Associate Legal Counsel

Summary

Join Hootsuite as an Associate Legal Counsel, Commercial and Privacy to build a world-class privacy program and support the commercial legal team. You will provide privacy support to stakeholders, draft legal documents, negotiate agreements, and collaborate on privacy initiatives. This remote-first role requires 5+ years of experience in privacy, legal, or compliance and a law degree. Responsibilities include drafting policies, supporting customer assurance, and collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate is a solution-seeker, lifelong learner, and strong communicator. The role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to contribute to a growing company.

Requirements

• A positive and proactive approach to working with the business and ability to thrive in a fast paced environment
• Highly organized and efficient working style
• Experience: 5 years of demonstrated privacy, legal or compliance experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• Education: A law degree from a recognized university
• Customer Focus: demonstrates a desire to proactively help and serve internal/external customers meet their needs
• Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generates original and imaginative ideas, products, or solutions
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
• Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems
• Process/Project Management: skilled at figuring out and managing the processes and timelines necessary to get work accomplished
• Knowledge: Familiarity and comfort level with privacy laws and principles, including the GDPR; and IAPP or other privacy certifications or experience working in SaaS / technology

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline privacy support to business stakeholders throughout the organization (e.g., product development, sales, marketing, people, etc.)
• Draft privacy and other legal policies, notices and guidance
• Support our Customer Assurance function (which provides security and privacy sales support) and efficiently respond to customer data protection and privacy questions
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and data protection agreements, including, data processing agreements, NDAs, SaaS agreements, and vendor agreements
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to implement and maintain key privacy initiatives (e.g., improvements to our data retention / deletion policies, PIAs, data inventories, vendor controls, data subject requests)
• Collaborate with key business stakeholders to identify privacy risks and implement business minded solutions
• Support the implementation and maintenance of Privacy and Customer Assurance operations tools and processes in collaboration with the team and other stakeholders
• Provide business oriented and practical legal guidance and support on a wide range of topics, including commercial contracts (with a focus on SaaS contracts), data protection, and procurement
• Build and maintain positive relationships with local leadership and other strategic partners, in particular the Sales and Product Teams
• Assist in the development of the privacy and legal knowledge base, sales resources, and delivery of training
• Take initiative, work independently and go the extra mile to meet the timelines
• Appropriately triage a heavy workflow, setting appropriate priorities with internal and external clients and delivering results efficiently
• Research and monitor changes to relevant law and regulations to ensure our programs are compliant, and advise the business as necessary
• Collaborate with other Legal team members on other matters and projects as required
• Perform administrative and other related duties as assigned

Benefits

Remote-first role