Associate Corporate Counsel

Summary

Join Axonius' Legal team as a Privacy Counsel and support the company's global data protection and privacy compliance needs. This role involves drafting and negotiating DPAs, advising on privacy and data security in commercial transactions, managing cross-team efforts related to DSRs and customer privacy inquiries, and supporting privacy program updates. You will work closely with various teams and contribute to AI governance and assessments. The ideal candidate is a business-minded attorney with 5+ years of experience in DPA negotiations, vendor privacy risk assessments, and advising on global data protection issues. This position offers a flexible work culture and various benefits, including professional development opportunities and a focus on work-life balance.

Requirements

• LLB (or equivalent legal) degree; current Bar admission; CIPP/EU/US or a similar certification
• 5+ years of legal experience in DPA negotiations, vendor privacy risk assessments and advising companies on global data protection issues, ideally at both a law firm and a tech/SaaS company
• Excellent knowledge of global privacy and AI laws, including GDPR, CCPA, PPL, EU AI Act
• Experience maintaining privacy and AI governance programs
• Exceptional communication (making complex topics easily-digestible for business people) and project management skills, ability to calibrate risk and to lead cross-functional teams
• Service-oriented and responsive attitude, strong attention to detail, hard-working and committed to providing an excellent work product
• Impeccable professional ethics, integrity, and judgment
• Able to work independently but with full recognition of areas of limitation and need for support (humility and honesty appreciated!)
• Teamwork-oriented attitude and sense of humor

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate DPAs, advise on privacy and data security in commercial SaaS transactions (customers/vendors)
• Support procurement privacy program management (e.g. vendor privacy risk assessments, vendor privacy classification and mapping, etc.)
• Manage our cross-team efforts related to DSRs and customers privacy inquiries
• Support privacy program updates (e.g. privacy policies, LIAs, DTAs, RoPs, privacy training, etc.)
• Support AI governance and AI assessments
• Support privacy audits
• Track new privacy/AI laws and regulations in the US, EU, Israel and globally to ensure an ongoing ability to provide compliance advice

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OneTrust
• Experience working at a successful, high-growth SaaS company or in the cybersecurity industry
• Curious about innovation; strong understanding of SaaS products and interest in technology

Benefits

• Yearly budget to every employee, enabling them to invest in their own growth and learning according to their specific needs and aspirations
• Three long weekends throughout the year
• Special parental leave policy which allows both primary caregiver and secondary caregiver to spend substantial time with their newborn
• Extra vacation days for the following important life events: marriage, birth of a grandchild, special milestones related to your children, loss of pregnancy and bereavement
• Psychological support services and support services
• Flexible working culture
• Majority of our employees work remotely, regardless of their location around the globe
• English lessons