Privacy Counsel

The role

You will counsel product, research, and engineering teams on complex privacy issues and build global privacy and data protection programs. You will partner cross-functionally to translate technical architecture into risk advice and negotiate privacy terms in commercial agreements.

What you will do

• Counsel product, research and engineering teams across the model and product lifecycles
• Translate complex technical architecture into clear, actionable risk advice
• Deliver integrated guidance on safety, security and data protection
• Lead privacy on strategic deals and partnerships
• Negotiate privacy and data protection terms in commercial agreements
• Lead privacy diligence on mergers and acquisitions
• Support corporate governance
• Collaborate with counsel and privacy colleagues on joint analysis

Required qualifications

• Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent)
• Meet local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel where based
• Hands-on experience advising a technology business on privacy and data protection
• Experience drafting and negotiating data protection agreements, such as DPAs, BAAs and data sharing agreements
• Working knowledge of key global privacy laws, including those of the Americas, EEA and APAC
• Ability to read and engage with technical documentation, such as system designs and architecture diagrams
• Excellent legal writing, including clear, concise advice
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Field of study relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Nice to have

• At least 8 years of privacy and data protection legal experience
• Deep familiarity with software and model development and architecture
• Proven ability to build privacy processes, playbooks and templates that scale
• Direct engagement with privacy regulators, including providing briefings and responding to inquiries
• Privacy and data protection work on mergers, acquisitions, and similar transactions
• Background advising safety, security or trust and safety teams, including on privacy incidents and notification decisions

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas, though not for every role and candidate
• For roles in California, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with state and local laws

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.