duck-duck-go - VP, Legal
Responsibilities
• Serve as the primary legal advisor to the CEO, executive team, and board on strategy, risk, regulatory developments, and sensitive legal matters. • Work closely with the policy team, providing legal counsel on EU and US regulatory matters including DMA, DSA, EU AI Act, and US privacy legislation. • Direct global privacy compliance, ensuring DuckDuckGo products and practices stay ahead of GDPR, US state privacy laws, and emerging data protection requirements. • Direct company legal strategy and outside counsel in complex regulatory and competition proceedings that directly shape DuckDuckGo's business. • Manage and develop the legal team, set priorities, build the legal operating model, and develop team members. • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Security on legal implications of AI features, new product launches, advertising formats, and data practices. • Evolve legal operations infrastructure: intake workflows, outside counsel management, budget ownership, and playbooks across key practice areas. • Advise on employment matters, IP strategy, and corporate transactions as DuckDuckGo grows. • Own corporate governance and support strategic transactions, including M&A and financing rounds. • And work on related projects.
Benefits
• $320,000 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is transparent across the organization, and all team members within the same professional level and global region receive the same compensation. • Eligibility for company-sponsored health benefits is limited to team members based in the United States. This program does not extend to team members located in other countries, such as Canada or the UK. • Our Team Member Support Guide https://duckduckgo.com/assets/hiring/team_support_guide.pdf explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances. • Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo, envision your future role here, and find out more about how we hire https://duckduckgo.com/how-we-hire. • DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
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