Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Canva is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel for our Product and Privacy team; that supports our product and engineering teams to continually and rapidly evolve Canva AI and how it pulls into an ecosystem of tools whilst making them risk aware of applicable privacy, IP, AI, online safety, marketing, accessibility, platform and consumer laws.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and advise on legal issues in key areas including privacy, data protection, intellectual property, marketing, online safety, AI regulation, platform, competition, and consumer laws.
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, advising on product development (including agentic and generative AI products), go-to-market strategy, partnership terms, consumer-facing terms and risk mitigation.
- Contribute to the development and operationalization of company-wide AI policies, processes and legal frameworks.
- Draft and maintain legal playbooks and internal guidance related to AI tools and technologies.
- Collaborate closely with privacy, IP, security, product and engineering teams.
- Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review to enable the launch of new products.
- Participate in the review and coordination of potential privacy or data security incidents (including on call), including investigations, notifications, and other resolution efforts.
- Stay up to date with global AI and privacy regulations and relevant industry standards.
Requirements:
- Legally qualified (AUS/NZ, UK, EU or US practising certificate).
- 10+ years practicing law with some experience in-house, preferably in a technology company.
- Familiarity with key global digital, AI, privacy, consumer and online safety laws and regulations (e.g. EU AI Act, GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, Digital Services Act, Online Safety Act(s)).
- Deep understanding of modern AI technology and products.
- Comfortable collaborating with team members in other time zones.
- Collaborative, pragmatic, business-minded lawyer.
- Risk aware, not risk adverse.
- Creative, curious, and motivated by meaningful work.
Benefits:
- Equity packages.
- Inclusive parental leave policy.
- Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance.
- Flexible leave options.