Senior Privacy Counsel

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Job Overview:

Legal and Compliance manages all legal and regulatory matters, including privacy, contracts, corporate governance, compliance, employment law, intellectual property, government relations, and claims, while supporting Coursera's and Udemy's platforms and partnerships. Coursera is seeking a Senior Privacy Counsel to serve as a privacy subject matter expert (with an initial primary focus on Udemy)  helping support compliance with global privacy laws. The role partners closely with Privacy, Product, Engineering, and Information Security teams to strengthen the combined company's privacy program and embed privacy into products and services. Key responsibilities include advising on privacy impact assessments, incident response, data subject requests, regulatory engagement, product counseling, and AI-related privacy issues. The ideal candidate is passionate about education and business growth, thrives in a fast-paced global environment, and has strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities:

• Global subject matter expert: Serve as the primary legal advisor on US privacy laws, including federal and state frameworks (such as CCPA/CPRA), while providing guidance on applicable global privacy and privacy-adjacent laws, including the EU and UK GDPR and key APAC and Latin American frameworks. Advise the business on legal and regulatory developments and their practical impact.
• Privacy Program: Help to continuously develop, implement, and scale Coursera and Udemy’s global privacy program, including by developing and maintaining standardized privacy notices, internal policies, tools, processes, playbooks, and training. 
• Delivering Legal Guidance: Support and advise key stakeholders on a broad range of complex privacy, AI, and cyber issues and provide pragmatic and risk-based solutions in accordance  with global privacy laws.
• Incident reporting: Investigate and manage security incidents that impact personal information, together with Engineering, InfoSec and other stakeholders. 
• Regulatory responses: Respond to requests and inquiries from individuals and privacy regulators.
• Strategic leadership: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on privacy risk and strategy, and mentor and support other members of the Privacy and broader Legal and Compliance teams. 

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one US state bar, with 8+ years of legal experience, including at least five years experience advising on privacy and matters in a law firm, an in-house legal department, or both.
• Demonstrated experience advising on US privacy and privacy adjacent laws, including CCPA/CPRA and other US state privacy laws, with working knowledge of GDPR and other global privacy frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience with implementing/maintaining foundational aspects of a global privacy compliance program, including experience working with privacy compliance tools and developing processes to enforce internal privacy protocols.
• Demonstrated history of working autonomously and at pace, exercising sound judgment to resolve complex and ambiguous privacy issues and deliver practical, business-focused outcomes, including by explaining complex concepts clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail, with the ability to counsel internal clients practically with clear, concise, and creative advice.

Nice to haves:

• Prior in-house experience at a technology company with a product serving users across at least two of the following verticals across multiple international jurisdictions: consumer, enterprise, and education.
• Demonstrated experience counseling global, cross-functional teams regarding privacy and AI, including in APAC and EMEA.
• Privacy certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or AIGP are a plus.
• Experience of using and implementing privacy compliance software.

• US-Z1: Bay Area
• US-Z2: NYC and Seattle Metro
• US-Z3: CA, WA, NY, NJ, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, OR, RI, TX, VA
• US-Z4: AK, AZ, DE, FL, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NV, NH, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, UT, VT, WI

Coursera is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a welcoming and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request at recruting@coursera.org.