VP, Legal
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DuckDuckGoOnline Privacy
USA (Remote)Full-TimeVp
Salary$320K USD annually
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Job Details
- Experience
- 15+ years of legal experience, including 10+ years in-house at a consumer-facing technology company
Requirements
- 15+ years of legal experience, including 10+ years in-house at a consumer-facing technology company.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in legal leadership roles, including 2+ years in positions of comparable seniority.
- JD and active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction.
- Deep expertise in at least two of the following: privacy/data protection, technology platform regulation, or antitrust/competition law.
- Demonstrated ability to advise executives on complex legal risk and manage significant litigation.
- Track record managing legal teams and outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
- Familiarity with corporate governance and strategic transactions, including M&A, financing rounds, or board advisory work.
- Strong commercial instincts and ability to enable fast product development while managing risk.
- Located in the US.
- Ability to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing.
- Availability to travel at least two times a year for company meetups.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary legal advisor to the CEO, executive team, and board on strategy, risk, regulatory developments, and sensitive legal matters.
- Work closely with the policy team, providing legal counsel on EU and US regulatory matters including DMA, DSA, EU AI Act, and US privacy legislation.
- Direct global privacy compliance, ensuring DuckDuckGo products and practices stay ahead of GDPR, US state privacy laws, and emerging data protection requirements.
- Direct company legal strategy and outside counsel in complex regulatory and competition proceedings.
- Manage and develop the legal team, set priorities, and build the legal operating model.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Security on legal implications of AI features, new product launches, and data practices.
- Evolve legal operations infrastructure, including intake workflows and budget ownership.
- Own corporate governance and support strategic transactions, including M&A and financing.
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