Legal Counsel - Regulatory Compliance, Product and Privacy

This role is home based in Europe, the Middle East, Africa or the Americas, with the option to work from the London office.

What your day will look like:

• Draft and review corporate policies, spearhead process change and deploy controls to meet compliance regulatory requirements globally.
• Help develop, maintain and scale global privacy programs. This includes conducting PIAs, ROPAs and support operational initiatives.
• Work cross functionally with teams to evaluate the impact of privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including AI regulations.
• Provide legal support to various internal clients across the company, including Canonical’s product teams.
• Interface with cross-functional teams to support company initiatives, including AI deployment and use.
• Work with local counsel in many countries to seek and implement advice.

What we are looking for in you:

• 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.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment.
• Effective both independently and as part of a team.
• A passion for technology evidenced by personal initiatives and projects.
• 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.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation.
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long.

Additional skills we value:

• 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.

What we offer you:

• We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.
• We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance.
• In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission.
• We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals.
• We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Annual compensation review.
• Recognition rewards.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer.