Senior Counsel, Data Privacy & AI

usemultiplier.com; Bengaluru, Pune District, Chennai District; Hybride; INR 4 000 000 - 7 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Multiplier is seeking a seasoned Data Privacy & AI Lawyer to lead privacy and AI governance across a global employment platform. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Security, and Compliance to embed privacy by design, implement responsible AI, and drive risk-based controls in product development and commercial initiatives.

You will advise on GDPR, cross-border transfers, and data handling while drafting DPAs, SCCs, and data use terms, with a focus on employee and workforce data across

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of GDPR, international transfers, processor/controller analysis, vendor governance, incident response, data subject rights, retention and governance.
• Meaningful experience advising on AI products, AI governance, or emerging AI regulation, with the ability to turn uncertainty into sensible operating guidance.
• Excellent communication skills, especially the ability to explain complex issues simply and credibly to non-lawyers.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize well, and stay pragmatic in a fast-scaling global business.
• Experience in HR tech, payroll, EOR, PEO, workforce management, fintech, or another highly regulated B2B SaaS environment.
• Familiarity with workforce and employee data issues, including onboarding, payroll, benefits, mobility, offboarding, and cross-border operations.
• Experience with privacy tooling, data discovery, contract lifecycle tools, or structured legal ops/compliance workflows.
• Recognised privacy or AI credentials such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, or AIGP.
• Strong drafting and negotiation capability across privacy, data, and technology terms.
• Sound judgment on how to balance legal risk, customer trust, operational reality, and business velocity.

Responsabilités

• Serve as the legal lead on privacy and AI matters that impact the platform and internal operations, advising on global privacy, data protection, and AI issues.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering from ideation through launch to embed privacy by design, responsible AI principles, and risk-based controls into workflows.
• Translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear product guidance, guardrails, review frameworks, checklists, and decision-making standards that teams can use.
• Support AI governance across the business, including use case reviews, risk classification, documentation, transparency, human oversight, model/data governance, incident response, and policy development.
• Lead or support DPIAs, PIAs, TIAs, data mapping, retention work, vendor reviews, transfer assessments, and other core privacy operations.
• Draft and negotiate privacy and AI-related contract terms, including DPAs, SCCs, data use clauses, product terms, vendor provisions, and customer commitments.
• Advise on employee and workforce data issues across EOR, payroll, contractor, and mobility products, with strong judgment on the realities of global employment data handling.
• Partner with Security, IT, and relevant business teams on privacy incidents, breach assessment, regulatory notifications, remediation, and lessons learned.
• Help prepare customer-facing and auditor-facing materials, including privacy responses, AI/governance positions, trust documentation, and internal playbooks.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments across privacy and AI and turn them into actionable business positions rather than theoretical summaries.
• Build scalable processes, templates, and training that raise the privacy and AI maturity of the company over time.

Connaissances

Privacy frameworks

AI governance

Communication

Independent work

HR tech / regulated SaaS

Workforce data handling

Privacy tooling

Privacy credentials

Contract drafting & negotiation

Risk management

Description du poste

About Job

As a key member of the Legal & Compliance team at Multiplier, this role is designed to shape how privacy, data governance and AI are integrated into a global employment platform. In this role, you will partner with various teams to build responsibly, move quickly, and maintain trust with customers, workers, and regulators. This position requires a commercially sharp, product-minded Data Privacy & AI Lawyer who can advise on global privacy, data protection, and AI issues across product development, feature launches, internal tooling, and commercial initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the legal lead on privacy and AI matters that impact the platform and internal operations, advising on global privacy, data protection, and AI issues.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering from ideation through launch to embed privacy by design, responsible AI principles, and risk-based controls into workflows.

• Translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear product guidance, guardrails, review frameworks, checklists, and decision-making standards that teams can use.

• Support AI governance across the business, including use case reviews, risk classification, documentation, transparency, human oversight, model/data governance, incident response, and policy development.

• Lead or support DPIAs, PIAs, TIAs, data mapping, retention work, vendor reviews, transfer assessments, and other core privacy operations.

• Draft and negotiate privacy and AI-related contract terms, including DPAs, SCCs, data use clauses, product terms, vendor provisions, and customer commitments.

• Advise on employee and workforce data issues across EOR, payroll, contractor, and mobility products, with strong judgment on the realities of global employment data handling.

• Partner with Security, IT, and relevant business teams on privacy incidents, breach assessment, regulatory notifications, remediation, and lessons learned.

• Help prepare customer-facing and auditor-facing materials, including privacy responses, AI/governance positions, trust documentation, and internal playbooks.

• Monitor legal and regulatory developments across privacy and AI and turn them into actionable business positions rather than theoretical summaries.

• Build scalable processes, templates, and training that raise the privacy and AI maturity of the company over time.

Skills & Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of core privacy frameworks, especially GDPR, international transfers, processor/controller analysis, vendor governance, incident response, data subject rights, retention, and governance.

• Meaningful experience advising on AI products, AI governance, or emerging AI regulation, with the ability to turn uncertainty into sensible operating guidance.

• Excellent communication skills, especially the ability to explain complex issues simply and credibly to non-lawyers.

• Ability to work independently, prioritize well, and stay pragmatic in a fast-scaling global business.

• Experience in HR tech, payroll, EOR, PEO, workforce management, fintech, or another highly regulated B2B SaaS environment.

• Familiarity with workforce and employee data issues, including onboarding, payroll, benefits, mobility, offboarding, and cross-border operations.

• Experience with privacy tooling, data discovery, contract lifecycle tools, or structured legal ops/compliance workflows.

• Recognised privacy or AI credentials such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, or AIGP.

• Strong drafting and negotiation capability across privacy, data, and technology terms.

• Sound judgment on how to balance legal risk, customer trust, operational reality, and business velocity.

• Multiplier is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.