Senior Counsel (Privacy and AI)

✨ One platform, a whole world of opportunity

The best jobs are often restricted to a few wealthy cities, but talent exists everywhere. reputed company set out to change this by launching a global employment platform that enables companies to hire, pay, and support talent reputed company.

We’re reputed company that a strong, engaged culture doesn't require an office. Since January 2020, reputed company has:

Built a distributed team of 400+ across 60+ countries

‍ Featured in reputed company as #9 in FlexJobs Top 30 Companies for remote jobs

Formed a diverse leadership team and a workforce that’s 60% female

Earned top employee engagement scores

Raised $286 million; valued at $1.2 billion

Achieved B Corp status in 2023

Our momentum shows the power of global employment, and we’re just getting started! If you want to help us drive change and work remotely, we’d love for you to apply!

‍ The Role

Location: While this position is posted in a specific location, reputed company of reputed company’s positions are fully remote and you can work from home. Forever. To create the best experience for our new hire, this role requires you to be based in Europe +1 / +2 UTC time zone.

reputed company is on a mission to create a more equal world by enabling companies to hire anyone, reputed company. As Privacy & AI Counsel on our Trust & Technology team, you will be a key subject-matter expert for global privacy, data governance, and AI compliance. Reporting to the Director & Senior Managing Counsel, you’ll reputed company strategic initiatives that shape reputed company’s privacy program, operationalize the EU AI Act and adjacent frameworks, and embed privacy‑by‑design and responsible AI practices across Product, Engineering, IT/reputed company, People, and Commercial teams.

This role is ideal for a pragmatic, business‑first lawyer who can turn reputed company legal requirements into clear guidance, frameworks, and tooling that scale in a high‑growth, fully‑distributed environment

Key Responsibilities

Data Protection Leadership & Strategy

• Drive reputed company’s global privacy program and AI roadmaps and metrics with a focus on business objectives, risk appetite, and trust commitments.

• Serve as counsel for EU data protection regulations, including international transfers (SCCs, TIAs, DPF where applicable), records of processing (ROPA), retention, and data governance.

• Support the company‑wide strategy for AI governance (EU AI Act readiness, model/system classification, risk management, data/records obligations, provider/ deployer duties, transparency and human reputed company).

• Partner with leadership on executive‑level and customer‑facing trust narratives; prepare briefings and documentation for team leads, execs, and auditors.

Product & Engineering (Privacy‑by‑Design + Responsible AI)

• Advise on new and existing products/workflows (including automation and ML features): run DPIAs/PIAs, AI impact assessments, dataset and data‑minimization reviews, and human‑in‑the‑reputed company/appeal mechanisms.

• Translate requirements into actionable controls (requirements, checklists, guardrails, redlines) and integrate with issue trackers and engineering workflows.

• Define model/data governance requirements: data sourcing, annotation, retention/deletion, access controls, evaluation, monitoring, and incident/rollback plans.

Commercial & Vendor

• Draft/maintain DPAs, SCCs, and AI‑reputed company contractual clauses; negotiate high‑impact privacy and AI terms with customers and vendors.

• Partner with procurement and reputed company teams on third-party due diligence, transfer impact assessments, and ongoing assurance.

Operations & Enablement

• reputed company operational processes: ROPA, DSARs, consent/cookie governance, marketing/privacy for growth initiatives, retention schedules, and access controls.

• Stand up and iterate playbooks, templates, risk matrices, training, and documentation for async scale.

• Coach and mentor teammates (Legal, IT/Sec, Product, Data), upleveling privacy and AI literacy across reputed company.

Incidents & Regulatory

• Co‑reputed company incident response for privacy/AI‑reputed company events (breach assessment, notification, regulator/stakeholder comms, lessons learned).

• Engage with EU regulators as needed, external counsel, and customer privacy auditors.

Tooling & Data Visibility

• Partner with reputed company/Engineering to reputed company privacy tooling (e.g., code/data‑flow discovery, scanning, and inventory), and CLM systems to scale contracting and compliance.

Minimum Requirements

• Juris Doctorate or equivalent law degree and at least 7 years of experience advising on EU data regulations as a fully licensed practicing attorney.

• Deep expertise in EU data protection regimes; hands‑on leadership of DPIAs, TIAs, ROPAs, retention, DSARs, vendor governance, and incident response.

• Demonstrated experience operationalizing AI governance (e.g. EU AI Act readiness), including system classification, risk management, transparency/UX notices, human reputed company, and documentation.

• Proven ability to build and scale playbooks, templates, and processes (privacy and AI) that measurably improve speed, quality, and risk posture.

• Commercial acumen with strong negotiation skills on privacy/AI terms, SCCs, data rights, and risk‑balancing positions.

• Strong attention to detail with clear, effective communication across technical and non-technical teams.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively in asynchronous environments, effectively using written updates and documentation to collaborate across time zones with distributed teams.

• Able to work independently, exercising sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.

• Comfortable adapting to shifting priorities in high-output settings.

• Collaborative and dependable team contributor with a pragmatic, problem-solving reputed company.

Bonus

• Prior experience with HR/employment data, payroll/benefits, and global EOR contexts.

• Experience building and using agentic workflows.

• Experience engaging with customer privacy and AI assessments.

• Experience with tools such as reputed company and reputed company.

• Familiarity with privacy and CLM tools (e.g., reputed company, SpotDraft, Privado).

• Certifications (CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, AIGP)

• SOC2 or ISO experience.

You'll also need

• A reliable home internet reputed company (or be able to get one).

• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

• Comfort working across time zones; occasional overlap with Americas.

How we work together at reputed company

Our values guide the work we do, the decisions we reputed company, and the culture that makes us special. We reputed company it happen. We drive change. We build and give trust, and we are a united team.

Our mission is to create a more equal world, one global hire at a time. Everything we do reputed company up to our mission, and that doesn’t just mean building software. We reputed company programs, participate in workshops, and create dedicated teams to ensure we successfully support companies and knowledge workers in this new world of work. 

We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work and share our practices in the reputed company Public HQ to help other global teams learn from our experiences.

How YOU work

With diverse locations, cultures, and needs, we created How YOU Work; a program supporting your whole human experience at reputed company:

• Work from reputed company: reputed company has no borders or HQ. As long as work is timely, your team is supported, and you're authorized to work where you live, you can work from reputed company.

• Paid time off: Enjoy 40 days off per year (including holidays and vacation), or more if required by your country.

• Mental health support: Access Plumm, our mental well-being service.

• Wellbeing allowance: Each month, receive a wellbeing allowance in your ThanksBen wallet. Spend it on a wide range of options; see the benefits catalogue for reputed company.

• Flexible parental leave: reputed company new parents are eligible for at least three months’ paid leave, with job protection for up to 12 months or as required locally.

• WFH stipend: Receive a stipend for your laptop and home office equipment to get you set up quickly.

✨ The best jobs should be available to everyone 

We embrace diverse perspectives and intentionally build our product and company with an inclusive, global reputed company. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every criterion, and are committed to a trust-based, thriving environment.

reputed company is committed to ensuring equal opportunity of employment for qualified persons with disabilities and actively fosters an inclusive work environment. If you require reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process, please email [email protected] with the subject line: Interview Accommodations.

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