Hackerone

Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Global Commercial and Privacy

Washington DC, Remote. Posted 16 days ago

The role

You will lead the global commercial legal function and own the global privacy portfolio. You will personally draft and negotiate commercial and data protection agreements while building scalable systems and teams across North America, EMEA, and APAC.

What you will do

  • Shape global commercial legal strategy aligned to company growth and risk posture
  • Establish enterprise-wide commercial and privacy risk frameworks and negotiation standards
  • Serve as a senior decision authority on commercial legal risk
  • Lead negotiation of complex strategic transactions including global enterprise agreements and public-sector opportunities
  • Own the global privacy program and privacy risk framework
  • Partner with Security, Engineering, and Product leadership to embed privacy by design
  • Advise senior leaders across Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Product, Security, Procurement, and GTM Operations
  • Surface material commercial and privacy risks to the CLO and Executive Leadership Team
  • Lead and develop a multi-jurisdictional team across commercial, privacy, and procurement legal support
  • Own the strategy for AI adoption in Legal and lead the evolution of the legal operating model

Required qualifications

  • J.D. degree
  • Strong academic credentials
  • Bar membership in good standing
  • 15+ years of legal experience
  • Significant in-house senior leadership in technology or SaaS
  • Experience leading a major legal function or multiple functions
  • Experience remaining hands-on in contract drafting and negotiation
  • Track record of developing legal managers and senior leaders and building organizational capability
  • Experience advising an executive leadership team on enterprise-level risk and strategy
  • Extensive experience negotiating complex, cross-border enterprise agreements
  • Deep working knowledge of applicable privacy laws

Nice to have

  • Experience building global legal infrastructure in high-growth environments
  • Experience implementing legal technology and AI-enabled workflow tools
  • Experience managing external counsel budgets and vendor risk governance

Benefits

  • Health (medical, vision, dental), life, and disability insurance
  • Equity stock options
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid public holidays
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid maternity and parental leave
  • Leaves of absence (including caregiver leave and leave under CO's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
  • Employee Assistance Program

Before you apply

  • Visa/work permit sponsorship is not available
  • Employment is contingent on a background check

About the company

HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The H1 Platform unites agentic AI solutions with security researchers ingenuity to secure the AI-native enterprise.

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