Senior Privacy Counsel
Summary
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.
Do you love taking on big challenges without precedent? Do you possess a deep knowledge of the legal field and a passion for innovation? As a part of our Legal group, you’ll help uphold Apple’s high ethical and corporate standards by providing legal support for all our products and businesses across the globe. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you’ll be challenged to creatively apply your deep legal expertise to rare and often unexplored aspects of the law.
Description
As Senior Privacy Counsel you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and experienced team on privacy issues impacting Apple’s business and products globally. You will help ensure that Apple continues to lead the industry on privacy and ensures we respond to the changing legal landscape under the PIPL, GDPR, CCPA, etc.
You will be responsible for advising and providing support on privacy related aspects for Apple’s internal operations and various products and services, working alongside legal, engineering and business teams. This role will report through the Privacy Compliance Legal team and will offer the opportunity to work directly with key members of the business, engineering and legal teams on a variety of cutting edge projects.
Responsibilities
- Providing guidance to legal and business teams on matters relating to internal and cross-border processing
- Drafting policies and procedures to ensure that technology and business processes meet existing and new privacy legal requirements
- Advising business and regulatory partners on applicable privacy requirements
- Supporting compliance and auditing frameworks including in relation to the PIPL, the GDPR, the CCPA, and other privacy laws
- Partnering with business teams to conduct privacy reviews, including privacy impact assessments
- Staying informed of and properly communicating any changes to or developments in privacy laws, regulations, standards, and guidance
Minimum Qualifications
- LLB or equivalent law degree from a recognized university
- Qualified lawyer with at least 4 years of experience (either at a major law firm and/or in-house) in privacy law
- Knowledge of the PIPL and other comprehensive privacy laws, and regulatory and other guidance and standards
- Experience advising on regulatory compliance and inquiries
- Extraordinary written and verbal skills in English, and written and verbal fluency in Mandarin
Preferred Qualifications
- Able to clearly organize and inform through excellent written and verbal communications
- Ability to lead, take action, and provide direction in the face of ambiguity
- Experience quickly issue-spotting, analyzing, and clearly communicating privacy advice on complex legal issues
- Ability to get results in diverse, fast paced environments
- Able to multi-task across diverse business units and geographical boundaries
- Strong analytical capability with attention to detail
- Ability to partner at all levels of the organization