Privacy Counsel

Summary

Join Instacart as a Senior Privacy Counsel and play a pivotal role in expanding the company's global privacy program. You will work at the forefront of emerging technologies, driving privacy compliance and data strategy, and advising cross-functional teams. This role involves global privacy leadership, driving compliance and awareness, incident management, serving as a privacy subject matter expert for key initiatives, and strategic program management. You will partner with legal team colleagues on commercial transactions and M&A activity, and help prepare for future legal issues. The ideal candidate will have a J.D. from a top-tier law school, 5+ years of related experience, expertise in global privacy frameworks, and strong program management and communication skills. This remote position offers highly competitive compensation and benefits, including equity grants.

Requirements

• A J.D. from a top-tier law school and membership with at least one state bar
• A minimum of 5 years of related experience working at a leading law firm or in-house legal department, with a minimum of 4 years of hands on privacy experience (in-house experience, especially at a tech company, CPG or retailer, is a plus)
• Expertise in global privacy frameworks, including GDPR and HIPAA
• Experience with cybersecurity programs
• Experience in AdTech
• The ability to provide clear, concise legal advice, work effectively cross-functionally to drive to results, particularly with engineering, product and marketing teams
• Strong program management skills and experience building scalable processes
• Strong communication skills with an ability to translate legal concepts into into practical guidance
• A team player!

Responsibilities

• Global Privacy Leadership. Advise on global privacy regulatory and industry developments, assessing impact on and ensuring alignment with Instacart’s global objectives
• Drive privacy compliance and awareness across Instacart, including in product development, engineering, advertising, marketing, data science,  HR,  business development & sales, security and the global policy team
• Incident Management. Lead privacy and data security event response teams
• Innovation Leader. Serve as privacy subject matter expert for Instacart’s key initiatives, including artificial intelligence, personalization, advertising, Instacart Health and smart carts
• Strategic Program Management.  Drive privacy initiatives and governance programs to scale across the organization, working in partnership with our privacy engineering and risks teams on the maturation and operationalization of Instacart’s privacy program operations
• Partner with legal team colleagues on commercial transactions and M&A activity
• Think ahead, see around corners, and help to prepare for legal issues that may arise in the future

Preferred Qualifications

Preferably California state bar

Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work
• This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location
• Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role
• Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants