Description
Faire is hiring a Senior Counsel, Privacy & Product to help build and ship a global wholesale marketplace that handles data thoughtfully.
This role is ideal for a privacy expert who also loves to work directly with product teams and advise on a range of legal topics.
Responsibilities:
- Partner directly with Faire's engineering, product, data, and design teams to provide practical legal guidance on product development and go-to-market strategy
- Act as a senior legal advisor to the business on data governance issues, including privacy, data use, information security, retention and deletion, and cross-border data flows
- Build and mature Faire's data governance program, designing frameworks and processes, supporting implementation, and driving improvements as we learn what works
- Track developments in global privacy laws and translate them into actionable guidance for the business
- Draft and maintain privacy policies, notices, standards, playbooks, and training that scale good decision-making across the company
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and an active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 5+ years of legal experience at a law firm, in-house, or both, including substantive privacy work
- Deep expertise in global privacy law, including EU and UK GDPR, CCPA and other state laws, and emerging frameworks
- Experience counseling advertising product teams and/or online marketplaces is a plus
- Experience with litigation or regulator engagement is a plus
- Actively experimenting with AI in legal work, and excited to go deeper
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to provide risk-calibrated and solution-focused advice to product and engineering teams
- Scrappy and resourceful – when something needs to get done, you find a way to make it happen
Benefits:
- Competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits designed to support your life inside and outside of work
- Move fast: You'll own meaningful problems that serve customers around the globe with the agency to move fast and see your results clearly
- Equipped to scale: We invest in what matters, including the latest enterprise AI tools, to help you work smarter and get more out of every day
- Best in class: Our team is full of sharp, kind, and generous colleagues who care about their craft and about helping you grow in yours
- Real rewards
- Belonging: We're intentional about building an environment where every Faire employee has equal access to opportunities, growth, and success