Description:

Description:
A Social Media Management Solutions Company's Legal team is hiring an Associate General Counsel, Product & Privacy to lead the newly-created Product legal team and the existing Privacy legal team. This role will report directly into the Company's General Counsel as a member of the Legal leadership team and work cross-functionally with the Product, Engineering, Partnerships and Governance, Risk & Compliance teams.

What You'll Do:

Serve as the lead counsel in providing comprehensive, proactive and business-forward product legal counseling to the Engineering and Product teams.
Lead the Privacy legal team, responsible for supporting the business in evaluating the impact of privacy laws, regulatory guidance, and enforcement actions and developing and implementing frameworks and processes to ensure A Social Media Management Solutions Company meets its obligations under global privacy laws and other regulatory frameworks relevant to its business.
Engage with product development and engineering leaders ensuring that privacy by design is a consistent practice across all A Social Media Management Solutions Company products and services.
Be a thought leader for the business on emerging technologies and evolving compliance requirements and translate the legal terms into business requirements, guidance, and advice.
Engage with the Product and Engineering teams to understand the product roadmap and priorities, to ensure legal considerations are considered during development of products and services.
Collaborate with the Partnerships team and supporting legal team members to ensure compliance with developer terms and cross-functional alignment.

What you'll bring
We are seeking a business-minded attorney with an ability to think on their feet and solve hard problems that move the business forward while managing risk. This individual must be a proven leader with the ability and desire to coach and mentor both senior and junior attorneys and professional staff. This individual must be comfortable navigating gray areas, be a strong communicator and have strong project management skills enabling this person to move work forward in a results and deadline-driven environment.

The minimum qualifications for this role include:

Law degree with strong academic credentials and active membership in a U.S. state or international bar
Minimum 10 years total legal experience
Minimum 5 years of related experience specializing in product development, privacy or emerging technologies, preferably with both law firm and in-house experience

Preferred qualifications for this role include:

Deep expertise in privacy and technology issues impacting the Martech and social media industry preferred
Extensive experience leading cross functional teams on large and complex projects
Proficient with data privacy issues related to the use of AI and Generative AI