# Legal Counsel - Privacy at TRM Labs

- Company: TRM Labs
- What the company does: Trusted by public sector agencies and private sector institutions on the front lines of illicit activity, including criminal networks, sanctioned actors and state-backed threats. Backed by Bessemer and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.trmlabs.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $165K to $215K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/trm-labs/58652210-5084-4818-b254-b29ef8f1102b
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/trm-labs-legal-counsel-privacy/

## About the role

Legal Counsel, Privacy will own how TRM keeps Orion compliant with privacy and data-protection laws around the world, partnering directly with Product, Engineering, and GTM so the company can expand into new markets without slowing down. This is a build role: you will stand up the privacy program that lets a public-sector platform operate globally, and your judgment will directly shape what TRM can ship and where it can operate.

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years of privacy and data-protection legal experience, with hands-on work applying GDPR and US state privacy laws to a technology product
- Active US bar admission, JD from an ABA-accredited law school
- Proven AI fluency: you use Claude, Gemini, or equivalent tools in your daily workflow and can design AI-assisted privacy processes — not just use AI for one-off research
- Experience counseling Product and Engineering teams on privacy-by-design, DPIAs, and data flows
- Familiarity with cross-border transfer mechanisms (SCCs, transfer impact assessments, adequacy analysis)
- A collaborative, business-minded approach: you explain privacy risk in plain terms and work with partners to find a path forward rather than defaulting to no

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