Privacy & Data Protection Counsel II

Nielsen; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness plans

401(k) with Nielsen match

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Nielsen seeks a Legal Counsel II, Privacy & Data Protection to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice on U.S. and global privacy matters across Nielsen’s products, services, commercial relationships, and internal operations.

This role will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Information Security, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, and other business teams. The role requires 2–5 years in privacy-related legal work and a J.D., with experience drafting DPAs, conducting

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience practicing privacy, data protection, technology, commercial, or related legal work, preferably in-house or in a law firm advising technology, media, advertising, data, or analytics businesses.
• J.D. or equivalent law qualification and admission to at least one U.S. state bar, consistent with the requirements for the role.
• At least 2 years of experience with U.S. state privacy regulations, including the CCPA/CPRA and other comprehensive state privacy laws, with the ability to interpret requirements and operationalize them across products, contracts, and business processes.
• Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating DPAs and other privacy-related contract terms, including experience advising both buyers/customers and sellers/providers of data or services.
• Strong legal research, writing, negotiation, analytical, and issue-spotting skills, with the ability to explain complex privacy requirements in clear business terms.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day legal guidance on U.S. federal and state privacy laws, including the CCPA/CPRA and the evolving patchwork of comprehensive state privacy statutes, as well as applicable sectoral, consumer protection, marketing, and data security requirements.
• Maintain an in-depth working knowledge of U.S. state privacy regulations and translate legal developments into clear, actionable guidance, contract language, policies, notices, processes, and implementation requirements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate data processing agreements (DPAs), data protection and security terms, data use and sharing agreements, and related privacy provisions in commercial contracts, representing Nielsen both as a data buyer/customer and as a data seller, provider, or service provider.
• Conduct and support privacy impact assessments (PIAs/DPIAs) for products, features, data uses, partnerships, and other initiatives; identify risks, recommend mitigations, and help embed privacy by design and by default.
• Conduct privacy due diligence on third parties, vendors, customers, and strategic partners, including reviewing questionnaires and security materials, assessing processing activities and data flows, identifying gaps, negotiating remediation, and supporting ongoing oversight.
• Advise on advertising technology, audience measurement, analytics, identity, cookies, pixels, SDKs, targeted advertising, consent and preference management, data monetization, and related media and marketing data practices.

Skills

Privacy law

Data protection

Contract negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

J.D. or equivalent

Job description

Nielsen seeks a Legal Counsel II, Privacy & Data Protection to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice on U.S. and global privacy matters across Nielsen’s products, services, commercial relationships, and internal operations.

This role will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Information Security, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, and other business teams. The role requires 2–5 years in privacy-related legal work and a J.D., with experience drafting DPAs, conducting