Senior Privacy Counsel, Global Payments & Insurance

Airbnb, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 210,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb, Inc. seeks a senior privacy counsel to join our global privacy and cybersecurity legal team.

You will serve as the primary privacy advisor for Payments and Insurance products worldwide, shaping how privacy requirements are embedded into product features. You will collaborate across product, payments, compliance, and regional counsels, balancing risk with business needs, translating complex regulations into practical guidance, and helping Airbnb maintain rigorous data governance and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of privacy law experience with depth in financial data privacy, payments, or insurance-adjacent regulatory contexts.
• Demonstrated experience advising on global payments or financial services data practices in a B2C or platform context.
• Experience working across legal, compliance, and commercial functions in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Acts as the primary privacy legal advisor for Payments and Insurance processes and products globally, shaping how privacy requirements are embedded into these products and processes.
• Advises on the privacy implications of payment processing, payouts, financial product features, and fraud prevention systems across all markets; advises on related insurance privacy matters.
• Advises on the intersection of privacy law and payments/insurance obligations globally, including PCI-DSS adjacencies and international data requirements.
• Negotiates with Commercial Legal in contracts with payment processors and insurance providers.
• Influences cross-functionally with Payments and Insurance Legal and Privacy Management teams to identify privacy risks early in the product lifecycle.
• Aligns privacy guidance across geographies with Lead Counsel, Product Privacy, and regional counsels.

Skills

Privacy law

Global payments

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Airbnb, Inc. seeks a senior privacy counsel to join our global privacy and cybersecurity legal team.

You will serve as the primary privacy advisor for Payments and Insurance products worldwide, shaping how privacy requirements are embedded into product features. You will collaborate across product, payments, compliance, and regional counsels, balancing risk with business needs, translating complex regulations into practical guidance, and helping Airbnb maintain rigorous data governance and