified (AU/NZ practising certificate)
8+ years practicing law with some experience in-house
Familiarity with key online safety laws and regulations, as well as privacy, platform and consumer laws relating to digital product and generative AI (e.g., Digital Services Act, Online Safety Act (UK and AU), GDPR)
Deep understanding of modern AI technology and products
Experience with data incidents and government authority requests

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

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Hard Skills & Tools

legal analysisrisk assessmentregulatory compliancedata incident managementproduct safetyintellectual property lawprivacy lawgenerative AIonline safety lawsgovernment inquiry handling

Soft Skills

relationship buildingadvisory skillscollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingprocess developmentstakeholder engagementteam coordinationincident resolution

Certifications

AU/NZ practising certificate