Senior Privacy Counsel, Snap
4+ days a week in office
Social media & camera company
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Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
4+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s degree or equivalent
- 6+ years of experience practicing law, including at least 3+ years of practice in an international setting
- Ability to speak fluently at least one European language
- Solid experience advising on global privacy and digital platform law issues
- Good knowledge of global privacy and digital platform laws, regulations, and industry guidelines for ecommerce, ad tech, and Internet companies, and the processes followed by government/regulatory bodies to develop them, especially in the EMEA region
- In-house experience or law firm experience counseling clients on international privacy and digital platform law matters
- Ad tech and AI tech experience is a plus
- Excellent legal and business judgment and critical thinking
- Able to communicate optimally with partners on sophisticated, multifaceted issues
- Acute attention to detail, business-friendly, and a great teammate, with an ability to think creatively and accommodate timelines
- Strong work ethic with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively
- Ability to travel, especially between Snap European offices
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Counsel to join Team Snap!
- You’ll join a growing team responsible for advising Snap on privacy and digital platform law compliance in EMEA
- This job allows you to collaborate with members of Product and other legal teams, Employment, Engineering, Design, and other teams throughout the company to support Snap’s strong privacy and platform practices, including its world-class privacy-by-design program
- Ensure Snap is advised on privacy and digital platform laws, focusing especially on laws such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive, Digital Services Act (DSA) and other European consumer laws, as well as the existing and emerging data protection and digital platform laws in MENA
- Drive high-profile and high-impact privacy and digital platform initiatives across the company, involving cross-functional business and legal stakeholders
- Anticipate and prepare for data protection and digital platform law changes in the EMEA regulatory and legislative landscape
- Partner with Snap’s global Policy team to interact with EMEA regulators to ensure Snap’s program, policies, and practices to comply with privacy and digital platform laws are well-understood
- Provide guidance to colleagues on managing Snap’s and its affiliates’ GDPR, DSA and other digital platform compliance programs
- Partner with Product Counsel on sophisticated privacy and digital platform law issues as our products and services evolve
- Help continue to improve over time Snap’s privacy, safety and security-by-design requirements, working closely with Snap’s Privacy, Safety Engineering and Security teams
- Analyze risks and requirements, as well as assist in drafting descriptions for new products and technologies
- Conduct privacy and digital platform law reviews, impact assessments, and integration plans for potential acquisitions and partnerships
- Lead all aspects of and analyze proposed, pending and new global privacy and digital platform legislation that could impact the business and recommend any potential or vital modifications to practices, as well as advise the Policy team on lobbying priorities
- Develop/Conduct privacy and digital platform law training for teams across the company
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Snap is the social media giant that owns Snapchat, a social media mobile app released in 2011. Created to serve as a more emotive communication form than texting, the app has gained mass popularity, reaching upwards of 400 million daily users worldwide.
After rejecting a billion dollar acquisition from Meta (then Facebook) in 2013, Snap has found itself in competition with the social media giant, particularly with Instagram. Despite this, the company has marked a place for itself in the ever competitive social media space through developing features like a Discover tab, augmented reality lenses, in-app games, ads and monetisation options, as well as launching its paid service, Snapchat+.
Snap has so far not earned an annual profit since going public in 2017, but as Snapchat's user base has continually increased it has nearly closed the gap. Like other tech companies it suffered in late 2022 due to a surprise drop in advertising revenue, but has been rebuilding to its former trajectory since then. Given Snapchat's lasting popularity amongst young people, further success appears likely.
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2016
$1.8bn
SERIES F
Mar 2015
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $2.6bn
Company benefits
- Paid maternity, paternity and family caregiver leave
- Adoption, surrogacy, infertility and fertility preservation benefits
- Backup child care coverage, caregiver assistance and digital maternity care support
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D insurance
- Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HSA and HMO options
- Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
- Vision coverage, including LASIK benefits
- Gym perks and discounts
- Team fitness classes, hikes and races
- Sports leagues
- Cooking and nutritional workshops
- Generous time off and leave programmes
- Meditation and yoga classes
- Emotional and mental health support programmes and apps
- Social gatherings, team outings and volunteering programmes
- Speaker series, classes and subscriptions to educational programmes
- Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega Backdoor option!)
- Rocket Lawyer memberships
- Financial education programmes
- Compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!
- Have a teammate going through a tough time? Lend them a hand through our internal Snap-a-wish programme! We'll work hard to make sure they get the support they need.
Company values
- We Are Kind - We solve problems through action, make high-quality decisions and think with a strategic mindset
- We Are Smart - We solve problems through action, make high-quality decisions and think with a strategic mindset
- We Are Creative - We gracefully manage ambiguity, cultivate innovation and demonstrate an insatiable desire to learn
Company HQ
Sunset Park, Santa Monica, CA
Articles
Leadership
Evan Spiegel
(CEO)Graduated from Standford with a BS in Product Design.
Bobby Murphy
(CTO)Studied Mathematical and Computational Science at Stanford.
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