[Hiring] Senior Counsel, Product Privacy @Airbnb

Role Description

Airbnb is seeking a business-oriented Senior Counsel with deep experience in global privacy laws and regulatory compliance to join our growing legal team.

You will play a critical role within our global privacy and cybersecurity legal team, and work across multiple global teams and regions providing support and advice to Airbnb’s business. You must have excellent judgment in balancing legal risks with business strategy and a proven ability to learn new areas of law and function independently in a demanding fast-paced environment. We’re looking for a highly adaptable and collaborative person who can handle ambiguity and rapidly shifting priorities with flexibility, patience, and poise.

A typical day includes:

• Serving as the primary privacy legal advisor for Payments and Insurance processes and products globally.
• Advising on the intersection of privacy law and payments and insurance obligations globally.
• Advising Commercial Legal in negotiating commercial contracts with payment processors and insurance providers.
• Acting as a key cross-functional influencer with Payments and Insurance Legal and Privacy Management teams.
• Partnering closely with various legal and compliance teams to align privacy guidance across geographies.
• Monitoring and advising on privacy legal and regulatory requirements related to data privacy.
• Providing advice and counsel to the Privacy Operations team on global privacy compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of privacy law experience with depth in financial data privacy, payments, or insurance-adjacent regulatory contexts.
• Demonstrated experience advising on global payments or financial services data practices in a B2C or platform context.
• Experience working across legal, compliance, and commercial functions in a matrixed organization.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of the intersection of privacy law and financial data regulation, including CCPA, GLBA, PCI-DSS adjacencies, and equivalent international frameworks.
• Familiarity with insurance data regulatory requirements and how they intersect with global privacy law across key markets.
• Ability to advise on data minimization, legal basis, and transparency requirements for complex financial and insurance product features.

Benefits

• Base pay range: $210,000 — $258,000 USD.
• Role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Company Description

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.

Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.