Global Head of Privacy Legal

At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to revolutionize commerce globally to make moving money, selling and shopping, personalized and secure. 

Job Description Summary:

PayPal is one of the leading global payments companies in the world. PayPal’s web, mobile and point of sale solutions have altered the payments landscape by blurring the lines between ecommerce and traditional brick and mortar commerce. PayPal’s innovative technology and expanding product offerings, coupled with an increasingly complex and demanding legal and regulatory environment in privacy and payments, provide unlimited career opportunities for attorneys motivated and driven by creative clients and a fast paced, cutting edge fintech culture.

PayPal is seeking a world-class privacy attorney to lead its global Privacy Legal function and expertly guide PayPal on its mission to be one of the most trusted brands. Leveraging vision and a pragmatic approach, the Global Head of Privacy Legal will set the overall direction for the Legal Privacy team, as well as provide strategic advice and thought leadership to the Chief Privacy Officer and key business leaders. The Global Head of Privacy Legal will also partner closely with legal colleagues who support PayPal in more than 200 markets around the world as part of a diverse legal team. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your leadership skills, as well as your privacy expertise and passion in a collaborative, fast-paced and engaging setting that continuously strives for excellence, customer satisfaction, compliance, innovation, and industry leadership at a dynamic time in privacy, payments, and PayPal.

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the Global Privacy Legal team, which is comprised of legal professionals across multiple jurisdictions – San Jose, New York, Italy, Luxembourg, and China.

• Coordinate and supervise a wide variety of legal activities related to all aspects of PayPal’s privacy program globally, which include contract negotiation, product development, marketing and MarTech initiatives, evaluation of data processing activities, data incident management, and due diligence for business development activities.

• Collaborate with Legal Privacy teammates and Compliance colleagues, the Global Privacy Office, and PayPal’s Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) to develop, enhance and implement the PayPal Global Privacy Program in markets where PayPal operates. 

• Serve as a key subject matter expert and advisor to PayPal lawyers and business units on data privacy issues.

• Train legal colleagues to help them advise their clients on data …