Legal Counsel - Regulatory Compliance, Product and Privacy

Location : This role is home-based in EMEA or the Americas, with an option of working from our London office.

The role entails

Drafting and reviewing corporate policies, spearheading process change and deploying controls to meet compliance regulatory requirements globally

Helping develop, maintain and scale global privacy programs. This includes conducting PIAs, ROPAs and supporting operational initiatives

Working with cross functional with teams to evaluate the impact of privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including AI regulations

Providing legal support to various internal clients across the company, including Canonical’s product teams

Working with local counsel in many countries to seek and implement advice

What we are looking for in you

An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university

A degree in law, JD or equivalent, and active licence to practise law or current progress towards that

Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations

Professional written and spoken English with excellent drafting and presentation skills

Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation

Appreciative of diversity; polite and effective in a multicultural multinational organisation

Ability to stay organised, proactive and efficient

Ability to demonstrate good commercial judgement

Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Nice-to-have skills

Experience in compliance, data privacy, or product development

Leadership and the ability to influence others to embrace new ideas or practices

Understanding of the open source software community and values

Understanding of the technology industry - silicon, data centers, PCs, connected devices, and software

Experience working on in-house legal team and/or law firm