Sr. Lead Counsel, Privacy

The role

You will provide strategic, product-focused privacy counseling to help design, build, and scale products in compliance with EU privacy requirements. You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to embed privacy-by-design and lead privacy risk assessments.

What you will do

• Provide end-to-end privacy counseling to Trust & Safety and Product teams.
• Advise on global privacy and data protection issues in the Trust & Safety context.
• Counsel on legal and regulatory privacy frameworks including EU GDPR, ePrivacy, UK GDPR, CCPA, UK Children’s Code, and California AADC.
• Lead and support privacy risk assessments and DPIAs.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to operationalize privacy-by-design.
• Support development of scalable governance frameworks, review processes, templates, and playbooks.
• Provide guidance on third-party and vendor arrangements and data protection requirements.
• Advise on international data transfers for cross-border data flows.
• Develop and improve scalable privacy workflows.
• Collaborate with partners to address privacy issues from incidents, complaints, or regulatory inquiries.

Required qualifications

• Qualified to practice law in the jurisdiction where you reside with a minimum of 10 years of experience.
• Experience providing privacy counseling in a fast-paced environment to Trust & Safety and Product teams.
• Experience leading or materially supporting DPIAs/privacy risk assessments.
• Excellent judgment, strong ownership, and the ability to operate independently on sensitive and high-stakes matters.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities with independence and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI and other technology tools effectively and responsibly or willingness to learn.

Nice to have

• Experience with privacy product counseling on ads in the tech sector.
• Advising on commercial matters, including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating data processing agreements (DPAs).
• Experience navigating complex, multi-jurisdictional legal and compliance issues for a technology company.
• Familiarity with international data transfer mechanisms (e.g., SCCs and transfer risk assessments).

Benefits

• Equity

Before you apply

• US based applicants only
• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

About the company

Pinterest is a platform where millions of people come to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories. The company's mission is to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.