Senior Privacy Counsel - Cybersecurity & Trust

Atlassian Corp.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing resources

Volunteer days

Bonuses

Equity

Commissions

Job summary

At Atlassian is hiring a Senior Privacy Counsel for Cybersecurity & Trust. You will join a global privacy team and provide strategic counsel on incident response, privacy compliance, and product security.

You will partner with Security, Product, Legal, and GTM teams across the UK and globally, translating complex privacy requirements for executives and ensuring adherence to GDPR, CCPA, and ISO standards. This role supports remote-friendly, global collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience practicing law with incident response and advisory work.
• Licensed to practice law in your local jurisdiction.
• Knowledge of GDPR, CCPA and industry frameworks (ISO 27701, SOC 2).
• CIPP certifications valued but not required.
• Ability to distill complex legal/technical concepts for senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Incident Response: lead investigations and advise on legal obligations during incidents.
• Cybersecurity and eSafety advice: counsel on controls to mitigate security risks and ensure compliance.
• Go to Market support: advise GTM teams on privacy across the customer lifecycle and data migrations to Cloud.
• Customer engagement: address privacy needs for EMEA and translate guidance to local practices.
• Regulatory compliance: monitor emerging laws and prepare practical responses.
• Cross-functional engagement: collaborate with Governance, Risk & Compliance on certifications and privacy policies.

Skills

Legal experience

Privacy law knowledge

Communicating with senior leaders

Incident management experience

Deal negotiation experience

Education

Qualified to practice law

Job description

Senior Privacy Counsel - Cybersecurity & Trust

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire from anywhere in the United Kingdom for this role.

Your Future Team

We are looking for a highly skilled and internationallyexperienced Privacy attorney to join Atlassian’s Privacy team as Senior Privacy Counsel - Cybersecurity & Trust, reporting to the Director of Privacy - Cybersecurity & Trust. You'll join our Cybersecurity & Trust vertical, a global team comprised of experienced privacy professionals with a background in incident management, contract negotiation, and privacy compliance.

What you'll do

Incident Response:

Partner with business teams to investigate and manage legal obligations arising during incidents. You’ll offer compliant business-focused solutions, balancing risk and Atlassian's values.

Cybersecurity and eSafety advice:

Provide expert advice to Security and Product Abuse teams regarding the implementation of controls to mitigate security risks and uphold compliance with applicable laws.

Go to Market (GTM) support:

Provide expert privacy counsel to GTM teams throughout the customer lifecycle, including pre-sales content development, compliance with global privacy laws, customer migrations to Cloud and support for strategic and novel privacy negotiations.

Customer engagement:

Engage directly with customers to address specific privacy needs and expectations unique to the EMEA region, adapting guidance to reflect local business practices and cultural nuances.

Regulatory compliance:

Track and advise on impact of and requirements from emerging global privacy laws and regulations, and help prepare practical responses to new requirements.

Cross-functional engagement:

Collaborate closely with Governance, Risk & Compliance on industry leading certifications, support audit cycles, and the creation of privacy policies and standards.

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

On Your First Day We’ll Expect You To Have

5 + years of experience practicing law, with experience providing legal advice during incidents, deal negotiation and compliance advice.

Necessary qualifications to practice law in your local jurisdiction.

Knowledge of applicable privacy laws and regulations (e.g. GDPR, CCPA) and industry frameworks (ISO 27701 and SOC2)

CIPP certifications valued but not required

Experience distilling complex legal and technical concepts into clear language, and communicating with senior leaders.

Demonstrated growth mindset and the ability to succeed in a dynamic and remote-friendly workplace spread across the globe

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.

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