Senior Director, Global Privacy

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Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

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Etsy is seeking a talented lawyer to lead its Global Privacy Legal team. This position will be a key advisor to Etsy’s legal, product, engineering, and security teams and will provide strategic advice to Etsy’s growing global business. This is a full‑time position reporting to the VP, Deputy General Counsel, Regulatory, Litigation & Marketplace Integrity. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package s role requires your presence in Etsy’s Brooklyn office once or twice per week depending on your proximity to the office.

Candidates living within commutable distance of Etsy’s Brooklyn office may be the first to be considered. Learn more details about our work modes and workplace safety policies here.

Etsy’s global Legal team works with every Etsy business unit, across our offices worldwide, to provide timely and business‑savvy legal advice. We help teams that design products, we draft contracts and policies, we advise engineers and leadership, advocate externally, and handle disputes to protect Etsy and our users. We meaningfully support Etsy’s growth by delivering legal and business know‑how with a great work ethic.

We are a global enterprise team that works across and supports all of our marketplaces, subsidiaries, and offices worldwide, and the role will partner with and support both  and its marketplace subsidiary, Depop.

• Build, mature, and scale Etsy’s Enterprise Privacy Program to meet both worldwide regulatory requirements and the needs of our business through our next stage of growth. This will include program governance, operations, regulatory engagement, regulatory change management (for privacy, cybersecurity and AI regulations), product and operational advice, compliance record‑keeping, training and awareness, policies and notices, privacy risk management, metrics and reporting, and more.
• Lead a small team as a player‑coach. You not only manage people and work streams, but work as an individual contributor. You collaborate with cross‑functional Legal partners, contractors, outside counsel, and advisors, to deliver sound, creative, and practical legal advice to our stakeholders, including our business, product, engineering, operational, and leadership teams.
• Regularly engage with Etsy leadership, our boards of directors, Data Protection Officer, and regulators with respect to our privacy program, data privacy developments, and related governance issues.
• Partner with our global Advocacy (government relations) team to interpret and shape the evolving regulatory landscape; lead and drive our cross‑functional response to changes in privacy and privacy‑adjacent laws, including artificial intelligence, minors, and cybersecurity.
• Strengthen relationships with partner teams (such as Information Security) and work collaboratively and strategically to advise on scalable processes and procedures to enhance Etsy’s Privacy Program.
• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

• Qualified lawyer and admitted to practice in the United States and/or Ireland.
• Experience leading or working in leadership roles on in‑house privacy legal teams, and ideally 7 to 10+ years of privacy…