Legal Counsel - Regulatory Compliance, Product and Privacy

Location: This role is home-based in EMEA or the Americas, with an option of working from our London office.

The role entails

• Drafting and reviewing corporate policies, spearheading process change and deploying controls to meet compliance regulatory requirements globally
  
• Helping develop, maintain and scale global privacy programs. This includes conducting PIAs, ROPAs and supporting operational initiatives
  
• Working with cross functional with teams to evaluate the impact of privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including AI regulations
  
• Providing legal support to various internal clients across the company, including Canonical’s product teams
  
• Working with local counsel in many countries to seek and implement advice
  

What we are looking for in you

• 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
  
• 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
  
• Ability to stay organised, proactive and efficient
  
• Ability to demonstrate good commercial judgement
  
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
  

Nice-to-have skills

• 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