Privacy Counsel

Superhuman; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Superhuman seeks a Privacy Counsel to join the Privacy Legal Team in a hybrid model with in-person collaboration in NYC or the San Francisco Bay Area. You will partner across product, engineering, security, and the legal team to advance privacy by design and advise on global privacy laws.

You will support privacy reviews, risk-based guidance for GDPR/CCPA/COPPA/HIPAA, and cross-functional initiatives, including privacy training and regulatory readiness.

Qualifications

• JD and membership in good standing with at least one US state bar.
• 5+ years of relevant privacy counseling experience in tech.
• Deep knowledge of global privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.).
• Ability to translate complex issues into actionable guidance.
• Experience partnering with legal, product, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Be the privacy partner for legal, product, engineering, marketing, and security teams.
• Advise on data privacy, security, and compliance across product lifecycles.
• Provide risk-calibrated privacy guidance for global laws (GDPR, CCPA, COPPA, HIPAA).
• Support privacy M&A diligence and integration end-to-end.
• Drive privacy compliance work including AI-related data types.
• Develop and scale privacy reviews, guidance, and playbooks.
• Conduct privacy impact reviews and maintain documentation.
• Design and deliver privacy training for internal teams.
• Support regulatory readiness focusing on US/EU frameworks.
• Monitor industry developments in privacy for SaaS and cloud.

Skills

Privacy counseling experience

Global privacy laws knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Translate complex issues into guidance

Strong communication

Team player with low ego

"Yes, if..." mindset

Education

JD and US state bar

Job description

Superhuman offers a dynamic hybrid working model for this role. This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that helps foster trust, innovation, and a strong team culture.

Superhuman team members in this role must be based in San Francisco Bay Area or New York City, and be able to collaborate in person 2 days a week.

About Superhuman

Grammarly is now part of Superhuman, the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work, integrating with over 1 million applications and websites. The company's products include Grammarly's writing assistance, Superhuman Docs's collaborative workspaces, Mail's inbox management, and Go, the proactive AI assistant that understands context and delivers help automatically. Founded in 2009, Superhuman empowers over 40 million people, 50,000 organizations, and 3,000 educational institutions worldwide to eliminate busywork and focus on what matters. Learn more at superhuman.com and about our values here .

The Opportunity

Superhuman's Privacy Legal Team is on a mission to help reduce human toil by introducing brilliant AI tools, and we're looking for a Privacy Counsel to help bring that vision to life. Superhuman is the AI productivity suite that brings together Grammarly, Coda, and Superhuman Mail, and we're growing quickly, including through acquisitions. That makes this a pivotal moment to join the team and help shape how we build privacy into everything we ship.

You'll partner across Product, Engineering, Security, and the broader legal team, accelerating great ideas with trust by design. You'll advise on a wide range of global privacy laws and on sensitive data, including children's and biometric data. In a small, high-visibility team, your work will directly influence strategic decisions across the company. This is the perfect role for someone who thrives in the space between principles and action, and who is known for finding the 'yes, if...'

As a Privacy Counsel on the Privacy Legal Team at Superhuman, you will:

Be the friendly, go-to privacy partner for legal, product, engineering, marketing, and security teams, advising on data privacy, security, and compliance requirements across issue and product lifecycles

Give practical, risk-calibrated privacy guidance for legal and business stakeholders based on global privacy and data protection laws (including GDPR, CCPA, COPPA, HIPAA, and U.S. state laws)

Support privacy M&A diligence and integration from end-to-end, working closely across legal and business teams to help the business move fast and responsibly

Support, advise on, and drive cross-functional technical implementation for horizontal privacy compliance work, including related to privacy/AI compliance as well as regulated and sensitive data types (such as health, children, and biometrics)

Develop, improve, and scale privacy reviews, guidance, and playbooks

Conduct privacy impact reviews, create and maintain documentation, and proactively identify and address potential areas for scale and improvement

Design and deliver privacy and data protection training for internal teams

Support the privacy legal team’s global regulatory readiness, with a focus on US and European privacy and data protection frameworks, including overlapping AI regulations

Track industry developments and best practices related to privacy in SaaS, AI, and cloud technologies

Qualifications

JD and membership in good standing with at least one US state bar

5+ years of relevant privacy counseling experience, preferably at a major technology company, B2B/B2C AI/SaaS provider, or top law firm

Deep knowledge of global privacy, security, and data protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) and experience with sector-specific regulations

Demonstrated ability to translate complex, ambiguous issues or problems into direct, actionable guidance

Track record partnering across teams such as legal, product, and engineering in a fast-paced environment

Strong interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills

A team player with high agency, a healthy sense of humor, and low ego

A history of getting to 'yes, if...'

CIPP or other privacy certification is a plus

Compensation and Benefits

Superhuman offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing the following and more:

Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)

Disability and life insurance options

401(k) and RRSP matching

Paid parental leave

20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and flexible sick time

Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)

Annual professional development budget and opportunities

Base pay may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The expected salary ranges for this position are outlined by compensation zone and may be modified in the future.

For more information about our compensation zones and locations where we currently support employment, please refer to this page . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.

At Superhuman, we value our differences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law. Superhuman is an equal opportunity employer and a participant in the US federal E-Verify program (US). We also abide by the Employment Equity Act (Canada).