Director, Corporate Counsel - Privacy

The role

You will lead a global privacy legal team and help grow a scalable global privacy practice. You will provide supervision and guidance on privacy and data protection issues at a high-growth, publicly-traded enterprise software company.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a team of privacy legal professionals and serve as a point of escalation.
• Provide advice to Security, Engineering, Product, and executives on privacy and data protection laws.
• Advise on negotiating privacy and data protection terms for Master Subscription Agreements and Data Processing Addendums.
• Provide day-to-day legal support on privacy and data protection questions.
• Support the investigation of potential privacy incidents.
• Develop, implement and maintain privacy and data protection policies, procedures, and standards.
• Build critical relationships to assist the business in meeting objectives.
• Maintain understanding of technical controls and assist in creating audit and monitoring frameworks.
• Review privacy-related marketing and external communications content.
• Strategically manage outside counsel relationships and budgets.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant in-house and/or law firm experience as a practicing attorney
• At least 5 years of experience specializing in privacy and data protection
• Familiarity and comfort with the culture of a fast-paced enterprise software company and knowledge of SaaS products
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, drafting and negotiation skills
• Sound and practical legal and business judgment
• Strong knowledge of privacy and data protection frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, HIPAA, NIST, ISO, FedRAMP and PCI-DSS
• Proven track record managing and overseeing a team of privacy legal professionals
• Ability to maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders
• Self-motivated with grit and high emotional intelligence
• Results-driven with the ability to organize, prioritize and manage deadlines
• Strong academic background
• J.D. from highly-regarded school

Nice to have

• Experience at a SaaS technology company
• Experience working with highly-regulated customers, preferably those in the financial services industry
• Experience managing a team at a global company

Benefits

• Equity (where applicable)
• Bonus
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage
• Financial benefits
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

About the company

Okta is the World’s Identity Provider. Their Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure access, authentication and automation.