Legal Counsel - Regulatory Compliance, Product and Privacy

The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are privately held with the intention to list on a public exchange.

We are expanding our in-house legal team, creating an opportunity for an exceptional lawyer as Legal Advisor or Legal Counsel. The successful candidate will be a rigorous and effective practitioner with a track record of academic achievement and social engagement. At Canonical, you will have the opportunity to work ...

Location: This role is home-based in EMEA or the Americas, with an option of working from our London office.

Drafting and  reviewing corporate policies, spearheading process change and deploying controls to meet compliance regulatory requirements globally
Helping develop, maintain and scale global privacy programs. This includes conducting PIAs, ROPAs and supporting operational initiatives
Working with cross functional with teams to evaluate the impact of privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including AI regulations 
Providing legal support to various internal clients across the company, including Canonical’s product teams
Working with local counsel in many countries to seek and implement advice

An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
A degree in law, JD or equivalent, and active licence to practise law or current progress towards that
Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
Professional written and spoken English with excellent drafting and presentation skills
Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
Appreciative of diversity; polite and effective in a multicultural multinational organisation
Ability to stay organised, proactive and efficient
Ability to demonstrate good commercial judgement
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
Experience in compliance, data privacy, or product development 
Leadership and the ability to influence others to embrace new ideas or practices
Understanding of the open source software community and values
Understanding of the technology industry - silicon, data centers, PCs, connected devices, and software
Experience working on in-house legal team and/or law firm