As Privacy Counsel, you'll ensure compliance with global privacy regulations, support legal matters across departments, and manage legal projects.
Job Description
About UsHiBob helps modern, mid-size businesses transform the way they manage people, giving HR and managers all they need to connect, engage, develop, and retain top talent. Since 2015, we've achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, all backed by our amazing team of Bobbers from across the globe, making us the choice HRIS of over ~4500 midsize and multinational companies and over 1 Milion users.
Our HR platform is intuitive, data-driven, and built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively.
About you:
As we continue to scale, we are looking for an experienced proactive, sharp, and passionate Privacy Counsel to join our legal team.
You will work closely with the legal team & various company stakeholders leading the global privacy & data protection aspects, ensuring compliance with the various global regulations (GDPR, CCPA and others) while also supporting the Products and AI teams. This role requires a combination of great legal knowledge, tech savvy and an in house approach!.
If you are a highly motivated, organized, proactive, independent, self-starter who enjoys working in a dynamic, fast-paced and collaborative environment, Hibob is where you want to be!
Job Requirements
Job Responsibilities
Benefits
Join our village
HiBob is a village filled with amazing people and we're especially proud of that. It's a place where Bobbers can be themselves. We're about fun, dreams, hopes and ambition, just as much as we are about precision, growth, and top performance. Becoming a Bobber means you'll receive competitive compensation, benefits, and pre-IPO equity alongside all of this:
About UsHiBob helps modern, mid-size businesses transform the way they manage people, giving HR and managers all they need to connect, engage, develop, and retain top talent. Since 2015, we've achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, all backed by our amazing team of Bobbers from across the globe, making us the choice HRIS of over ~4500 midsize and multinational companies and over 1 Milion users.
Our HR platform is intuitive, data-driven, and built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively.
About you:
As we continue to scale, we are looking for an experienced proactive, sharp, and passionate Privacy Counsel to join our legal team.
You will work closely with the legal team & various company stakeholders leading the global privacy & data protection aspects, ensuring compliance with the various global regulations (GDPR, CCPA and others) while also supporting the Products and AI teams. This role requires a combination of great legal knowledge, tech savvy and an in house approach!.
If you are a highly motivated, organized, proactive, independent, self-starter who enjoys working in a dynamic, fast-paced and collaborative environment, Hibob is where you want to be!
Job Requirements
- Law degree from a top academic institute
- Certified Lawyer with an active bar membership
- 7+ years of relevant legal experience as a privacy tech lawyer in a legal department of a high-tech company or in the privacy department of a major law firm
- Deep expertise in data protection and privacy regulations (GDPR, US privacy etc.) and practical experience implementing compliance frameworks
- Strong understanding of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) , machine learning, and data governance considerations
- Exceptional analytical abilities , capable of interpreting complex legal, technical, and regulatory information and providing actionable, business-focused advice
- Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple matters simultaneously while balancing legal, regulatory, and commercial considerations
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills , with a collaborative and solution-oriented mindset
- Flexibility to work across time zones and manage variable hours as needed
- Ability to work effectively in remote and cross-functional environments
- Fluent English (both written and verbal)
Job Responsibilities
- Join our fast growing global legal team.
- Work directly with Hibob's various departments;
- Support a wide variety of legal matters throughout the different departments, focusing on privacy, product & AI.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align legal processes with broader organizational goals
- Identify, evaluate, and implement legal tech solutions to improve case and document management, e-discovery, and contract analysis
- Manage legal projects from initiation to completion, ensuring timelines and best practices.
Benefits
Join our village
HiBob is a village filled with amazing people and we're especially proud of that. It's a place where Bobbers can be themselves. We're about fun, dreams, hopes and ambition, just as much as we are about precision, growth, and top performance. Becoming a Bobber means you'll receive competitive compensation, benefits, and pre-IPO equity alongside all of this:
- Company share options plan
- We have a flexible hybrid working model
- Work from home allowance- to get your home office set up!
- Payment for sick leave from the first day
- 2 Social Impact days per year for volunteering
- Annual Headspace subscription and wellness benefits
- Awesome employee referral program- $2,500 for each successful referral with an additional ambassador programme
- 10 bis or cibus/wolt- you get to pick!
- Transportation allowance
- Dog-friendly
- Temporary remote work from anywhere in the world for up to 2 months (after 6 months of employment)
- Fun company and team social events (locally and virtually with our global teams)
- Bob balance days - 4 additional days within a calendar year - Enjoy a company-wide long weekend at the beginning of each quarter
Top Skills
AI
Ccpa
Gdpr
Machine Learning
HiBob London, England Office
Space House, 1 Kemble Street, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 4AN
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