Director I, Assistant General Counsel, EU Privacy

Company Description

Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy, Reverb, Depop, or Elo7, you''ll tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

Job Description

What’s the role?
Etsy’s global Legal team works with every Etsy business unit, across our offices worldwide, to provide timely and business-savvy legal advice. We help teams that design products, we draft contracts and policies, we advise engineers and leadership, advocate externally, and handle disputes to protect Etsy and our users. We meaningfully support Etsy’s growth by delivering legal and business know-how with a great work ethic. We are a global enterprise team that works across all of our marketplaces and offices worldwide so there will be opportunity to partner with and support each of Reverb, Elo7 and Depop as well as Etsy.com.

Etsy is looking for an experienced EU privacy lawyer to join our global legal team. In this role you will gain a comprehensive understanding of Etsy and its subsidiaries’ strategic objectives while partnering with key stakeholders to provide strategic and timely legal advice. This individual thrives in driving structure in ambiguous spaces, working in fast paced environments, and demonstrates the ability to function independently in the face of shifting priorities.

This is a full-time position reporting to the VP & Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, IP, & Privacy Counsel. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy. For this role, we are considering candidates based in Ireland. You will have the option to work office-based, flex or remotely. Candidates living within commutable distance of the Etsy Brooklyn, Mexico City, and Dublin Office Hubs, or within the Guadalajara and San Francisco areas, may be the first to be considered. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more about our flexible work options and workplace safety policies here.

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Counsel product lawyers, product managers, and other business personnel on current and future privacy laws, regulatory guidance, enforcement actions, and other related guidelines as they apply to our business.
• Drive and lead compliance strategies for the GDPR and other European data privacy rules, standards, and regulations governing the collection and use of personal information; help partner teams adapt their products, features, policies and processes in response to new laws and regulations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to key partner teams to ensure that privacy legal requirements are thoughtfully incorporated into product development, business processes and operations, and holistically within our privacy program.
• Prepare materials for and provide updates to Etsy leadership, including our EU board, with respect to data privacy developments and advise on related governance issues.
• Advise and assist business teams with a wide variety of EU privacy issues, such as international data transfers, transfer impact assessments, and marketing-related privacy issues such as consent.
• Advise and collaborate with our Advocacy/Government Relations teams to interpret the evolving regulatory landscape and develop strategy for engaging with lawmakers on proposed legislation and/or regulators.
• Lead or co-lead Etsy’s consumer privacy disclosures, as well as relevant internal and employee-facing policies and procedures.
• Advise partner teams that are accountable for privacy/data operations and governance.
• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

Qualifications

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• Qualified lawyer and admitted to practice in Ireland (or another EU jurisdiction)
• Minimum of 10 years’ privacy experience at top law firm or in-house team (in house experience at a technology/marketplace company preferred); certified privacy qualifications (CIPP-E