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    Legal Counsel - Regulatory Compliance, Product and Privacy

    Canonical
    Home Based - Americas; Home based - EMEA; Office Based - London, UKHome Based - AmericasHome Based - EMEA
    Remote
    Mid Level
    Full Time
    22 days ago
    remotelegalcomplianceprivacyproducttechnology

    Requirements

    • An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
    • A degree in law, JD or equivalent, and active licence to practise law or current progress towards that
    • Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
    • Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment
    • Effective both independently and as part of a team
    • A passion for technology evidenced by personal initiatives and projects
    • Professional written and spoken English with excellent drafting and presentation skills
    • Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
    • Appreciative of diversity; polite and effective in a multicultural multinational organisation
    • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
    • Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
    • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
    • Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

    What You'll Do

    • Draft and review corporate policies, spearhead process change and deploy controls to meet compliance regulatory requirements globally
    • Help develop, maintain and scale global privacy programs including conducting PIAs, ROPAs and support operational initiatives
    • Work cross functionally with teams to evaluate the impact of privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including AI regulations
    • Provide legal support to various internal clients across the company, including product teams
    • Interface with cross-functional teams to support company initiatives, including AI deployment and use
    • Work with local counsel in many countries to seek and implement advice

    Nice to Have

    • Experience in compliance, data privacy, or product development
    • Leadership and the ability to influence others to embrace new ideas or practices
    • Understanding of the open source software community and values
    • Understanding of the technology industry - silicon, data centers, PCs, connected devices, and software
    • Experience working on in-house legal team and/or law firm

    Benefits

    • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
    • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
    • Annual compensation review
    • Recognition rewards
    • Annual holiday leave
    • Maternity and paternity leave
    • Employee Assistance Programme
    • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
    • Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

    About Canonical

    Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, delivers trusted open source for everyone and provides security, support and services to enterprises.

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