Regulatory Counsel, Privacy

Minimum qualifications:

• JD, equivalent degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• Admitted to the bar in the EU/UK and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the country in which the position is located.
  
• 10 years of work experience as in-house legal counsel or in private practice in an international setting.
  
• Experience advising on global privacy and data protection laws.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience with legal, regulatory or corporate compliance in the field of privacy and data protection, including addressing, minimizing and avoiding regulatory risk.
  
• Experience engaging with regulators, including EU data protection authorities, global data protection or consumer protection authorities.
  
• Experience developing, evaluating, and maintaining programs to comply with laws, regulations, and external commitments.
  
• Experience working with public company boards and their counsel.
  
• Experience working with technology companies and understanding complex technical issues while managing projects and partnering with cross-functional teams.
  
• Ability to communicate in French and English fluently to support client relationship management in this region.
  

About the job

Regulatory Affairs helps the company innovate responsibly, and comply with laws around the world. We partner with teams across Global Affairs, Product Areas, and the rest of the company to ensure constructive engagement with governments and regulators while mitigating risk.

As Regulatory Counsel in Privacy, you will join a global team that provides subject matter expertise and engages with regulators, academics, and others to consider the role of privacy law in our changing economy, the development of new technology, and passage of new laws and regulations. You will be involved in interpreting laws, partnering with internal stakeholders across the company to mitigate risk, and helping communicate our compliance externally.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Interpret laws and other compliance obligations into requirements for Compliance, Business, Product, and Engineering teams.
• Provide legal advice on compliance programs and policies to help mitigate risk.
• Manage government and regulator discussions, negotiations, and disclosures on compliance readiness efforts.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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