Director and Managing Counsel, Twilio

• A licensed to practice law in the US and in good standing with your local bar
• 10+ years of legal experience in the product and non-product privacy field, at least five of which should be in an in-house environment and at least 2 years at a director level with significant privacy focus during this time
• Experience advising on privacy laws in EMEA, APJ, LATAM and North America and influencing law and policy in partnership with a policy team
• Experience counseling both product business units and legal teams regarding global privacy law and obligations, and supporting privacy by design within product lifecycle development
• Experience advising on employment privacy both in and outside the US
• Experience negotiating data protection terms with customers and vendors, and generating sales enablement materials in relation to privacy
• Experience in advising sales, marketing and related data analytics teams
• Experience serving as the privacy subject matter expert during M&A due diligence, contract negotiation and integration
• Experience conducting or supporting privacy impact assessments and providing audit support
• Experience managing data breach situations and notifications
• Experience of supporting a Chief Privacy Officer or other executive responsible for Privacy in areas such as risk management and governance, reporting and escalations
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, strong communication skills, quick learner, and a strong sense of initiative
• Experience managing and developing other attorneys and leading a team, with the ability to act as a “Player / Coach,” being both able to provide practical privacy legal counsel and manage/mentor a team of junior and senior attorneys
• Ability to develop highly effective and collaborative partnerships with privacy governance specialists and other internal stakeholders, influence and drive outcomes
• Ability to triage and prioritize a heavy workflow in alignment with enterprise and privacy team priorities, setting appropriate expectations with internal clients and delivering results efficiently

Desirable

• Manage and develop a team of privacy attorneys
• Collaborate closely with the privacy governance team to support compliance, including BCRs, APEC CBPR certification, audits and PIAs
• Advise on privacy laws in EMEA, APJ, LATAM and North America and influence law and policy in partnership with our policy team
• Counsel product, engineering and legal teams regarding global privacy law and obligations, and support privacy by design within product lifecycle development processes
• Counsel and support our Commercial/Procurement/Carrier legal teams with commercial negotiations and our Corporate team with M&A
• Counsel functional teams, including the People Team, Security, Sales, Marketing, Data Analytics
• Develop tools and training for legal and non-legal functions
• Take a leading role in supporting the Chief Privacy Officer with strategy and policy development, OKRs, and as a member of Twilio’s Privacy Committee