Privacy Counsel

Join Nextdoor as a Privacy Counsel, where you'll analyze and develop compliance plans for various laws impacting the platform. You'll work cross-functionally, assist with compliance and product advising, and interface with industry organizations, regulators, and legislators. Additionally, you'll prepare risk assessments, draft compliance reports, and advise on data governance matters. This role offers a monthly wellness stipend, parental leave, a global end-of-year shutdown, and opportunities for remote work.

• Analyzing current and developing laws that impact the Nextdoor platform and suite of products, and developing practical compliance plans.
• Assisting with compliance and product advising areas that come with a platform hosting user-generated content, including IP, digital marketing, anti-spam laws, and Section 230.
• Preparing risk assessments, DPIAs, PIAs, transparency reporting, privacy and security reporting, and other documentation related to privacy and regulatory compliance.
• Comfortable and effective in a highly collaborative environment
• Active law license in any state in good standing
• Minimum of 4 years or experience in a law firm or in-house counsel role
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and experience communicating and explaining complex legal issues to business partners
• Familiarity with data privacy, online content, online safety, moderation and other laws relevant to social media platforms, including GDPR, CCPA, VCDPA and other US state privacy laws
• Ability to network and build relationships with colleagues and internal clients as well as with peers and partners at trade organizations
• J.D. from a nationally recognized law school
• Experience with responding to user, customer, and regulatory inquiries
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects, prioritize and organize workload
• Ability to assess and manage risk and act on imperfect information
• 2+ years of in-house experience at a tech company, especially on smaller legal teams where each individual has broader scope
• Policy advocacy experience involving proposed legislation and regulation impacting social media platforms
• Experience with legal issues impacting social media platforms and the digital advertising industry
• Litigation experience, especially involving user content
• Familiarity with digital marketing, TCPA, CAN-SPAM, IP, Section 230, OSA, DSA, Canadian law, Australian law
• Familiarity with laws and regulations governing AI models and systems, including the EU AI Act, US state legislation, and related global legislation
• 6+ years of legal experience