Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory and Privacy - San Francisco, CA, United States - Solutus Legal Search

Description

Our client, a private, venture-backed consumer technology company with more than 200

million active users around the world and a strong business model, has exclusively retained

Solutus Legal Search to assist in their search for a Vice President, Deputy General Counsel,

Litigation, Regulatory and Privacy (DGC). This is a global role where this attorney will manage a

team of legal professionals. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the successful attorney will be

responsible for working with courts, regulators, and policy makers on a range of domestic and

international regulatory, litigation, privacy, competition, and compliance matters.

Location is flexible – as remote work is supported. Our client has its HQ in the San Francisco Bay

Area and members of the team are in different states.

This DGC will also serve as a strategic leader for the design and implementation of the company's global data privacy and data governance programs.

Candidates should have a track record of success working in a fast-paced environment, consistently making good decisions under tight deadlines.

This attorney will possess:

• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills
• Executive presence
• Confidence and willingness to engage in constructive conflict
• Strong advocacy skills and boldness
• Inclination to see the big picture, think strategically and maintain neutrality
• Understanding of business practices and cultural norms outside the United States
• Ability to recruit, motivate, and develop a global team of exceptional professionals
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and belonging

Specific duties include:

• Managing global litigation and regulatory matters
• Initiating proactive strategic litigation to advance the interests of the company and its users and partners
• Developing and implementing a set of privacy principles to guide the company's collection, storage, use, and destruction of personal data and building a clear and compelling narrative that generates trust in the company's data privacy practices
• Developing and managing a strategy for when the company should engage on competition matters impacting its business
• Identifying regulatory and legislative trends that may represent new compliance obligations for the company and using these trends to advise company executives and Board members
• Coordinating accurate and efficient responses to inquiries from users, partners, insurance underwriters, the media, and governments
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with government officials
• Liaising with external organizations, such as industry trade associations, standards organization, and other advisory groups to ensure that the company maintains a strong data privacy, compliance, and regulatory posture with external stakeholders
• Serving as the company's designated spokesperson for external communications on regulatory, privacy, and information security topics (i.e., blog posts, media, partner events, regulatory hearings);.

Total cash compensation is targeted between $400,000 - $450,000 and includes an attractive equity grant.

Please note: We receive a high volume of applicants for our in-house opportunities and will be unable to personally respond to each applicant unless there is a viable fit for the role. We sincerely thank you for your understanding.

Ref. #859-SLS