[Hiring] Senior Privacy Counsel @Abnormal

Role Description

Abnormal AI is an AI-native cybersecurity company. We are looking for a Senior Privacy Counsel to own significant portions of our global privacy program — the legal judgment, the day-to-day operational execution and oversight, and the AI-enabled tooling that ties the two together.

• This is a senior privacy role, reporting to and operating under the direction of the AGC, PPIP.
• You will advise product and engineering on building privacy into an AI-native platform.
• Support AI governance from the legal and privacy side.
• Provide product-privacy legal counseling alongside the Director, Legal (Product).
• Partner with the Privacy Manager to run the day-to-day privacy program (DSARs, assessments, ROPA, notices, audits).
• Help build and operate the AI automation that makes the program scale.
• Serve as a privacy voice with customers via commercial legal.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and member in good standing of at least one U.S. state bar.
• CIPP/E, CIPP/US certifications.
• 6-8+ years of relevant experience, with strong depth in privacy and data protection law and program execution.
• Deep, current expertise in European privacy and digital regulation — GDPR/UK GDPR and working familiarity with NIS2, DORA, the EU AI Act, and the EU Data Act.
• Demonstrated experience operating in or advising technology companies, ideally in cybersecurity, SaaS, or cloud, including AI/ML products.
• Meaningful experience contributing to and helping run a privacy program in a fast-moving, global environment.
• Experience providing product legal counseling alongside privacy.
• Strong drafting and judgment on complex privacy agreements (DPAs, SCCs, subprocessor terms).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Fluency with AI tooling and the ability to build and iterate on automation workflows.

Requirements

• Pragmatic judgment, starting from the business objective and finding the compliant path.
• Sound judgment applied to significant, novel, and ambiguous issues.
• The drive and assertiveness to own initiatives and drive them to completion with minimal oversight.
• Ability to lead through influence and persuade diverse senior stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, benefits, and equity.
• Clear path to grow the role toward greater program ownership as the program scales.
• Base salary range: $199,800 — $235,000 USD.
• In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.