Lead Privacy Counsel, Infrastructure & Data Governance

🔥 14 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $195k - $260k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Mozilla

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1998

👥 B2C

🔒 Cybersecurity

B2C • Cybersecurity • Software

Mozilla is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting an open and accessible internet. They are the makers of the popular Firefox browser, which emphasizes user privacy, speed, and control. Mozilla also offers a range of products that focus on internet security and privacy, including Mozilla VPN, Firefox Relay, and Mozilla Monitor. Additionally, the organization is involved in open-source projects, AI innovation, and advocating for digital rights. Mozilla aims to empower users with trustworthy technology and policies that protect privacy, support open-source AI development, and foster accountability for tech companies.

📋 Description

• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of Mozilla’s core privacy compliance infrastructure, including enterprise data mapping and records of processing activities. • Independently drive complex cross-functional privacy initiatives and operationalize scalable governance processes with minimal oversight. • Evaluate and advise on evolving U.S., European, and international privacy and AI related regulatory developments and industry guidelines relevant to enterprise operations and internal data governance. • Design and operationalize scalable global privacy compliance processes, controls, and documentation frameworks across Mozilla’s internal systems and enterprise functions. • Manage and advise on third-party privacy risk assessments, including vendor DPIAs, LIAs,TIAs, and related due diligence processes, using a scalable approach to manage and mitigate risk. • Support and help manage Mozilla’s privacy incident response program, including triage, risk assessment, escalation management, documentation, and remediation coordination. • Develop scalable training, intake, and operational processes to improve organizational privacy maturity and reduce friction for internal stakeholders, including by maintaining and implementing a robust privacy risk framework. • Provide privacy advice in M&A transactions and post-close integration activities.

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. degree and membership in a state bar with good standing (or foreign equivalent). • 8+ years of relevant legal experience, including substantial experience advising on global privacy and data governance matters as in-house counsel. • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining privacy compliance infrastructure, including data mapping, records of processing activities, governance frameworks, risk rubrics, and operational privacy processes. • Demonstrated ability to operate independently, take ownership of complex cross-functional initiatives, and drive practical, scalable outcomes in a fast-paced environment. • Ability to drive impact, outcomes and engagement using limited resources to get results. • Established ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously and build consensus across cross-functional teams. • Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to distill nuanced concepts into concise messages, write and edit for a variety of audiences (ranging from junior engineers to senior executives), and deliver polished presentations.

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team • Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage • Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute) • Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together • Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday • One-time home office stipend • Annual professional development budget • Quarterly well-being stipend • Considerable paid parental leave • Employee referral bonus program • Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)