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We have an amazing opportunity for a privacy lawyer to join Elastic's Global Data Privacy team. The data privacy counsel will make a contribution to the company's continued growth and success by acting as a legal counsel for data protection and privacy related issues. This attorney will be based remotely and will report to Elastic's Senior privacy counsel.

Responsibilities

• Support complex, strategic commercial transactions involving data protection terms, including reviewing and negotiating customer and vendor DPAs, with emphasis on CCPA, state laws, GDPR and new standard contractual clauses.
• Complete and review impact assessments, vendor questionnaires, records of processing activities, subject access requests, and similar privacy compliance documentation.
• Assist the privacy team with review of data use cases by Elastic's business teams, including marketing initiatives, GDPR requirements, cookie compliance, as well as country specific compliance requirements.
• Operationalize privacy law requirements by creating measurable tools, procedures, and processes for our Commercial and Operational teams to follow in order to implement compliance; collaborate with internal partners to understand their needs in creating such tools and empower their business goals while maintaining legal compliance.
• Apply a risk-based approach to data protection reviews and guidance consistent with the Global Privacy Team's compliance regime.
• Build strong internal and external relationships promoting privacy compliance and business enablement.
• Help ensure adherence to global data protection and security laws, while enabling the development and execution of business initiatives.
• Perform other legal responsibilities as requested, including building operational, scalable processes and tracking privacy team metrics.

Minimum Requirements

• Top credentials and qualified to practice law in US or UK (or in-house equivalent); JD degree (or UK equivalent)
• Proven experience in representing technology clients in matters in the US and the EU; in-house experience strongly preferred
• Significant transaction experience with fast paced technology companies negotiating data protection agreements including DPAs for customers and vendors; understanding of underlying DPA

Obligations

• Strong experience advising on GDPR requirements, with emphasis on use of EU data in a variety of complex marketing scenarios; must have a solid understanding of the new Standard Contractual Clauses and underlying vendor assessment requirements
• Validated ability to execute tasks and ability to quickly pivot among multiple projects
• Experience in a fast-paced environment, proven experience creating data privacy operational tools and processes for internal teams
• Experience performing privacy operations including Records of Processing Activities, Data Protection Impact Assessments, data mapping and manual program tools
• Effective listener with excellent communication skills: experience communicating complex information in simple easy to understand tools, visual guides and work flow diagrams
• Understanding of IT/Security infrastructure, network architecture and SaaS computing, and data analytics

Professional skills:

• Excellent legal and business judgment with sound analytical skills
• Ability to transform complex legal requirements into simple streamlined compliance processes
• Deep understanding of data protection and security laws (US and EU)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Project management skills

Personal Characteristics

• Motivated, self-starter
• Humble, ambitious, compassionate, calm but driven
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively
• Team player with excellent listening skills; always allows others to have a voice and respects all views
• Ability to take direction and execute
• Strong eye for business with practical, risk-based judgment
• Work optimally in a dynamic environment across different functional groups, time zones and cultures.
• Flexible and professional
• Strong desire to learn and grow
• Shows initiative, perseverance, resourcefulness, modesty, and a willingness and desire to handle a variety of legal issues while maintaining a sense of humor
• Inclusive, positive and fun

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