Sr. Legal Counsel - Privacy

Vonage; Kentucky; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned cloud communications leader is seeking a Privacy Manager to oversee and develop its privacy program. This role involves negotiating privacy agreements, assessing risks, and advising on compliance with global privacy laws. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of privacy experience and strong legal skills. This role is remote, based in the US, and requires legal authorization to work without sponsorship.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in privacy, preferably in-house.
• Extensive experience with contract negotiation and playbook development.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate privacy agreements and develop support materials.
• Assess privacy risks and support data subject rights requests.
• Research global privacy laws and advise business functions.

Skills

Legal or regulatory skills in privacy and data protection

Contract review and negotiation

Excellent written and verbal communication

Education

IAPP certifications (CIPP/E, CIPP/US)

Tools

OneTrust or similar privacy management software

Job description

Join Vonage and help us innovate cloud communications for businesses worldwide!

Vonage is a global cloud communications leader that helps businesses accelerate their digital transformation through our fully programmable Unified Communications, Contact Center Applications, and Communications APIs.

We support the dynamic nature of Vonage’s business across the full spectrum of our global operations. We provide, manage and coordinate business-focused, high-quality legal counsel and services. Our aim is to minimize legal risks and costs, reduce litigation exposure and ensure compliance with all local laws both in the US and internationally. Our legal team is a business partner, contributing to strategy development, operational planning, people management, financial management and the full range of internal and external alliances and interactions.

Why this role matters:

As Vonage grows its business across its core product offerings, we need to ensure that our privacy requirements are up to scale with our ambitions. This role will build trust by supporting our privacy program’s management, development, and maturity on a global scale.

Where you will work:

This role is based remotely in the US with occasional travel to our US offices.

Sponsorship & Relocation Not Available - Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We are unable to sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. Additionally, we are unable to offer any relocation assistance for this role.

Your key responsibilities:

• Negotiate all privacy agreements for customers, vendors, and partners (including DPAs, BAAs, and others) and develop templates, contracting support materials, playbooks and processes.
• Provide internal and customer-facing support for privacy inquiries and due diligence.
• Develop and implement privacy initiatives and policies across Vonage.
• Assess privacy risk across Vonage (including through vendor reviews, privacy impact assessments, privacy-by-design initiatives, and ad hoc guidance).
• Support response to data subject rights requests.
• Researching and analyzing global privacy laws and HIPAA and advising various business functions (e.g., marketing, product, finance, sales) and within privacy operations.
• Providing litigation and incident response support.
• Managing initiatives to develop and mature privacy practices across the organization.
• Advise on new privacy laws, regulations, and industry trends.
• Manage day-to-day support of privacy program.
• Support development for employees and partner privacy training.

What you will bring:

Required

• 5+ years of experience working in privacy with in-house experience in a privacy department a plus.
• Expert legal or regulatory skills in privacy and data protection, and excellent understanding of the global privacy landscape in technology and online businesses.
• Extensive experience with contract review and negotiation and playbook development.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems in a complex technology and business environment by creating simple, repeatable and actionable solutions and policy positions.
• Independence and versatile in responding to a wide variety of privacy-related topics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, legal research and analysis skills.
• Comfortable with ambiguity. Persistence to drive change over time.
• Results oriented, proactive, responsible, pragmatic and ethical person with a passion for privacy and interest in technologies.
• Experience with telecommunications industry or communication platforms as a service (CPaaS) and APIs a plus.
• IAPP (CIPP/E, CIPP/US) or other privacy certifications.
• Experience with OneTrust or similar privacy management software a plus.

Note: The purpose of this profile is to provide a general summary of essential responsibilities for the position and is not meant as an exhaustive list. Assignments may differ for individuals within the same role based on business conditions, departmental need or geographic location.

Apply and equal opportunity:

Vonage is an equal employment opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Privacy and data protection roles require compliance with applicable laws and company policies.