Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Product and Privacy

Summary

Join Sprout Social's Legal team as the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Product & Privacy! Lead the newly formed Product legal team and the existing Privacy legal team, reporting directly to the General Counsel. You will provide comprehensive legal counsel to Product and Engineering teams, build a product advisory function, and ensure compliance with global privacy laws. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and project management skills, along with extensive experience in product development, privacy, and emerging technologies. Sprout offers a collaborative environment, opportunities for growth, and a competitive benefits package.

Requirements

• Law degree with strong academic credentials and active membership in a U.S. state or international bar
• Minimum 12 years total legal experience
• Minimum 6 years of related experience specializing in product development, privacy or emerging technologies, preferably with both law firm and in-house experience

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead counsel in providing comprehensive, proactive and business-forward product legal counseling to the Engineering and Product teams
• Build a product advisory function within the Legal team, including mentoring junior attorneys to become proficient in this space
• Lead the Privacy legal team, responsible for supporting the business in evaluating the impact of privacy laws, regulatory guidance, and enforcement actions and developing and implementing frameworks and processes to ensure Sprout Social meets its obligations under global privacy laws and other regulatory frameworks relevant to its business
• Engage with product development and engineering leaders ensuring that privacy by design is a consistent practice across all Sprout Social products and services and create norms and practices of collaboration to ensure the Product and Privacy team are able to build on these processes
• Be a thought leader for the business on emerging technologies and evolving compliance requirements and translate the legal terms into business requirements, guidance, and advice
• Create norms and processes to ensure the Product and Privacy team are engaging with the Product and Engineering teams to understand the product roadmap and priorities, to ensure legal considerations are considered during development of products and services
• Collaborate with the Partnerships team and supporting legal team members to ensure compliance with developer terms and cross-functional alignment
• Ensure the Product and Privacy team have created a brand of business minded attorneys and paraprofessionals that accelerate business priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise in privacy and technology issues impacting the Martech and social media industry preferred
• Extensive experience leading cross-functional teams on large and complex projects
• Significant experience mentoring junior attorneys and paraprofessional staff in privacy and product advisory areas
• Proficient with data privacy issues related to the use of AI and Generative AI

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
• Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter
• Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit)
• Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution
• Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays
• Every Sprout team member has an opportunity to receive restricted stock units (RSUs) under Sprout’s equity plan