Director, Legal Counsel

4 weeks ago

Chicago, United States PayPal Full time

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years, creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure. PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers, helping them connect, transact, and complete payments, whether online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks; we provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day, guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness.

Job Description Summary:

PayPal’s Legal team is looking for an experienced, highly-engaged, and collaborative privacy lawyer to serve as our Director, Privacy Legal. Reporting to the VP of Privacy Legal, the Director of Privacy Legal will be responsible for driving global privacy advice across various product areas including ads and marketing. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in advising product teams on privacy and data protection and a strong grasp of online technologies.

Your day to day:

  • Serve as a key subject matter expert and advisor on global privacy and data protection issues, especially those related to ad tech and marketing.
  • Partner with product, business, compliance, and other legal teams to drive high-impact projects.
  • Coordinate across regional lawyers to advise business and product teams in a unified manner.
  • Scale privacy knowledge across the department through trainings and development of resources.
  • Collaborate with Compliance colleagues and the Global Privacy Office to ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
  • Maintain subject matter expertise in new and evolving areas of global privacy law and policy.
  • Advise on new and emerging legal and regulatory developments impacting data privacy and data security.
  • Develop an in-depth knowledge of PayPal’s core business and strong relationships with business counterparts.
  • Model and coach others on leader behaviors including growth mindset, collaboration, action-bias, direct and empathetic communication.

What do you need to bring:

  • JD degree with excellent academic credentials and 12+ years of relevant experience in-house or at a law firm.
  • Deep privacy subject matter expertise, including with U.S., EU, and global privacy tech regulation.
  • Familiarity with ad tech and marketing privacy.
  • Demonstrated experience advising product teams on global privacy regulations.
  • Excellent project management skills, well organized, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
  • A high-level of intellectual, professional and interpersonal agility, combined with sound judgment.
  • Team oriented, with ability to keep a cool head, empathy, and a sense of humor in busy environments.

Compensation and Benefits:

PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual Compensation is based on various factors including work location, and relevant skills and experience. The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is $118,700 to $246,290.

PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace.

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. We offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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