Associate Legal Counsel – Commercial and Privacy
| Company | Hootsuite |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada, Kitchener, ON, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Salary | $87700 – $122700 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | JD |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- 5 years of demonstrated privacy, legal or compliance experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
- A law degree from a recognized university
- Familiarity and comfort level with privacy laws and principles, including the GDPR
- IAPP or other privacy certifications or experience working in SaaS / technology
Responsibilities
- Provide frontline privacy support to business stakeholders throughout the organization (e.g., product development, sales, marketing, people, etc.)
- Draft privacy and other legal policies, notices and guidance
- Support our Customer Assurance function (which provides security and privacy sales support) and efficiently respond to customer data protection and privacy questions
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and data protection agreements, including, data processing agreements, NDAs, SaaS agreements, and vendor agreements
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to implement and maintain key privacy initiatives (e.g., improvements to our data retention / deletion policies, PIAs, data inventories, vendor controls, data subject requests)
- Collaborate with key business stakeholders to identify privacy risks and implement business minded solutions
- Support the implementation and maintenance of Privacy and Customer Assurance operations tools and processes in collaboration with the team and other stakeholders
- Provide business oriented and practical legal guidance and support on a wide range of topics, including commercial contracts (with a focus on SaaS contracts), data protection, and procurement
- Build and maintain positive relationships with local leadership and other strategic partners, in particular the Sales and Product Teams
- Assist in the development of the privacy and legal knowledge base, sales resources, and delivery of training
- Take initiative, work independently and go the extra mile to meet the timelines
- Appropriately triage a heavy workflow, setting appropriate priorities with internal and external clients and delivering results efficiently
- Research and monitor changes to relevant law and regulations to ensure our programs are compliant, and advise the business as necessary
- Collaborate with other Legal team members on other matters and projects as required
- Perform administrative and other related duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Solution seeker
- Lifelong learner
- Resilient adapter
- Intentional collaborator
- Critical challenger
- Active communicator
- Integrated thinker
- Accountable owner
- Bar-raiser