Sr. Counsel - Privacy

Why Mozilla?

Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser. Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to reclaim an internet built for people, not companies. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for people. 

The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders — only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms. 

The Opportunity

We are seeking a strategic and pragmatic Privacy Counsel to join our privacy legal team! Working remotely, you will advise on Mozilla’s product, business, and ecosystem needs. This will be a wide ranging and cross-functional role covering Mozilla’s global products and internal systems, including Firefox, our subscription and ads products and our data science and research efforts. Become one of our go-to authorities developing our privacy compliance and risk-management strategy. 

We’re looking for someone who can help drive risk-based privacy decision making across all levels of Mozilla, from executives to individual product teams. The privacy and legal teams coordinate closely with our colleagues in Public Policy, Engineering, Security, Trust & Safety, and Data Science on multidisciplinary issues.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement risk-based strategies in partnership with internal teams, including Product, Engineering, People, Business Development and Marketing teams.
• Evaluate and internally report on privacy-related U.S., European, and international legislative, regulatory, legal developments and industry guidelines and translate them into guidance for the business teams.
• Design and evolve global privacy compliance programs  and strategies across Mozilla.
• Lead privacy risk assessments including DPIAs,TIAs and third-party reviews, using a scalable approach to manage and mitigate risk.
• Draft, revise, and maintain consumer and developer legal terms, privacy policies, notices, and privacy trainings.
• Help us embed privacy-by-design principles into workflows and product development
• Work with commercial legal teams on critical privacy issues for our agreements with advertisers and other third parties.
• Provide privacy advice in M&A transactions and post-close integration activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• J.D. degree and membership in a state bar with good standing (or foreign equivalent).
• 8+ years of relevant legal experience. 
• Experience as In-house counsel. 
• Substantial experience advising on global privacy issues across multiple jurisdictions, including those related to data privacy and security.
• Background working with regulators and responding to regulatory inquiries.
• 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, and deliver polished presentations.

Bonus points for

• Experience with the online advertising industry.
• High fluency in internet technologies and software development.
• CIPP or related certifications

What you’ll get:

• 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)

About Mozilla 

Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open and free is better than closed and controlled. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of Web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the Web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online.

Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission.  We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws.  Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.

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Req ID: R2939