Senior EU Privacy Counsel (GDPR & AI)

Pinterest; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 99,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

PinFlex

Job summary

Pinterest in Ireland invites applications for a Senior Privacy Counsel (EU) to provide strategic, product‑focused privacy counseling and help scale privacy programs across EU products in compliance with GDPR and ePrivacy.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Security and Legal to embed privacy‑by‑design, lead DPIAs, advise on data transfers, and harmonize vendor terms while balancing business needs.

Qualifications

• Experience providing privacy counsel on EU privacy law (GDPR/ePrivacy)
• Experience advising product teams in a fast‑paced tech environment
• Led or contributed to DPIA/privacy risk assessments and mitigations
• Ability to translate legal requirements into practical guidance for cross‑functional teams

Responsibilities

• Provide end‑to‑end EU privacy product counseling for new products and feature launches, from early design through launch and iteration.
• Advise on GDPR, ePrivacy, DSA, EU AI Act topics, including lawful bases, transparency and data rights implications.
• Lead privacy risk assessments (DPIAs) and document decisions with cross‑functional teams.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to implement privacy‑by‑design and scalable privacy controls.
• Advise on international data transfers and negotiate privacy terms with vendors.
• Develop scalable privacy workflows, templates, and playbooks for multiple roadmaps.
• Collaborate with Legal colleagues to address privacy issues from incidents or escalations.
• Leverage AI tools thoughtfully to improve privacy counseling while maintaining quality oversight.

Skills

Privacy law

DPIA assessments

Product counseling

Cross-functional

GDPR

Data privacy

AI tooling

Legal judgment

Education

Law degree

Job description

Pinterest in Ireland invites applications for a Senior Privacy Counsel (EU) to provide strategic, product‑focused privacy counseling and help scale privacy programs across EU products in compliance with GDPR and ePrivacy.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Security and Legal to embed privacy‑by‑design, lead DPIAs, advise on data transfers, and harmonize vendor terms while balancing business needs.