Director I, Assistant General Counsel, EU Privacy

Company Description

Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy, Reverb, Depop, or Elo7, you''ll tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

Job Description

What's the role?
Etsy's global Legal team works with every Etsy business unit, across our offices worldwide, to provide timely and business-savvy legal advice. We help teams that design products, we draft contracts and policies, we advise engineers and leadership, advocate externally, and handle disputes to protect Etsy and our users. We meaningfully support Etsy's growth by delivering legal and business know-how with a great work ethic. We are a global enterprise team that works across all of our marketplaces and offices worldwide so there will be opportunity to partner with and support each of Reverb, Elo7 and Depop as well as Etsy.com.

• Counsel product lawyers, product managers, and other business personnel on current and future privacy laws, regulatory guidance, enforcement actions, and other related guidelines as they apply to our business.
• Drive and lead compliance strategies for the GDPR and other European data privacy rules, standards, and regulations governing the collection and use of personal information; help partner teams adapt their products, features, policies and processes in response to new laws and regulations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to key partner teams to ensure that privacy legal requirements are thoughtfully incorporated into product development, business processes and operations, and holistically within our privacy program.
• Prepare materials for and provide updates to Etsy leadership, including our EU board, with respect to data privacy developments and advise on related governance issues.
• Advise and assist business teams with a wide variety of EU privacy issues, such as international data transfers, transfer impact assessments, and marketing-related privacy issues such as consent.
• Advise and collaborate with our Advocacy/Government Relations teams to interpret the evolving regulatory landscape and develop strategy for engaging with lawmakers on proposed legislation and/or regulators.
• Lead or co-lead Etsy's consumer privacy disclosures, as well as relevant internal and employee-facing policies and procedures.
• Advise partner teams that are accountable for privacy/data operations and governance.
• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

• Qualified lawyer and admitted to practice in Ireland (or another EU jurisdiction)
• Minimum of 10 years' privacy experience at top law firm or in-house team (in house experience at a technology/marketplace company preferred); certified privacy qualifications (CIPP-E) is a plus.
• Subject matter expertise in privacy laws and regulatory frameworks (in particular with GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, and UK data privacy laws) and adjacent areas, including information security, data governance, and artificial intelligence. Since Etsy is a global company, we require a foundational understanding of other international privacy laws, and a global focus to problem-solving.
• Exceptional communication skills, verbally and in writing. You can speak thoughtfully to engage with and learn from technical experts; you can also explain complex matters to business leaders, using plain English, without legal jargon.
• Demonstrated ability to partner strategically and successfully with product and business leaders at all levels to ensure that regulatory and legal requirements are met while balancing user trust, customer experience, and business objectives.
• Experience advising on privacy related clauses in commercial agreements, including data protection agreements and standard contractual clauses (EU).
• Experience conducting and advising on privacy impact assessments and other GDPR record-keeping requirements; ability to translate and apply privacy-related compliance obligations to a marketplace business model.
• Experience working with government relations teams on prospective legislation and strategy.
• Sound judgment, critical thinking skills, and the ability to operate confidently in ambiguous and unfamiliar situations.
• You are a team player and curious to learn new things. Your instinct when new work comes in is to volunteer to help, you are excited by new projects, you aren't afraid to ask or answer a question, and you step up when a colleague needs a second set of hands.
• The most important quality for success on the Etsy legal team is good judgment. Knowing when to say "no,", "yes" or "maybe." You are mindful that the company is your client, and you advocate for the protection of your client.You could work in many places, but you want to work at Etsy because you recognize that having the chance to contribute impactful work and grow a company with an amazing mission -- empowering millions of microentrepreneurs -- is a rare opportunity.