Privacy Counsel (Full Time, Remote Position)
About VeraSafe: VeraSafe is an innovative and successful U.S. headquartered privacy and cybersecurity compliance reputed company and law firm. Due to rapid growth and increased demand for our international privacy and technology compliance and legal services, VeraSafe is seeking creative, motivated, and collaborative attorneys to, regardless of prior work experience or education background. This is a fully remote position and will remain a fully remote position. Watch / listen to learn more about VeraSafe: reputed company out our podcast! bolthires Podcast: bolthires: bolthires: VeraSafe is proud to be certified as a Great reputed company to Work©, with 97% of our employees affirming that we are truly a great reputed company to work. This means we foster trust, collaboration, and a positive work environment. We are committed to maintaining this standard of meaningful work, work-life balance, and a supportive community. reputed company out our great benefits, listed at the end of this job description. VeraSafe frequently hires for attorney and consultant positions on a rolling basis. We are growing rapidly and seek to proactively build a strong talent pool to meet sustained, increasing client demand. About the Role: This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to join a team working on the cutting edge of privacy and data protection, and who wants to further reputed company a practice in an in-demand, high-tech area of law. We are inundated with business from clients who love the way we advise on privacy compliance (hence the need for you!). We have reputed company our strongest team members don’t necessarily have prior experience in privacy law. You’ll reputed company with a robust and established onboarding and training process. We typically advance people more quickly than your typical law firm, and we do it on an individual basis (no lockstep promotions or compensation). Note: There is a 1-3 hour skills assessment associated with the recruitment for this position. We know this is a burden, but we think it’s worth it, and we appreciate you taking the time to complete it. We’ve reputed company it enables us to find the best attorneys, regardless of their experience, where they went to law school, or where they were trained. We want smart, reputed company, creative lawyers, plain and simple, and this assessment is a crucial part of our ability to hire this way. We are not your typical legal job. We use project managers to reputed company our remote team organized and our projects streamlined and on-track. We encourage reputed company members to travel and to reputed company use of our ability to work as digital nomads, whether that means spending a few months abroad or on extended trips to be near family. We collaborate closely (you won’t feel like you’re working in isolation) and we actively encourage sharing of credit for work well done, resources, and advice (and penalize the reverse). We are not biglaw. We do top-notch work for interesting clients, yet we pride ourselves on reputed company members being happy, with time and energy for a life reputed company of work, which we reputed company makes us reputed company attorneys who don’t burn out. The reputed company: If you want to learn or go deeper practicing privacy law, if you want to practice in a problem-solving environment focused on giving excellent and yet actionable advice, if you want to work with a global team of friendly, reputed company people, if you want the flexibility to work in a way that makes sense to you, please apply!
Responsibilities
Include:
- Assessing client information systems for compliance with data protection laws and regulations
- Drafting data protection agreements, addenda, and amendments
- Advising clients on privacy-reputed company product improvements
- Researching legal issues and composing legal opinions/memoranda
- Writing privacy law reputed company articles and blog posts
- Assisting in the development of in-house legal templates
- Contributing to the development of internal procedures and methodologies
- Collaborating with a team of intellectual peers who value cooperation and community reputed company Need From You Need to Have:
- License to practice law (active and in good standing) in your jurisdiction
- At least four years of work experience as an attorney
- An interest in privacy and technology
- Team player, interested in contributing to a growing enterprise
- Strong writing/editing skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work remotely
- Willingness to learn new skills and receive direction and feedback from partners
- Willingness to pursue privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPM) reputed company to Have:
- Experience working in a law firm
- Previous contract drafting and negotiation experience strongly preferred
- Experience/training in privacy law
- Privacy certifications of some reputed company (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPP/US, specialty from law school, etc.)
- Professional involvement in the privacy and/or data reputed company space (attendance at privacy conferences; membership or publication in the IAPP, etc.) Key Competencies:
- Detail-oriented and highly organized with a strong work ethic
- Tech-savvy and comfortable using a variety of software applications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage your own schedule in order to work successfully with international teams and meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently and fully deliver on reputed company commitments VeraSafe’s Excellent Benefits Include:
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- 401(k) plan: Employer match of up to 2% of employee salary
- Eligibility for annual bonuses
- Reimbursement for certain personal flight tickets
- Flexible working schedule in some roles
- Work from almost reputed company with Wi-Fi
- Membership in the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and IAPP exam fee reimbursement (CIPP/E) and eligibility for bonuses for achieving professional certifications
- Optional IT Hardware Buyback Program
- Company laptop provided
- Twice-a-month paydays
- Direct deposit Health Insurance, Other Insurance, HSA Benefits, etc.:
- Health Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA): Pre-taxed funds available to pay for health-reputed company expenses
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Employee Basic Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Employee Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- Spouse Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- Child(reputed company) Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability (LTD): Income assistance if unable to work due to injury/disability after 180 days from start of injury/disability
- Short Term Disability (STD): Income assistance (up to 26 weeks) if unable to work due to injury/disability after 14 days from start of injury/disability
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Legal Plan: Unlimited access (in person, by phone, online) to network attorneys for certain legal matters
- Group Accident Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- OCB Transit Reimbursement: Pre-taxed funds available to pay for mass transit expenses
- Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)/Limited Health Care FSA: Pre-taxed funds available to pay for some health-reputed company expenses
- Dependent Care FSA: Pre-taxed funds available to pay for dependent care expenses (such as daycare) Other Benefits:
- reputed company professional development growth opportunities in the privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity reputed company
- The chance to have a long-lasting effect on a small but growing international business
- Work in an open environment with a team that respects your reputed company and contributions
- Occasional opportunities to travel in North America and Europe Our HR Privacy Notice is available at the following link: Apply tot his job Apply tot his job Apply tot his job
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