Associate General Counsel, Privacy

Meta is seeking a talented and dynamic privacy counsel to join the APAC Privacy legal team. The role involves advising clients across the business on various legal risks and obligations under APAC privacy laws with a particular focus on engagements with privacy regulators. As an Associate General Counsel in the APAC Privacy Legal team, you will take carriage of complex matters and initiatives across the broader APAC region. This requires the ability to both work independently and with large multi-stakeholder teams.This role will be focused on managing engagements with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, developing and executing on legal strategies, and understanding and anticipating the evolving regulatory environment for privacy in APAC. We are looking for someone who is diligent, proactive, collaborative, and has demonstrated excellent legal judgment and strategic thinking. This is a full-time position based in Singapore or Sydney reporting to the Associate General Counsel, APAC Privacy.

**Responsibilities**:

- Be a strong foundation of the APAC privacy team and advise the legal, business, and policy teams on complex privacy and data protection legal matters.
- Assist with the execution and ongoing development of both our global and APAC-specific internal regulatory engagement strategies and processes, ensuring on-going consistent and efficient operation.
- Develop and implement strategies to respond to evolving privacy laws and regulations in the APAC region.
- Advise on and help manage compliance and notification requirements across APAC.
- Analyze products, policies and initiatives to provide practical legal assessments of risk across multiple jurisdictions.
Coordinate expert outside counsel from across APAC in order to solve complex privacy legal issues within tight deadlines and with an eye to broader strategic objectives
- Contribute to and provide data protection training and awareness programs, including building knowledge management frameworks.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Eight or more years of relevant legal experience, including at a law firm and/or prior in-house or regulator experience with internet or technology companies (applicable general commercial litigation, commercial, privacy or product counseling experience will be considered).
- Law degree and good standing in a professional association.
- Keen understanding of the privacy frameworks across APAC and experience in regulatory engagement, investigations or litigation is a plus.
- Deep curiosity about technology, social media and the APAC region.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, ability to manage complex projects, ability to work well with, and advance projects among, cross-functional teams.
- Experience prioritizing work and providing advice under deadlines.
- Business judgment, ability to provide practical solutions, and client counseling experience.
- Open to travel as and when required and possible.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Eight or more years of relevant legal experience, including at a law firm and/or prior in-house or regulator experience with internet or technology companies (applicable general commercial litigation, commercial, privacy or product counseling experience will be considered).
- Law degree and good standing in a professional association.
- Keen understanding of the privacy frameworks across APAC and experience in regulatory engagement, investigations or litigation is a plus.
- Deep curiosity about technology, social media and the APAC region.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, ability to manage complex projects, ability to work well with, and advance projects among, cross-functional teams.
- Experience prioritizing work and providing advice under deadlines.
- Business judgment, ability to provide practical solutions, and client counseling experience.
- Open to travel as and when required and possible.

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