Privacy & Product Counsel

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $175k - $225k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Fanatics

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10,000+ employees

⚽ Sports

🛍️ eCommerce

🛒 Retail

💰 $700M Private Equity Round - Fanatics on 2022-12

Sports • eCommerce • Retail

Fanatics is a global sports merchandise and apparel company focused on delivering officially licensed fan products and enhancing the fan experience. The company’s public site emphasizes a broad footprint, partnerships with sports organizations, brand protection, and multiple business lines (including Fanatics ONE), along with corporate responsibility, sourcing transparency, and investor relations. Fanatics operates e-commerce and retail channels and supports both consumer-facing sales and business partnerships tied to sports licensing and merchandising.

📋 Description

• Advise on global privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including U.S. state privacy laws (e.g., CCPA/CPRA), GDPR, and other international frameworks. • Provide practical, business-focused guidance on the collection, use, sharing, retention, and protection of personal data across Fanatics’ products and operations. • Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of privacy policies, notices, and internal governance standards. • Advise on data incidents and any required regulatory notification requirements across various jurisdictions. • Partner closely with product management, engineering, data, and technology teams to embed privacy considerations into the design, development, and deployment of products and platforms (“privacy by design”). • Review and advise on privacy implications of new products, features, technologies, and data uses, including conducting and supporting privacy impact assessments (PIAs). • Counsel on data-driven initiatives, including analytics, personalization, marketing technologies, and emerging technologies such as AI, from a privacy and data governance perspective. • Review, draft, and negotiate privacy and data protection provisions in commercial agreements, including data processing agreements and vendor contracts. • Support third-party risk management efforts related to data protection and privacy compliance. • Monitor and assess evolving privacy and data protection laws, regulatory guidance, and enforcement trends, and advise on impacts to the business. • Support responses to data subject requests, regulatory inquiries, and privacy-related incidents in coordination with Legal, Compliance, and Security teams. • Assist with regulatory readiness, audits, and internal assessments related to privacy compliance. • Provide proactive privacy advice to business stakeholders, balancing legal risk with business objectives. • Contribute to the ongoing maturation of Fanatics’ global privacy program through process improvements, training, and cross-functional collaboration.

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school. • Licensed to practice law in the United States. • Minimum 6–9 years of legal experience, with a significant focus on privacy, data protection, and technology-related matters. • Demonstrated experience providing product counseling and advising engineering, product, and technical teams. • Combination of law firm and in-house experience strongly preferred; experience supporting consumer-facing, retail, digital, or global technology businesses is a plus. • IAPP Certifications (CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM) preferable. • Strong ability to translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable guidance for technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Familiarity with international privacy laws and cross-border data issues preferred. • Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/