Remove your home address and other personal information from Google and 700+ sites using the most advanced data broker removal service in the world. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
As Optery’s General Counsel, you’ll be responsible for building and leading the company’s legal function. This includes commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, litigation, international expansion, corporate governance, employment matters, and strategic initiatives. You'll utilize external counsel in most of these areas.
What they're looking for
- 8–15 years of legal experience, with time spent at a top-tier law firm and in-house at a technology or privacy-focused company
- Strong expertise in U.S. consumer data privacy law and regulatory frameworks, familiarity with enforcement trends under the CCPA, VCDPA, CPA, TDPSA, OCPA, and other state data privacy laws is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience navigating or working with regulatory agencies such as the CPPA, Attorney General offices, Departments of Justice, or Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Strong background in commercial contracts, corporate governance, and startup equity and debt financing matters
- Excellent communicator and negotiator with a bias for action and pragmatism
- Passion for consumer privacy and strong motivation for holding data brokers accountable to consumer data privacy laws
More about this role
As Optery’s General Counsel, you’ll be responsible for building and leading the company’s legal function. This includes commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, litigation, international expansion, corporate governance, employment matters, and strategic initiatives. You'll utilize external counsel in most of these areas. You will also play a central role in holding data brokers accountable for noncompliance, interfacing with enforcement bodies such as CalPrivacy / California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), and state Attorney General and Department of Justice offices, and advocating for consumer data privacy rights.
Our platform submits opt out requests to hundreds of data brokers on behalf of our customers, referencing privacy rights set forth by data privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA), Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA), Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), and others. We’re seeking a mission-aligned General Counsel to help scale our legal infrastructure, meet the needs of our demanding business, and help ensure data brokers comply with our opt out requests...
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