Senior Legal Counsel Privacy at Contentful

About the opportunity

Contentful is an innovative, high-growth, customer-focused company in a large and growing market. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing legal team. As Contentful’s Senior Legal Counsel dedicated to Privacy with some support to Product, you will advise and partner with our Engineering, Product, Security, Sales, Marketing, People, and other teams throughout the organization to manage legal risk and compliance with global privacy laws and regulations. On the privacy side, you will help develop and effectuate strategies and initiatives that focus on building a scalable privacy program. Success in this role requires a collaborative, services-oriented mentality, a willingness to embrace tactical details without missing strategic priorities, and skill in distilling complex legal concepts into simple, actionable business advice. This role will report directly to the VP & Deputy General Counsel - Privacy, Product, Compliance & IP. 

What to expect?

• Support Contentful’s operationalization of compliance with relevant privacy, data protection and cybersecurity laws and regulations – particularly, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, ePrivacy Directive, and other forthcoming privacy laws in the U.S. and Europe
• Develop and implement internal and external privacy notices, policies, procedures and guidelines and provide training related to same
• Provide practical legal advice and support to business teams on a wide range of privacy, data protection and cybersecurity laws and regulations
• Review and negotiate customer and supplier data processing agreements and security addenda
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product and other business partners at all stages of product development to identify privacy risks and and implement risk-mitigation processes and controls through privacy-by-design principles
• Lead cross-functional privacy-related projects
• Conduct data protection impact assessments, legitimate interest assessments and data transfer impact assessments
• Manage and respond to data subject access requests and customer questions regarding Contentful’s processing activities

What you need to be successful?

• 7+ years of strong privacy experience providing privacy-related advice to SaaS and/or other technology companies; Product experience desirable, but not required
• Knowledge of global privacy laws, regulations, guidance and standards
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to manage cross-functional teams
• CIPP certification
• A level of comfort in influencing and educating an organization on the importance of all elements of data protection and implementation of related initiatives, and capable of gaining respect of senior leaders in the organization
• Excellent judgment, analytical rigor, clear communication, and business pragmatism
• Solution-oriented approach in working with the business
• A proactive, self-directed approach, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively

What's in it for you?

• Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital product
• Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
• Comprehensive health/dental/vision care package covering 100% of monthly  premiums for employees 
• We value Work-Life balance and You Time! A generous combination of a flexible time off policy, volunteer time off and paid holidays 
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave (after 6 months of employment)
• Use your personal education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career. 
• Enjoy a full range of virtual events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties 
• Share and navigate the excitement of a new workplace with your CFF (Contentful First Friend) 
• Commuter benefits and monthly bill stipend 
• Plus, Contentful socks! And other amazing swag as part of company events. Oh yeah!

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