Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory and Privacy

Our client, a private, venture-backed consumer technology company with more than 100 million active users around the world and a strong business model has exclusively retained Solutus Legal Search to assist the executives in their search for a Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory and Privacy (DGC). This is a global role. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the successful attorney will be responsible for working with regulators, foreign governments, 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.

The ideal candidate will possess strong knowledge of consumer protection and privacy matters with experience managing global legal disputes and regulatory investigations. Experience managing complex matters involving consumer protection, content regulation, government investigations, and/or data privacy is required.  Experience working for a consumer-oriented tech company with a global user base > 100M active users is strongly desired.

This DGC will also serve as a strategic leader for the design and implementation of the company’s data privacy and data governance programs at scale

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
• The ability 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 an exceptional, global team of 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
• 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
• Liaise with external organizations, such as industry trade associations, standards organization, and other advisory groups to ensure that the company maintains a strong data privacy and regulatory posture with external stakeholders
• Serve as designated company spokesperson for external communications on privacy and information security topics (i.e., blog posts, media, partner events, regulatory hearings); building a clear and compelling narrative that generates trust in the company’s data privacy practices.

Total cash compensation is targeted between $400,000 – $475,000 and includes a very strong equity grant.

Solutus Legal has been exclusively retained as the recruiter of preference for this incredible search. Interested candidates, please submit resumes to search@solutuslegal.com for consideration. Candidates applying directly to our client will be forwarded to Solutus for review.

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.