Legal Counsel, Amazon
EU Transportation Privacy & Technology
Some travel will be required
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
Some travel will be required
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- License to practice law in the UK, Europe, US or other common law jurisdiction
- Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house work
- Experience in data privacy or tech product counseling
Desirable
- Experience with in-house work at a technology or internet company
What the job involves
- We are looking for a talented attorney with some privacy experience to support a strategic and rapidly growing transportation business in Europe
- You will be a trusted advisor for the privacy and tech teams you support, liaising directly with senior business and tech leaders, advising on deployment of new programs and products, and handling regulatory inquiries and escalations
- You will be responsible for developing and executing legal and advocacy strategies, in collaboration with other Legal stakeholders and Public Policy teams
- Develop and implement privacy compliance guardrails for EU transportation businesses
- Conduct privacy risk assessment and recommend mitigating measures for existing and new initiatives
- Support the deployment of new tech products and programs on a pan-EU basis
- Simplify and automate existing processes and policies and build new processes
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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