Global AI & GDPR Counsel (Remote)

WorkMotion; United States; Remote; USD 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global, remote team

Well-Being Day

Gym membership discount

Training & Development Allowance

Annual team meetups

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

WorkMotion, a fast-growing remote-first company, seeks a Legal Counsel to tackle privacy and AI governance across a global footprint. You’ll draft DPAs, negotiate SCCs, respond to data subjects, and translate regulations into practical, business-minded guidance.

Collaborate with a small legal team and multiple departments to ensure compliance, expand operations worldwide, and shape a pragmatic data protection program in a fast-paced, distributed environment.

Qualifications

• A law degree (or equivalent) and 1–2 years of hands-on data protection experience.
• Working knowledge of the GDPR in practice.
• Genuine interest in AI regulation.
• Strong legal research skills: digest new guidance and case law quickly and turn it into clear, actionable advice.
• Interest in commercial contracts and employment law beyond your privacy focus.
• Structured, pragmatic, and self-organised way of working - comfortable owning topics independently in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
• Business-fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day GDPR operations - draft and negotiate DPAs and SCCs with international vendors and clients, conduct vendor privacy reviews, and keep records of processing and privacy notices current across a wide international footprint.
• Drive our AI governance forward - help maintain regulatory EU AI Act readiness by keeping up with new developments and putting them into practice.
• Handle data subject requests.
• Grow beyond privacy - support the company on core topics of our business: help grow and build new entities globally; resolve employment law matters in multiple countries; support internal units to stay compliant with local laws.

Skills

GDPR in practice

AI regulation interest

Legal research skills

Commercial contracts interest

Employment law familiarity

Structured work style

Business‑fluent English

Education

Law degree

Job description

WorkMotion, a fast-growing remote-first company, seeks a Legal Counsel to tackle privacy and AI governance across a global footprint. You’ll draft DPAs, negotiate SCCs, respond to data subjects, and translate regulations into practical, business-minded guidance.

Collaborate with a small legal team and multiple departments to ensure compliance, expand operations worldwide, and shape a pragmatic data protection program in a fast-paced, distributed environment.