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Salary: EUR 195,700 - 195,700 / annual
Coinbase is seeking an Associate General Counsel, Privacy to join its Privacy Legal team, reporting to the Managing General Counsel. This is a senior legal advisory role focused on privacy and data protection across Coinbase's global operations, sitting at the intersection of product development, regulatory strategy, and data governance.
You will serve as a key advisor on building privacy-forward products while navigating a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. You'll partner with Privacy Operations, Product Counsel, Security, and Engineering to shape Coinbase's privacy program, translate complex global requirements into actionable guidance, and represent the company with regulators and government agencies, particularly in EMEA markets.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning the development, implementation, and scaling of Coinbase's global privacy program in partnership with Privacy Operations, including policy drafting, data protection agreements, and transparency reports
- Leading cross-functional privacy initiatives spanning data governance, data protection tooling, and data subject rights processes in collaboration with CX, Engineering, and international teams
- Partnering with Product and Commercial Counsel to embed privacy-by-design principles into product development and launch lifecycle, translating regulatory requirements into clear, actionable product guidance
- Driving Coinbase's response to privacy incidents, regulatory inquiries, and law enforcement demands in coordination with Security and Trust & Risk
- Shaping Coinbase's external privacy narrative and engaging directly with government agencies, privacy regulators, and data protection authorities across EMEA and globally
Coinbase is a remote-first company with quarterly in-person working sessions called "surges."
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years as a practicing attorney with 5+ years of substantive privacy experience, including in-house experience at technology or financial services companies
- JD or international equivalent, with qualification as a lawyer in the UK, Ireland, or an EU jurisdiction
- Deep expertise in EU and international privacy and data protection law (GDPR, PIPEDA, LGPD, CCPA/CPRA, state data breach notification laws) with demonstrated ability to map global requirements to business practices and compliance controls
- Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional privacy programs requiring coordination across Legal, Product, Engineering, Security, and Operations
- Experience drafting and negotiating privacy policies, data protection agreements, and vendor information security terms, and responding to regulatory inquiries from data protection and consumer protection authorities
- Ability to utilize generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
