Associate Corporate Counsel, Privacy Legal

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s Privacy Legal team is seeking an attorney to tackle complex privacy questions across the company’s businesses, with a focus on Amazon’s advertising business. You will advise business leaders and legal teams on global privacy laws and help implement privacy policies.

The role involves partnering with technology teams on privacy infrastructure, working with policy, PR, and regulators to explain policies and ensure compliant product initiatives.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent.
• 2+ years of legal experience.
• Keen business and legal instincts.
• Sound judgment in ambiguous situations.
• Ability to deliver results independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing privacy counsel across Amazon Ads and other Amazon businesses, including data minimization and data sharing.
• Advise on global privacy laws and regulations and help implement privacy policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address privacy concerns and implement best practices.
• Define regulatory compliance strategy and counsel on new product initiatives regarding privacy.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Business/legal instincts

Independent & collaborative

Judgment in ambiguity

Education

Juris Doctor

Bar admission (any state)

Job description

Description

Amazon’s Privacy Legal team is looking for a talented and motivated attorney to help us tackle complex privacy questions across all of the company’s business lines, with a particular focus on Amazon’s advertising business.

Responsibilities will include working closely with business leaders and legal teams to advise on all aspects of global privacy laws and regulations. You’ll help develop and implement privacy policies and procedures, monitor new US and global privacy laws and regulations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to address privacy concerns and implement best practices. The role includes working directly with technology teams that are implementing privacy infrastructure for Amazon and its subsidiaries. And you’ll work closely with our public policy, public relations, and other teams to help explain our policies and practices to regulators and customers.

Key job responsibilities

Providing ongoing privacy counsel across Amazon Ads and other Amazon businesses, including data minimization, data sharing, data subject access rights, and the intersection of privacy and AI.

A day in the life

You will serve as a key privacy resource for various Ads and other legal and business teams, with a particular focus on helping those teams understand and meet their privacy obligations. You will help to define regulatory compliance strategy, support public policy on privacy-related developments, build out internal privacy resources, and counsel on new product initiatives. Our lawyers get to solve a constant flow of novel privacy challenges across a wide array of growing businesses.

About the team

The Amazon Privacy Legal team oversees, organizes and drives legal privacy initiatives across Amazon, and serves as subject matter expert on customer-related privacy issues across Amazon.

Basic Qualifications

• Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent

• 2+ years of legal experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Keen business and legal instincts

• Sound judgment in ambiguous situations

• Ability to deliver results independently and collaboratively

• Passion to embrace challenges and aggressively drive meaningful solutions amid complexity and uncertainty

• Sharp analytical and communication skills

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

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