Senior Legal Counsel – Product, Regulatory, Privacy

Immutable

Senior Legal Counsel driving full spectrum of regulatory and product advisory work for Immutable's gaming products. Collaborating with senior leadership and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeSydney • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the full spectrum of regulatory and product advisory work, including privacy, financial services, AML/CTF, online safety, AI, and other emerging legal requirements that affect Immutable’s products and go-to-market activities
Work closely with senior leadership across Product, Engineering, Commercial, Growth and People
Help Immutable move quickly while staying thoughtful, responsible and aligned with its regulatory obligations
Operate with autonomy, judgement and pace
Translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, practical advice that helps non-legal teams understand what they can do, what they can’t do, and what needs to happen next

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 to 10 years PQE, with an Australian practising certificate and the ability to advise on Australian legal and regulatory requirements
Strong privacy experience, including product privacy, data protection, consent, customer communications, marketing consent, privacy by design, cross-border data issues and privacy risk management. An understanding of both the Australian privacy framework and GDPR is desirable
Experience advising on financial services regulatory matters, including Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act, AML/CTF laws, digital assets regulation, sanctions compliance, payments and online safety
Experience working in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities and timelines while maintaining high-quality legal outcomes and the rapid product development of products. Ideally, you have experience working with product and engineering teams in a technology environment
Prior in-house experience in a scale-up, fintech, technology company or regulated business where autonomy, judgement and speed were required
Exposure to risk and compliance workstreams
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work directly with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
A track record of turning complex legal and regulatory concepts into clear, commercial and usable advice
A collaborative style that works well in a lean legal team where people need to flex across specialist and generalist work

Benefits

Comp & perks

We commit to paying globally competitive base salaries and contributions to a long-term fund
Sharing our products' success through Employee Stock Options ESOP
Our flexible working model blends the best of both worlds: Sydney-based employees enjoy hybrid 3 days a week in our vibrant head office, while remote team members can work from home or utilise access to global office hubs via a WeWork All-Access pass
Lunch is ordered fresh every day in our friendly office in Sydney CBD
Quarterly End of Cycle Celebration Awards and Dinner
USD $500 WFH allowance to set up your home office
USD $600 per annum to put toward your internet and phone usage
USD $75 per quarter for remote employees to celebrate with local team members
We also support our US Employees with Medical and 401K Insurance
Our Australian Employees can avail of Novated Leasing, save money by paying for your car using pre & post-tax dollars
We offer up to USD $1,350 per annum for any classes, courses or events to support your growth and development
Enjoy access to free online courses via Udemy
Enjoy USD $800 per year to put toward your health and wellbeing
Get 24/7 access to unlimited counselling for you and your family when you need it through our EAP Service
Monthly subsidy and discounted rate with ClassPass, including a 1-year free membership to Breethe
New parents receive 12 weeks of paid leave in our gender-neutral offer
The birthing parent also gets an additional 6 weeks of leave for rest and recovery leading up to and after birth
We also offer Miscarriage Leave and extra leave for IVF treatments
Enjoy 2 additional paid annual leave days at the end of the year
Birthday you get a paid day off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Privacy Risk ManagementData ProtectionConsent ManagementCross-Border Data IssuesFinancial Services RegulationAML/CTF LawsDigital Assets RegulationSanctions CompliancePrivacy By DesignLegal Advisory

Soft Skills

AutonomyJudgementCollaborationCommunicationStakeholder Engagement

Certifications

Australian Practising Certificate