Senior Privacy Counsel, Gusto
$190-236k
2+ days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Job no longer available
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$190-236k
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. from an accredited law school and admitted to practice law in at least one state
- 5-7 years of relevant, dedicated privacy experience (preferably including at a late-stage, private and/or public SaaS company), with at least 3 years of relevant in-house experience
- Demonstrable expertise in responding and handling security incidents and data breaches
- Experience implementing technical and organizational solutions for downstream legislative requirements
- Strong negotiation skills specific to data processing agreements and business associate agreements
- Exemplary communication skills and proven ability to educate, inspire, and drive support for the privacy function
- Strong problem solving skills to evaluate solutions and then empower others to deliver
- The ability to produce work product that demonstrates subject matter expertise in a detail-oriented fashion
- Ability to independently drive accountability and influence outcomes, while balancing legal risk mitigation against key business objectives and risks
- A strategic mindset with respect to long-term privacy compliance
- CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or other relevant privacy certifications
- Collegiality, accountability, and a sense of humor
What the job involves
- Gusto is looking for a Senior Privacy Counsel to help execute on the objectives and strategy for our Privacy Program. Gusto customers trust us with highly-sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) when they sign up for or use our services
- As a result, safeguarding our customers’ data privacy is a top consideration in everything we do here at Gusto. This requires Gusto to be innovative, forward thinking, and transparent about privacy and our commitment to compliance
- While reporting to our Global Head of Privacy, this person will play a critical support role in creating, implementing, and driving internal adoption of our privacy here at Gusto
- You will be joining the Legal & Compliance team at Gusto, reporting to the Global Head of Privacy and helping to build out a larger Privacy team and function. You will work closely with members of the Legal team, as well as various cross-departmental partners throughout the business
- Assist with the design and implementation of our Global Privacy Program at all levels
- Advise on various applicable laws and regulations, including CCPA/CPRA and other state variations, HIPAA-HITECH, GDPR, and help to address and mitigate gaps
- Play a key role in maintaining strong elements of a Privacy Program, including data mapping, vendor onboarding, record retention, data subject access requests, privacy notices
- Help build strong cross-departmental relationships with key stakeholders at all levels
- Get in the weeds with technical partners across Security & IT, Product, Engineering, Design, and Data to discuss trade offs, define the optimal path, and help advance great decisions
- Work with the Privacy Office and our Legal team to drive quick but informed decision making, and help them get unblocked
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 200,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. In 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that will see it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to consolidate its platform, for example by integrating with OpenComp to grant its users access to the company's Compensation Intelligence Platform.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.1m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a variety of mental health resources
- Flexible vacation - Gusties are encouraged to take the time off they need to continue doing great work
- Fertility treatments, parental leave, pregnancy termination, caregiving, gender-affirming surgery, hormone treatments, transgender-inclusive services, and more
- If you work at one of our homebases, enjoy food, drinks, and good conversation — on us
- Celebrate 5 or 10 years at Gusto and take a month off to recharge
- Take advantage of internet, phone, commuter, and wellness stipends each month, along with a WFH stipend and cash for anniversaries
Company values
- Embody a service mindset - Never stop advocating for the needs of others
- Dream big, then make it real - Be ambitious. Show and do, rather than tell and talk
- Be proud of the how - Ensure deep integrity in everything you do
- Embrace an ownership mentality - Take initiative to leave things better than you found them
- Debate then commit - Share openly, question respectfully, and once a decision is made, commit fully
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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