Lead Privacy Counsel, Infrastructure & Data Governance

Mozilla

Lead Privacy Counsel role at Mozilla, focusing on privacy compliance infrastructure and management across global operations. Collaborative impact-driven role in operationalizing privacy initiatives.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $195,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of Mozilla’s core privacy compliance infrastructure, including enterprise data mapping and records of processing activities.
Independently drive complex cross-functional privacy initiatives and operationalize scalable governance processes with minimal oversight.
Evaluate and advise on evolving U.S., European, and international privacy and AI related regulatory developments and industry guidelines relevant to enterprise operations and internal data governance.
Design and operationalize scalable global privacy compliance processes, controls, and documentation frameworks across Mozilla’s internal systems and enterprise functions.
Manage and advise on third-party privacy risk assessments, including vendor DPIAs, LIAs,TIAs, and related due diligence processes, using a scalable approach to manage and mitigate risk.
Support and help manage Mozilla’s privacy incident response program, including triage, risk assessment, escalation management, documentation, and remediation coordination.
Develop scalable training, intake, and operational processes to improve organizational privacy maturity and reduce friction for internal stakeholders, including by maintaining and implementing a robust privacy risk framework.
Provide privacy advice in M&A transactions and post-close integration activities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

J.D. degree and membership in a state bar with good standing (or foreign equivalent).
8+ years of relevant legal experience, including substantial experience advising on global privacy and data governance matters as in-house counsel.
Demonstrated experience building and maintaining privacy compliance infrastructure, including data mapping, records of processing activities, governance frameworks, risk rubrics, and operational privacy processes.
Demonstrated ability to operate independently, take ownership of complex cross-functional initiatives, and drive practical, scalable outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
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 (ranging from junior engineers to senior executives), and deliver polished presentations.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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)

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Hard Skills & Tools

privacy compliance infrastructuredata mappingrecords of processing activitiesgovernance frameworksrisk rubricsoperational privacy processesprivacy risk assessmentsDPIAsLIAsTIAs

Soft Skills

independent operationownership of initiativesdriving outcomesproject managementconsensus buildingwritten communicationverbal communicationpresentation skillsorganizational maturitystakeholder engagement

Certifications

J.D. degreestate bar membership