Legal Counsel - Privacy

Description:

Job Description The Privacy Legal Counsel will advise and provide guidance to Sage colleagues on privacy and data protection issues in North America (USA and Canadian businesses). In particular, the role will focus on support for Sage colleagues working in product development and engineering, sales and marketing, plus assistance to the Commercial and Product Legal teams with advice in connection with complex privacy legal matters (including regional Legal team members based in UK/Europe), and privacy risk incident management. In addition the role will support international cross-border legal and global privacy initiatives as required.

The role will report into the Data Privacy Director, and will involve close collaboration with other members of the Data Privacy Legal team, and the wider legal team.

Location Required: Hybrid - 3 days per week from our Atlanta office (Ponce City Market)
Key Responsibilities In this role, you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact by providing crucial support to Sage colleagues across various functions, including product development, engineering, sales, and marketing.

You'll collaborate closely with the Commercial and Product Legal teams to offer expert advice on complex privacy legal matters and assist in privacy risk incident management.

Additionally, you'll play a key role in developing, implementing, and maintaining policies, procedures, and processes to ensure Sage's compliance with data protection legal requirements. This position offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to the organisation's commitment to data privacy and compliance, while further developing your expertise in this critical area of law.

Summary of your day-to-day?

• In this role, your day-to-day activities involve leveraging your expert knowledge of North American data protection laws, including CCPA, CPRA, PIPEDA etc, to provide high-quality, commercially focused and timely legal advice to stakeholders across Sage.
• You will collaborate closely with regional legal privacy colleagues on cross-border legal and business initiatives, fully contributing to a consistent approach to legal delivery globally, ensuring effective execution of strategic outcomes at scale.
• You will contribute to maintaining Sage's data privacy compliance framework, including policy review and development, while supporting the creation of external-facing materials such as privacy notices and consent notices.
• You will build and maintain a strong network of business and functional colleagues to ensure collaborative, effective execution of outcome focussed legal privacy advice.
• Your role also entails identifying and mitigating privacy risks, providing expert input on data protection compliance activities, and supporting product and engineering teams in implementing privacy by design principles.
• Furthermore, for the Sage businesses in North America you will lead advisory efforts on cookies, similar technologies, and digital advertising, contribute to the management of the data privacy operating model, act as a key contact for North American local legal and data privacy matters, and develop and deliver training materials to colleagues across Sage.

Minimum qualifications for this role:

• Robust knowledge of North American data protection laws coupled with a minimum of 3 years' post admission experience advising corporate organisations, preferably gained through in-house roles.
• Candidates should demonstrate a business-oriented mindset, operational focus, and familiarity with emerging technologies such as ad tech, AI, and machine learning. The ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, prioritise tasks effectively, and communicate complex concepts clearly to non-legal colleagues is essential.
• Additionally, candidates should exhibit advanced behavioural competencies, including effective communication, collaboration, customer focus, and adaptability, while also showcasing experience with privacy management tools like OneTrust.

Preferred qualifications include prior in-house experience or secondment roles, along with a track record of working on complex projects.

Technical / professional qualifications:
USA law admitted attorney with at least 3 years' post admission experience with strong data protection law expertise and good working knowledge of data privacy law regimes in other jurisdictions preferred. IAPP CIPP certification or similar.

Benefits? We have plenty.

• Competitive annual bonuses
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement match (100% matching up to 4%)
• 32 days paid time off (22 personal days & 10 national holidays)
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave (offered 1 year after the start date)
• Work Away Program: Opportunity to work & play for 10 weeks from another country (Sage-approved list)
• Sage Foundation: 5 days paid yearly to volunteer
• $5,250 tuition reimbursement per calendar year starting 6 months after the hire date
• Sage Wellness Rewards Program ($600 wellness credit and $360 fitness reimbursement annually)

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