Mozilla
LeadPrivacyCounsel,Infrastructure&DataGovernance
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“Lead Privacy Counsel, Infrastructure & Data Governance at Mozilla. Skills: Privacy compliance infrastructure, Data governance, Privacy legal advice. Lead development of privacy compliance infrastructure. Lead implementation of privacy compliance infrastructure”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive practical outcomes; Drive scalable outcomes; Drive impact; Drive engagement; Get results
Industry & Context.
Risk assessment; Problem analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
J.D. degree, Membership in a state bar, 8+ years legal experience, Substantial in-house counsel experience, Experience building privacy compliance infrastructure, Experience maintaining privacy compliance infrastructure, Experience with data mapping, Experience with records of processing activities, Experience with governance frameworks, Experience with risk rubrics, Experience with operational privacy processes, Ability to operate independently, Ability to take ownership of initiatives, Ability to drive practical outcomes, Ability to drive scalable outcomes, Ability to drive impact, Ability to drive outcomes, Ability to drive engagement, Ability to balance multiple projects, Ability to build consensus
Nice to Have
Experience with privacy engineering, Experience with governance tooling, Experience with automated compliance workflows, Experience supporting incident response, Experience supporting privacy investigations, High fluency in internet technologies, High fluency in software development
What You'll Do.
Lead development of privacy compliance infrastructure
Lead implementation of privacy compliance infrastructure
Lead maintenance of privacy compliance infrastructure
Manage enterprise data mapping
Manage records of processing activities
Drive cross-functional privacy initiatives
Operationalize scalable governance processes
Evaluate regulatory developments
Advise on AI regulatory developments
Advise on international privacy regulations
Advise on European privacy regulations
Advise on U.S. privacy regulations
Design global privacy compliance processes
Operationalize global privacy compliance processes
Design compliance controls
Operationalize compliance controls
Design documentation frameworks
Operationalize documentation frameworks
Manage third-party privacy risk assessments
Manage related due diligence processes
Mitigate third-party risk
Support privacy incident response program
Manage privacy incident response program
Triage privacy incidents
Assess privacy incident risk
Manage privacy incident escalation
Coordinate privacy incident remediation
Develop scalable training processes
Develop intake processes
Develop operational processes
Improve organizational privacy maturity
Reduce friction for stakeholders
Maintain privacy risk framework
Implement privacy risk framework
Provide privacy advice in M&A
Provide privacy advice in post-close integration
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional stakeholders; Legal; Security; IT; Engineering; Procurement; People; Trust and safety; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Written communication; Verbal communication; Concise messaging; Presentations
Process & Methodology
Program management, Initiative ownership
Full Job Description
To learn the Hiring Ranges for this position, please select your location from the Apply Now dropdown menu. To learn more about our Hiring Range System, please click this link. Why Mozilla? Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser. Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to reclaim an internet built for people, not companies. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for people. The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders — only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms. About this team and role: We are seeking a strategic, pragmatic, and proactive Privacy Counsel to join our privacy legal team! This role will focus primarily on building, operationalizing, and maintaining Mozilla’s core privacy compliance infrastructure and scalable privacy governance processes across our global organization. Working remotely, you will serve as frontline privacy counsel for internal privacy matters, advising teams across Mozilla on operational privacy risks, enterprise data governance, third-party risk management, and incident response. You will partner closely with legal, security, IT, engineering, procurement, people, trust and safety, and other cross-functional stakeholders to help operationalize privacy-by-design principles across Mozilla’s internal systems and enterprise processes, and develop our privacy compliance
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