Director - Associate General Counsel - Product & Privacy

September 11

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Description

• Sprout Social is looking to hire a Director, Associate General Counsel, Product and Privacy to the Legal team. • Drive development and execution of Sprout’s legal strategies to address new and evolving global privacy and regulatory requirements. • Independently run and manage complex privacy negotiations with enterprise customers and provide strategic advice to Sales and Legal leadership on key deals. • Drive and own company-wide and high-impact projects involving product and privacy analyses with cross-functional stakeholders across Sprout’s business, GRC, product and other departments. • Coordinate and collaborate with the Security team and serve as the Legal team expert on security incident response. • Develop and maintain resources and tools including playbooks, data maps, incident response policies, and trainings for Sprout. • Communicate complex legal concepts related to privacy and other areas of the law to the business in a clear, concise and effective manner allowing cross-functional collaboration on risk and related mitigation. • Enable product teams to move quickly by proactively identifying and helping to resolve areas of potential legal risk. • Support Sprout’s privacy program including leading, monitoring, implementing and improving privacy compliance initiatives with minimal guidance.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate degree • Member in good standing of the state in which you reside • 8+ years of experience in privacy law (a mix of in-house and law firm experience preferred) • 10+ years of legal experience • In-house experience at a technology company preferred, particularly SaaS • Extensive experience drafting and negotiating a variety of contracts, including data processing agreements • Significant experience with global privacy laws, regulations, and industry guidelines, especially those relevant for social media, SaaS companies and emerging technologies such as machine learning and AI • Significant experience advising product teams and working closely with cross-functional teams to build products with a privacy-forward design • Experience working with technical and security teams

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families • Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program • High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best • Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team • Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. • Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members • Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting