Legal Counsel, Privacy Jobs

What To Expect
As a part of our Legal group, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and experienced team on a wide variety of legal issues impacting Tesla’s business and products globally. You will work directly with business and engineering teams to design innovative privacy solutions for products as well as across the legal department on Tesla activities and regulatory issues.
You may be challenged to creatively apply your deep legal expertise to rare and complex aspects of the law. Legal smarts are required but you need to have a keen business sense, a strong work ethic, and a deep passion for customers and data protection. You must have the ability to operate independently, proactively, and cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams across the company. As we expand our offerings globally, your ideas and contributions will make an immediate impact. This candidate can sit in either Austin, Texas, or in Fremont, California.
What You’ll Do

• Update and maintain external privacy notices, internal privacy and data handling policies, playbooks, and other materials supporting Tesla’s privacy program
• Assist in driving privacy and data protection compliance for the appropriate business and functional leaders and their teams
• Collaborate with business and engineering teams on incorporating privacy by design into products/services and adopting innovative privacy solutions from inception and beyond
• Continuously enhance Tesla’s global privacy program through the performance of gap assessments and executing remediation activities
• Create and present engaging training and awareness content, and further develop our Tesla’s privacy and data protection practices in the US and globally
• Counsel on privacy and security incident preparedness and management
• Research and track global privacy and security legislation, evolving regulations, and enforcement and translating that into practical advice
• Provide privacy and data protection guidance to Tesla business functions, such as those supporting our vehicle, energy, insurance, and financing groups

What You’ll Bring

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and proactively anticipating issues
• Juris Doctor and membership in good standing in at least one state bar is required
• Excellent analytical, written and verbal skills with the ability to present information/complex legal matters clearly and concisely
• Flexibility, a positive attitude, a sense of humor, and the ability to constructively balance change in alignment with business needs
• Certified International Privacy Professional Certification (CIPP) is preferred
• Strong knowledge of global privacy laws including United States, APAC and Europe
• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience at a law firm, in-house corporate with evidence of exceptional ability
• Consultancy experience is a big plus
• Strong execution and project management skills, and ability to corral stakeholders from across the organization on cross-functional projects
• Consistent good judgment and ability to apply legal knowledge to help create practical business solutions

Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction

Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution

Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA

Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

LGBTQ+ care concierge services

401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays

Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs

Tesla Babies program

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts and perks program

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