VP & Deputy General Counsel, Global Commercial & Privacy

HackerOne; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 250,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity stock options

Retirement plans

Paid public holidays and unlimited PTO

Paid maternity and parental leave

Job summary

HackerOne is seeking a Vice President, Deputy General Counsel to lead our global commercial legal function and own our global privacy portfolio. You will set how Legal enables revenue growth, international expansion, strategic partnerships, and AI-driven product innovation.

This scale role requires hands-on expertise in complex cross-border enterprise agreements, privacy by design, and building a multicountry legal team across North America, EMEA, and APAC.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of legal experience, including significant in-house leadership in technology or SaaS.
• Experience managing a commercial legal function or major sub-function.
• Deep working knowledge of applicable privacy laws.
• UK/EU or US qualified lawyer.

Responsibilities

• Shape global commercial legal strategy with the CLO, aligned to growth priorities, risk posture, and international expansion.
• Maintain enterprise-wide risk standards, escalation paths, and negotiation frameworks that support speed and disciplined decisions.
• Advise on our most complex transactions, including global enterprise agreements, regulated-industry engagements, channel partnerships, and public-sector opportunities.
• Own the global privacy program and serve as senior decision authority on data protection risk, including cross-border transfers, sub-processor terms, and impact assessments.
• Partner with Security, Engineering, and Product to embed privacy by design into platform and AI capabilities, and lead the privacy workstream of incident response.
• Lead and develop a multi-jurisdictional team across commercial, privacy, and procurement legal support, and recommend the structure and resourcing to support long-term growth.

Skills

Legal leadership

Cross-border deals

Privacy program

Negotiation

Education

UK/EU or US qualified lawyer

Job description

HackerOne is seeking a Vice President, Deputy General Counsel to lead our global commercial legal function and own our global privacy portfolio. You will set how Legal enables revenue growth, international expansion, strategic partnerships, and AI-driven product innovation.

This scale role requires hands-on expertise in complex cross-border enterprise agreements, privacy by design, and building a multicountry legal team across North America, EMEA, and APAC.