Global Privacy Director - Data Protection & Compliance

Arctic Wolf; United States; On-site; USD 186,000 - 302,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all employees

Flexible time off

401k match

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Arctic Wolf in the United States is seeking an experienced privacy attorney to serve as Director, Privacy and take day-to-day ownership of our global privacy program. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Security and Legal to implement privacy by design and ensure compliance across GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and other regimes for customers worldwide.

This hands-on role requires seven+ years of privacy law experience, in-house at a technology company, with strong drafting and vendor-management

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Seven or more years of relevant privacy and data protection experience, including substantial in-house experience at a technology company.
• Deep working knowledge of GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other major global privacy frameworks, plus the emerging AI regulatory landscape.
• Demonstrated experience operating a privacy program, including assessments, records of processing, data subject requests, vendor review, and advising Product and Engineering on privacy by design and technical data flows.
• Experience supporting privacy and security incident response, including breach analysis and regulator inquiries.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills covering DPAs, SCCs, and privacy and security terms in commercial contracts.
• IAPP certification such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or CIPT is strongly preferred.
• Experience at a cybersecurity, security software, or MSP including data-sharing arrangements.
• Experience with public sector privacy requirements across US, Canada, Australia, and Europe is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operation of the global privacy program, including compliance with GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, other US state privacy laws, and other regimes across the US, Canada, Europe, India and Australia.
• Draft, maintain, and improve privacy policies, notices, standards, records of processing, data maps, retention schedules, and internal guidance.
• Conduct and document data protection impact assessments, transfer impact assessments, and privacy reviews.
• Partner with our product counsel to embed privacy by design into our product development; review data flows with privacy implications.
• Serve as a primary privacy contact for security and privacy incidents, coordinating with outside counsel as needed.
• Escalation point for commercial legal and sourcing teams on privacy terms in agreements; maintain DPAs, SCCs, subprocessor disclosures, and BAA.
• Handle data subject requests, privacy escalations, and customer diligence; build playbooks and training.
• Manage outside counsel and privacy tooling vendors, including scope, budget, and quality of work.

Skills

Privacy law expertise

Drafting & negotiating contracts

Privacy program management

Cross-functional collaboration

In-house experience

IAPP certification (CIPP/US etc)

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Job description

Arctic Wolf in the United States is seeking an experienced privacy attorney to serve as Director, Privacy and take day-to-day ownership of our global privacy program. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Security and Legal to implement privacy by design and ensure compliance across GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and other regimes for customers worldwide.

This hands-on role requires seven+ years of privacy law experience, in-house at a technology company, with strong drafting and vendor-management