Senior Privacy Counsel for AI & Global Compliance

Abnormal AI; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

Abnormal AI, a leading AI-native cybersecurity company, seeks a Senior Privacy Counsel to own significant portions of our global privacy program and oversee AI-enabled tooling that ties legal judgment to practical execution.

You will drive day-to-day privacy operations, partner with R&D for privacy by design in AI features, manage international data transfers, and guide incident response in a fast-growing, global environment.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and US state bar admission.
• CIPP/E and/or CIPP/US certifications.
• 6-8+ years of privacy and data protection law experience.
• Deep expertise in GDPR/UK GDPR and EU AI Act interactions for AI companies.
• Experience advising technology companies (SaaS/cloud) incl. AI/ML products.
• Proven ability to run a privacy program beyond advisory work in a fast-moving, global environment.

Responsibilities

• Global privacy program execution across GDPR/UK GDPR, EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, EU Data Act, and US state laws.
• Drive AI governance execution with R&D, Security, and governance stakeholders.
• Embed privacy into AI product design; oversee model data governance and data-use analyses.
• Oversee privacy operations: DSARs, DPIAs, data mapping, retention, consent, audits.
• Build AI-enabled privacy workflows with Legal Ops and engineering; maintain accuracy and human-review standards.
• Monitor regulatory developments and translate guidance into actionable program actions.
• Escalation point for vendor, subprocessor, and customer contracts (DPAs, SCCs).
• Lead incident response from a privacy and legal perspective; assist DPO framework.

Skills

Privacy law experience

AI governance understanding

Regulatory horizon scanning

Product counseling with privacy

Stakeholder management

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

CIPP/E certification

CIPP/US certification

6-8+ years privacy experience

Job description

Abnormal AI, a leading AI-native cybersecurity company, seeks a Senior Privacy Counsel to own significant portions of our global privacy program and oversee AI-enabled tooling that ties legal judgment to practical execution.

You will drive day-to-day privacy operations, partner with R&D for privacy by design in AI features, manage international data transfers, and guide incident response in a fast-growing, global environment.