Regulatory and Litigation Senior Counsel and Manager, Privacy Regulatory Investigations and Enforcement

As Regulatory and Litigation Senior Counsel and Manager, Privacy Regulatory Investigations and Enforcement, you’ll join a US-based team that leads the strategy for defending the company in responses to governments and regulators. The role involves defining a defense strategy, conducting investigations, collection and review of information, and representing the company in engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of lawyers responsible for responding to regulatory inquiries and investigations, shareholder demands, high risk regulatory litigation, and overlapping civil litigation, involving privacy, including consent, health, sensitive data, and user rights.
• Defend matters involving privacy issues relating to minor protections and AI. Defend privacy audits, assessing the need for, and filing, affirmative challenges to laws pertaining to privacy that we believe to be legally defective or bad for users. 
• Provide thought leadership and crisis response management in the Privacy subject matter.  
• Partner closely with team leads in Content and Society, Consumer Protection and User Safety, Global Legislative Oversight, Law Enforcement and Security, Competition, Investigations and Incidents, EMEA and APAC Investigations and Enforcement, Advisory and Engagement, and the Regulatory Response teams to drive strategic, efficient, and effective regulatory defense.  

Minimum qualifications:

• JD, LLB, equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
• 7 years of experience with legal, regulatory and litigation matters, including addressing, minimizing, and avoiding regulatory risk.
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.

Preferred qualifications:

• 15 years of experience with litigation, regulatory or corporate investigations, including addressing, minimizing and avoiding regulatory risk.
• Experience engaging with regulators, including States Attorneys General, Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and global data protection or consumer protection authorities.
• Experience working with public company boards and their counsel, including special committees and audit committees.
• Experience with Privacy, including, health, user rights, data portability, and sensitive data issues.
• Experience in people management or leadership.
• Excellent communication, time management, and problem solving skills.