Role details
We are looking for a Senior Privacy Counsel to join Epic’s in-house Legal & Compliance team and provide legal support to a video game and software development company. In this role, you will:
- Provide strategic advice to practically manage global privacy risks while supporting business needs and innovation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, compliance, support, leadership, and other stakeholders to review new or changing features and uses of information to facilitate compliance with privacy laws and company policies.
- Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and guidelines to communicate compliance requirements and best practices to internal and external stakeholders.
- Draft a wide range of legal agreements relating to privacy and security.
- Conduct privacy assessments, respond to data subject rights requests, and support privacy-related regulatory interactions.
- Manage and interact with external counsel, including as primary contact for multiple regional relationships and matters.
- Monitor and proactively communicate relevant legislative developments to appropriate stakeholders.
- Perform due diligence and support integration matters in connection with corporate transactions.
- Evangelize a privacy-focused culture throughout the company. What we’re looking for:
- Licensed in good standing to practice law. - 7+ years’ relevant experience (2+ years’ in-house experience at a fast-paced technology company preferred).
- Hands-on experience providing practical and actionable legal guidance regarding risks and obligations under global privacy frameworks (e.g., GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, US federal and state privacy laws, APAC data protection laws).
- Familiarity with emerging privacy issues, including AI/ML, biometrics, and automated decision-making.
- Experience designing, operationalizing, and scaling privacy-by-design tools and processes (e.g., privacy record keeping, risk assessments, data subject rights processes) across jurisdictions and business units.
- Experience managing engagement with privacy regulators, including inquiries, audits, filings, and potential enforcement proceedings.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills and sound judgment in ambiguous circumstances. This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).