Privacy Counsel

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · Legal · listed September 22, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
8+ years
Where
Hybrid
Stated pay
$265,000 – $335,000 USD
Requirements listed
6
Length
1,051 words

In the posting’s own words

You will work at the intersection of novel legal questions, fast-moving product development, and a high-profile regulatory environment, partnering cross-functionally with Legal, Integrity & Compliance, Safeguards, Security, Policy, Research and Product.

What it asks for · 6

  • JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
  • Hands-on experience advising a technology business (in-house or at a leading law firm) on privacy and data protection
  • Experience drafting and negotiating data protection agreements, such as DPAs, BAAs and data sharing agreements
  • Working knowledge of key global privacy laws, including those of the Americas, EEA and APAC
  • Ability to read and engage with technical documentation, such as system designs and architecture diagrams
  • Excellent legal writing, including clear, concise advice

Also a plus

  • At least 8 years of privacy and data protection legal experience
  • Deep familiarity with software and model development and architecture
  • Proven ability to build privacy processes, playbooks and templates that scale with a fast-growing business
  • Direct engagement with privacy regulators, including providing briefings and responding to inquiries
  • Privacy and data protection work on mergers, acquisitions, and similar transactions
  • Background advising safety, security or trust and safety teams, including on privacy incidents and notification decisions

What the job covers

  • Counsel product, research and engineering teams across the model and product lifecycles, applying laws written before frontier AI with clarity and fresh thinking
  • Translate complex technical architecture into clear, actionable risk advice
  • Deliver integrated guidance on safety, security and data protection
  • Lead privacy on Anthropic's most strategic deals and partnerships, opening creative paths for novel technologies
  • Negotiate privacy and data protection terms in enterprise, platform and partnership commercial agreements, including DPAs, BAAs, data sharing agreements and cross-border transfer terms
  • Lead privacy diligence on mergers and acquisitions, and support corporate governance
  • Collaborate closely with counsel and privacy colleagues on joint analysis, bringing competing views together into a single, well-reasoned position

Tools and skills named

Security & compliance
  • Security3×
  • Regulatory
Go to market
  • Partnerships
Ways of working
  • Technical writing

Words the posting leans on

  • privacy15×
  • data protection8×
  • legal5×
  • agreements4×
  • counsel4×
  • law4×
  • product4×
  • architecture3×
  • experience3×
  • least3×
  • acquisitions2×
  • advice2×
  • advising2×
  • build2×
  • business2×
  • clear2×

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