Airbnb Senior Privacy Counsel 

United Kingdom, England, London 

587718820

A Typical Day

• Advise on a wide range of regulatory matters primarily with our lead regulator, the Irish DPC, but also with the ICO and other EU and EMEA data regulators including the CNIL, the Garante & the AEPD.
• Provide leadership and support across user privacy complaints escalated to the legal team, and received from data regulators through pragmatic and thoughtful engagement with users and/or regulators.
• Support in developing strategic approaches for proactive and reactive regulatory engagements
• Prepare senior leaders for, and assist in, meetings with regulators
• Responsibility, in consultation with your manager, for the coordination, identification, analysis of privacy regulatory issues critically impacting the business arising from your caseload
• Interpretation and analysis of existing and prospective legislation to identify and assess the impact on Airbnb and determine relevant action to be taken
• Collaborate with our Chief Privacy Officer’s team of privacy operation specialists to drive forward areas of remediation identified through regulatory work
• Monitor, respond to and proactively engage with industry associations, law makers and regulators on developments in data protection and information security in the EEA, the UK and MEA
• Provide business focused and pragmatic day to day advice on the implementation and compliance with global privacy laws to a wide range of business and product teams and our Chief Privacy Officer’s team
• Deliver clear practical advice that enables business partners to achieve objectives while mitigating legal risk and keeping our community’s privacy rights and interests at the forefront.
• Build and manage relationships effectively to establish yourself as a trusted partner of key stakeholders
• Clearly communicate to specialists and non-specialists on risk and potential mitigations, taking into account regulatory and other factors

Your Expertise

• Minimum 8 year PQE qualified lawyer in at least one EU jurisdiction, or the UK. IAPP/other privacy certification preferable
• Fluency in English is essential. Additional languages an advantage
• Significant privacy regulatory and/or privacy law experience in-house (ideally in a multinational/tech multinational), at a law firm, or in a Data Protection Authority
• Demonstrated expertise in GDPR regulatory engagements, both proactive and reactive, ideally within a global context
• Experience engaging with the Irish DPC and/or the ICO a significant advantage
• A highly-developed sense of urgency in time sensitive and high-stakes matters
• Outstanding analytical, oral, and writing skills, including the ability to distill complex legal issues efficiently and effectively for a business and/or regulatory audience
• Demonstrated record of providing pragmatic and creative advice which appropriately balances legal risk, business priorities, and user trust in respect for their privacy rights
• Capacity to advocate for a position while maintaining respectful, collaborative and open-minded approach
• Ability to work both collaboratively and autonomously while prioritizing competing tasks in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• Passion for travel, home sharing and the Airbnb community
• Good sense of humor, disdain for drama, and desire to get things done

Offices: Berlin, Germany, Dublin, Ireland, London, United Kingdom, Paris, France