Privacy Counsel

Grammarly; Berlin; Hybrid; USD 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player is seeking a Privacy Counsel to join their dynamic Legal team. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape a world-class privacy function, ensuring compliance with evolving laws and regulations while fostering collaboration across various departments. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of privacy laws, strong communication skills, and a passion for technology and law. This position not only allows you to make a significant impact on user trust but also to thrive in a supportive and innovative environment that values diverse perspectives. If you are ready to take on complex challenges and drive meaningful change, this opportunity is for you.

Leistungen

Excellent health care

Disability and life insurance options

401(k) and RRSP matching

Paid parental leave

Generous stipends for various needs

Annual professional development budget

Qualifikationen

• Deep understanding of GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and privacy frameworks.
• 5-8+ years practicing law with a focus on privacy.

Aufgaben

• Support the evolution of Grammarly’s global privacy program.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate privacy by design.

Kenntnisse

Privacy laws and regulations

Interpersonal communication

Problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

B2C and B2B SaaS privacy programs

Ausbildung

JD degree from an accredited law school

Jobbeschreibung

Grammarly offers a dynamic hybrid working model for this role. This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that helps foster trust, innovation, and a strong team culture.

About Grammarly

Grammarly is the world’s leading AI writing assistance company trusted by over 40 million people and 50,000 organizations. From instantly creating a first draft to perfecting every message, Grammarly helps people at 96% of the Fortune 500 and teams at companies like Atlassian, Databricks, and Zoom get their point across—and get results—with best-in-class security practices that keep data private and protected. Founded in 2009, Grammarly is No. 14 on the Forbes Cloud 100, one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in AI, and one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces.

The Opportunity

To achieve our ambitious goals, we are seeking a Privacy Counsel to become a vital part of our Legal team, driving forward on our vision for a world-class privacy function. This role involves tackling novel legal and technical issues related to privacy and data protection and contributing to supporting a world-class Legal team. At the core of this position is a remarkable opportunity to make a significant impact by ensuring Grammarly maintains the trust of millions of daily users. This role will work cross-functionally across the company, including with our Trust, Engineering, Product, Marketing, Compliance, and Communications teams.

As a Privacy Counsel, you’ll excel by supporting the evolution and maturation of our global privacy program - bringing a sense of mission and customer-first mindset to the intersection of law, business, and technology. As a member of the Grammarly Legal team, you will also help develop the team’s culture through exemplary care for others and a solid commitment to finding creative solutions to complex questions. This role reports to the Director of Privacy.

Responsibilities

• Support Grammarly’s ability to deliver on its company objectives through a best-in-class privacy program.
• Collaborate with leadership to integrate privacy by design and as a value-add in business roadmaps, systems, and initiatives.
• Communicate privacy requirements and offer guidance to other teams, including Engineering, Trust, Data, Communications, Product, and other teams within the Legal department.
• Simplify and distill complex global privacy requirements into practical next steps.
• Serve as a key escalation point for Legal in response to privacy incidents.
• Drive updates to Grammarly’s internal and external privacy documentation.
• Assist with customer and vendor contract escalations, business partnerships, and corporate matters through a privacy lens.
• Support scaling of the function by supporting implementation of process improvement, automation, legal technology, and new working methods.
• Engage with regulatory, governmental, industry, and peer groups on privacy legal issues as needed.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of privacy laws, regulations, and frameworks (e.g. GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, ISO 27001) and insight into the generative AI industry, applicable laws, and emerging trends.
• Experience with industry-specific privacy regulations is preferred (e.g., COPPA, FERPA, HIPAA).
• Passionate about Grammarly’s products and the intersection of technology, law, and business and leverages this curiosity to think tactically and strategically.
• Experience with both B2C and B2B SaaS privacy programs and the ability to think big.
• Strong interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex issues or problems into direct, actionable guidance.
• Demonstrated ability to support and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.
• A history of developing a culture of getting to “yes, if…”
• A team player who leads with humility and a healthy sense of humor.
• JD degree from an accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) with membership in good standing in a US state bar.
• 5-8+ years practicing law.
• Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is inspired by our MOVE principles, which are the blueprint for how things get done at Grammarly: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust.

Compensation and Benefits

Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing the following and more:

• Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
• Disability and life insurance options
• 401(k) and RRSP matching
• Paid parental leave
• 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and flexible sick time
• Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)
• Annual professional development budget and opportunities

Grammarly takes a market-based approach to compensation, which means base pay may vary depending on your location. Our US locations are categorized into two compensation zones based on proximity to our hub locations.

Base pay may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The expected salary ranges for this position are outlined below by compensation zone and may be modified in the future.

We encourage you to apply

At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all to apply—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer and a participant in the US federal E-Verify program (US). We also abide by the Employment Equity Act (Canada).

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