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Snap Inc
Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.
The Legal Team is Snap’s dedicated in-house law firm, thought partner, and all-around advisor. This team helps Snap do the right thing the right way, make better decisions, understand and manage risks, and creatively navigate challenges, both external and internal. We partner with Snap team members on a wide array of matters, including privacy, product, IP, commercial transactions, corporate governance, employment, acquisitions, litigation, policy, and social impact. We value the power of belonging, as we continually strive to build an innovative and inclusive leadership culture centered on Snap's values of Kind, Smart, and Creative.
We’re looking for a Privacy Counsel to join Team Snap!
You’ll join a growing team responsible for advising Snap on privacy and AI law and 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 AI practices, including its world-class privacy and safety by-design program.
What you’ll do:
- Ensure Snap is advised on privacy and AI laws, focusing especially on laws such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ePrivacy Directive, and the EU AI Act, as well as the existing and emerging data protection and AI laws in EMEA
- Partner with Snap’s global Policy team to interact with regulators to ensure Snap’s program, policies, and practices to comply with privacy and AI laws are well-understood
- Anticipate and prepare for data protection and AI law changes in the global regulatory and legislative landscape
- Support all aspects of creating our compliance strategy with proposed, pending, and new global privacy and AI legislation that could impact the business and recommend any potential or vital modifications to our products and practices
- Partner with our Product Legal Counsel and our Safety and Law Enforcement Operations Counsel on sophisticated privacy and AI law issues as our products and operations evolve
- Provide guidance to our ops teams on managing Snap’s and its affiliates’ privacy and AI compliance programs, including data subject access requests
- Conduct privacy and AI impact assessments
- Partner with our Commercial Legal team to ensure our contracts and policies are aligned with privacy, security, and AI laws
- Counsel and work closely with Security teams for security and privacy incident response, and security investigations
- Advise on global cybersecurity laws, regulations, and frameworks
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Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Solid experience advising on global privacy and AI issues
- Good knowledge of global privacy and AI laws, regulations, and industry guidelines for online platforms
- Social media, adtech, or AI experience is a plus
- Excellent legal and business judgment and critical thinking
- Able to communicate with internal and external partners on sophisticated and multifaceted issues
- Pragmatic, business-friendly, and a great teammate, with an ability to think creatively and accommodate often challenging timelines
- Able to work independently as well as collaboratively
- Ability to travel, especially between Snap European offices
Minimum qualifications:
- Qualified, practising solicitor or equivalent with excellent academic credentials
- 6+ years of experience in an international setting (includes training years)
Preferred Qualifications:
- In-house experience counselling clients on privacy, cybersecurity, and AI matters (this could be via secondment)
- Experience advising social media, adtech, or AI companies
- Experience supporting the business in building positive relationships with regulators to achieve business goals and minimise risk
- Experience coordinating across different jurisdictions and developing company-wide strategies for compliance, taking into account diverse jurisdictions and requirements
- Strong understanding of artificial intelligence and associated ecosystem from a technical perspective, including challenges and opportunities
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"Default Together" Policy at Snap:
At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.
At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.
Our Benefits:
Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!
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