Senior Privacy Counsel

🕒 June 16

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $140k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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RingCentral

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1999

📡 Telecommunications

☁️ SaaS

Telecommunications • SaaS • Collaboration

RingCentral is a leading global provider of cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions for businesses. It offers a comprehensive suite of services including voice, video, messaging, and collaboration tools that integrate seamlessly across devices to enhance communication and productivity. Over 400,000 organizations worldwide, from small businesses to Fortune 1000 companies, rely on RingCentral to connect teams, manage customer interactions, and conduct virtual events. With its robust and secure platform, RingCentral empowers businesses to stay connected and efficient, supported by AI-driven capabilities and a strong emphasis on innovation and reliability.

📋 Description

• Act as the dedicated privacy legal point of contact, providing proactive, risk-based counsel to Engineering and Product Management teams throughout the entire development lifecycle of new services and features. • Provide specialized legal advice on the privacy implications of any new features, including AI features, in collaboration with the Product Counseling and Regulatory Teams, ensuring compliance with emerging AI regulations and ethical guidelines as it relates to privacy. • Lead the execution and documentation of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new features and services, driving legal processes that embed privacy requirements early in the development process, in coordination with other Privacy Team Members. • Ensure that RingCentral services comply with evolving global privacy and security regulations. • Partner directly with the Information Security team to review product security controls, conduct risk analyses, align legal privacy requirements with technical security implementation for all new products, including as it relates to HIPAA, and ensure that security policies align with and take into account requirements for the protection of personal information. • Develop and update customer-facing collateral and resources on RingCentral Trust Center to support transparency for customers and partners. • Support records of processing activities and documentation for products including data locations, data transfers, and subprocessor processing in coordination with other Privacy Team members. • Support the incident response program, by ensuring that the documentation is current and in alignment with applicable laws and by representing the privacy team in the incident response activities. • Monitor legal developments, collaborate and build relationships with industry peers, to stay abreast of trends and issues globally, as they may impact RingCentral’s privacy posture, templates, and commercial practices. • Collaborate with and provide guidance to Privacy Team members in their roles and responsibilities as needed.

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. Degree and active membership in good standing with at least one US state bar. • 6+ years of legal experience with focus on data privacy, preferably combining law firm and in-house experience. • Direct experience counseling product teams on privacy requirements with the ability to balance business needs and legal requirements. • Deep working knowledge of major global privacy laws and practical implementation of the laws to product innovation. • Understanding of the legal and governance implications of the adoption and development of AI. • Experience in solving product legal matters, including communicating and collaborating effectively with stakeholders with wide-ranges of legal and technical experience and knowledge. • Proven ability to proactively identify opportunities to streamline legal processes and increase efficiency. • Strong communication skills and the ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional partners to deliver pragmatic solutions. • Ability to triage and prioritize tasks and issues; be flexible and adaptable and a team player.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance • Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Commuter benefits • Voluntary supplemental health coverage and life insurance • 401K match and ESPP • Paid time off and paid sick leave • Paid parental and pregnancy leave • Family-forming benefits (IVF, Preservation, Adoption etc.) • Emergency backup care (Child/Adult/Pets) • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with counseling sessions available 24/7 • Free legal services that provide legal advice, document creation and estate planning • Employee bonus referral program • Student loan refinancing assistance • Employee 1:1 coaching, perks and discounts program