Privacy Counsel
Solutus Legal Search
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $260,000 - $285,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Cloud
About the role
- Advise product, engineering, security, and business teams on data privacy, security, and compliance requirements across the product lifecycle
- Provide practical and actionable legal guidance regarding obligations under global privacy and data protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other U.S. state and international regulations
- Support and participate in privacy impact assessments and proactively identify potential privacy risks
- Assist with the development, maintenance, and updating of internal privacy policies, guidelines, and compliance frameworks
- Monitor evolving privacy laws, regulations, and enforcement trends and help translate requirements into actionable guidance
- Respond to customer privacy inquiries and data subject requests in partnership with Security, Support, and other internal teams
- Draft, review, and negotiate privacy-related provisions in customer, vendor, and partner agreements, including data processing agreements
- Help design and deliver privacy and data protection training for internal stakeholders
- Support cross-functional technical privacy initiatives, including data retention, deletion, anonymization, and related compliance efforts
- Assist with privacy-related aspects of M&A and integration activities
- Advise on and support implementation of the AI governance program
- Track industry best practices related to privacy in SaaS, AI, and cloud-based technologies
Requirements
- JD from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with a U.S. state bar
- 4–6+ years of relevant privacy counseling experience, ideally within a technology company, B2B SaaS environment, or top law firm
- Solid working knowledge of global privacy and data protection laws and frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA)
- Experience supporting B2C and/or B2B SaaS products; familiarity with AI and cloud technologies is a plus
- Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Security, and business teams in a fast-paced environment
- Strong drafting, communication, and issue-spotting skills, with the ability to provide practical guidance
- CIPP or other privacy certification is a plus
- Experience with industry-specific privacy regulations (COPPA, FERPA, BIPA, CUBI, HIPAA, AADC)
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, actionable recommendations
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities with increasing independence in a high-growth setting
- A collaborative, pragmatic mindset
- History of developing a culture of getting to “yes, if…
Benefits
- Incentives for employees who choose to work in-office two or more days per week
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
data privacydata protection lawsGDPRCCPAprivacy impact assessmentsprivacy policiescompliance frameworksdrafting agreementsprivacy trainingAI governance
Soft skills
communication skillsissue-spottingpragmatic mindsetcollaborationability to manage prioritiespractical guidanceactionable recommendationsindependenceadaptabilityproblem-solving
Certifications
JDCIPP