VP, Global Commercial & Privacy Counsel

HackerOne

United States

Remote

USD 250,000 - 320,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health (medical, vision, dental)

Equity stock options

Retirement plans

Paid public holidays and unlimited PTO

Paid maternity and parental leave

Leaves of absence

Employee Assistance Program

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Job summary

HackerOne in the United States is seeking a Vice President, Deputy General Counsel to lead our global commercial legal function and own the privacy portfolio. You will partner with executive leadership to enable revenue growth, international expansion, and AI‑driven product innovation.

You will manage a multi‑jurisdictional team across commercial, privacy, and procurement legal support, drive scalable processes, and apply AI‑native workflows while preserving trust, compliance, and enterprise

Qualifications

UK/EU or US qualified lawyer.
15+ years of legal experience, including significant in‑house leadership in technology or SaaS.
Experience managing a commercial legal function or major sub‑function.
Extensive experience negotiating complex, cross‑border enterprise agreements.
Deep working knowledge of applicable privacy laws.

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.
Serve as senior decision authority on commercial legal risk within established thresholds.
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.
Advise leaders across Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Product, Security, Procurement, and GTM Operations.
Surface material commercial and privacy risks to the CLO and executive team with clear options, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
Work with GTM leadership to improve deal velocity and build scalable approaches to recurring customer requirements.
Guide the organization through regulatory and market change with Change Agility, and translate strategy into measurable outcomes.