Lead Counsel, Webflow
Global Privacy
$191-312k
Salary depends on location + Equity ownership (RSUs) in a growing, privately-owned company
No-code web design and hosting platform
Be an early applicant
No-code web design and hosting platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$191-312k
Salary depends on location + Equity ownership (RSUs) in a growing, privately-owned company
1001+ employees
Company mission
To give creative designers the tools they need to create powerful and beautiful websites, all without having to code.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a dynamic, practical and seasoned Lead Counsel, Global Privacy with a demonstrated passion for technology and privacy to oversee and manage Webflow’s data privacy matters
- A J.D., and at least one active U.S. state bar membership
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant legal experience, with a minimum of 2 years of in-house experience
- Keep current on applicable global, federal and state privacy laws (e.g. GDPR, CCPA), and you have experience applying your knowledge to provide clear, actionable advice and programs. CIPP/US and CIPP/E certifications preferred, but not required
- Are strategic and forward thinking, but you’re willing to roll up your sleeves, wear multiple hats and take on additional responsibilities as necessary
- Enjoy learning and you’re resourceful; you have a history of successfully gaining working familiarity with new regulations, software, and systems, rapidly and independently
- Have a sense of humor, and fire! You are known to be a helpful colleague and you’re adept at developing and maintaining effective relationships
- Are accountable, adaptable and an effective multi-tasker. You are able to manage multiple, sometimes competing, demands for your time, and you manage expectations and anticipate needs
What the job involves
- You'll shape our global privacy strategy, drive our data protection initiatives, and act as a partner and advisor to other departments
- You’ll be responsible for providing practical guidance to the business, with the goal of propelling Webflow’s mission and objective forward, while prioritizing responsible data governance and compliance with global privacy regulations
- Reporting to the Head of Legal
- Assess, develop, and continuously improve Webflow’s data privacy and compliance strategy, processes, policies, trainings, and documentation
- Evaluate projects involving personal data, conduct privacy impact assessments and develop mitigation strategies
- Review, draft and negotiate a variety of privacy-related agreements and terms, including DPAs, and provide privacy and technical expertise and support for a variety of other agreements as needed. Work with the Commercial Legal team to create and iterate on current terms and templates to move with heartfelt urgency in lockstep with cross-functional teams, and provide privacy support to the legal team more broadly
- Collaborate with Information Security to perform privacy hygiene assessments periodically, advise on mitigation of security and data privacy compliance risks, and ensure alignment between security and privacy compliance programs
- Conduct privacy, technical and vendor due diligence in strategic partnerships and in Webflow’s M&A activity to identify potential risks and liabilities, provide actionable advice to mitigate them
- Update, maintain and enforce, as applicable, Webflow’s privacy policy, external privacy notices, internal data handling, data classification and data retention policies
- In partnership with Senior Product Counsel, collaborate with and provide expertise to multiple business units, such as Product and Marketing, on the privacy implications of existing and proposed services and products, and continuously incorporate privacy by design into Webflow’s products and services while enabling teams to achieve their goals
- Collaborate with the Global Customer Support team to provide clear and accurate guidance on Webflow’s data privacy practices to customers, address privacy-related inquiries, and manage processes for reviewing and responding to global law enforcement requests for data in compliance with applicable laws and policies
- In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, at Webflow we will support you in identifying where your interests and development opportunities lie and we'll help you incorporate them into your role
Our take
No-code development systems allow users to create and publish the kind of output that was once only possible with the help of a team of developers. Webflow is one such platform that allows non-developers to create professional websites without knowing any code. It joins others such as Pantheon, Weebly, Squarespace, and Wix in a hotly-contested low-code development market. While competition is high, so too is demand, with low-code platforms accounting for more than 65% of application development activity in 2024.
The popularity of platforms such as Webflow is perhaps not surprising, as low-code development is usually cheaper for companies to implement and reduces time to market. Webflow has been used by over 3.5 million designers and teams to create sites for companies including enterprise brands such as Dell, Rakuten, UpWork, and Petal. It raised a large amount of funding in a Series C round in 2022. This is being used to further develop its platform, with a longer-term goal of pivoting to providing a no-code tool not only for websites, but software development as well.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2022
$120m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$140m
SERIES B
Total funding: $334.9m
Company benefits
- 100% insurance coverage
- 401K and financial planning
- Paid time off
- Annual retreat and offsites
- 10% time - Take up to 4 hours per week to focus on building skills, working on projects, or learning new Webflow-related things outside of your daily to-do’s.
- Commuter benefits
- Vacation bonus
- Office setup budget
- Health and wellness stipend
- Remote work reimbursements
- Continued education coverage
- Choose your own adventure
- Webflow subscription discount
Company values
- Obsess over customer experience
- Move with heartfel urgency
- Say the hard thing with care
- Make your mark
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Vlad Magdalin
(Co-founder & CEO)Having studied Computer Science at California Polytechnic, Vlad worked as a Web Associates Systems Engineer for 3 years before co-founding Chatterfox.com, where he spent 4 yeas. He left his Software Engineer position at Intuit in August 2012 to co-found Webflow the following month, and has been CEO since.
Sergie Magdalin
(Co-founder)Sergie spent 4 years as a freelance Graphic Designer before joining NameMuir Skate as a Web & UX Designer.
Bryant Chou
(Co-founder)Previously a Senior Software Engineer at Intuit and CTO at Vungle. He was also the founding CTO at Webflow.
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