Associate Corporate Counsel, Privacy

Axonius

Axonius

Legal
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Posted on Dec 22, 2024

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About Axonius:
Axonius is revolutionizing how IT and security teams gain comprehensive visibility and control over their digital assets and relationships. As the system of record for digital infrastructure, we solve complex challenges by delivering the critical context required to manage and secure devices, users, software, SaaS applications, and cloud services. By connecting to hundreds of data sources and automating key processes, we empower organizations to close security gaps and prevent incidents.

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The Axonius Legal team is looking for a Privacy Counsel.

About the role:

We are looking for a Privacy Counsel to join our legal team. This role will support Axonius' global data protection and privacy compliance needs. You will have an incredible opportunity to use your expertise to significantly impact a fast-growing hi-tech company.

This role reports directly to Axonius' Data Protection Officer and will work cross-functionally with the Commercial, Procurement, Security, Marketing, People, and Product teams. The ideal candidate is a business-minded attorney, self-starter, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, attentive to detail, and willing to work collaboratively to meet company-wide goals. If you have a strong drive to make an impact on and engage in the business of, a cutting-edge tech company read on!

Responsibilities:

As Privacy Counsel, you will provide support to our teams globally. Your core responsibilities will include:

  • Draft and negotiate DPAs, advise on privacy and data security in commercial SaaS transactions (customers/vendors);
  • Support procurement privacy program management (e.g. vendor privacy risk assessments, vendor privacy classification and mapping, etc.);
  • Manage our cross-team efforts related to DSRs and customers privacy inquiries;
  • Support privacy program updates (e.g. privacy policies, LIAs, DTAs, RoPs, privacy training, etc.)
  • Support AI governance and AI assessments.
  • Support privacy audits.
  • Track new privacy/AI laws and regulations in the US, EU, Israel and globally to ensure an ongoing ability to provide compliance advice.

Requirements:

  • LLB (or equivalent legal) degree; current Bar admission; CIPP/EU/US or a similar certification.
  • 5+ years of legal experience in DPA negotiations, vendor privacy risk assessments and advising companies on global data protection issues, ideally at both a law firm and a tech/SaaS company.
  • Excellent knowledge of global privacy and AI laws, including GDPR, CCPA, PPL, EU AI Act.
  • Experience maintaining privacy and AI governance programs.
  • Exceptional communication (making complex topics easily-digestible for business people) and project management skills, ability to calibrate risk and to lead cross-functional teams.
  • Service-oriented and responsive attitude, strong attention to detail, hard-working and committed to providing an excellent work product.
  • Impeccable professional ethics, integrity, and judgment.
  • Able to work independently but with full recognition of areas of limitation and need for support (humility and honesty appreciated!)
  • Teamwork-oriented attitude and sense of humor.

Advantages:

  • Experience with OneTrust.
  • Experience working at a successful, high-growth SaaS company or in the cybersecurity industry.
  • Curious about innovation; strong understanding of SaaS products and interest in technology.

Our Culture and Benefits:

  • Axonius is committed to ensuring that each team member has a clear and attainable long-term career path. To support this, we allocate a yearly budget to every employee, enabling them to invest in their own growth and learning according to their specific needs and aspirations.
  • We understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. That’s why we provide our employees with three long weekends throughout the year, giving them the opportunity to rejuvenate, spend quality time with loved ones, and invest in their own well-being. In addition, we created a special parental leave policy which allows both primary caregiver and secondary caregiver to spend substantial time with their newborn. We’re also proud to offer extra vacation days for the following important life events: marriage, birth of a grandchild, special milestones related to your children, loss of pregnancy and bereavement.
  • We see you. As part of our culture, our employees’ well-being is important to us.That’s why we offer psychological support services and support services.
  • While we have physical offices in New York, Brazil, and Tel Aviv, we embrace a flexible working culture. The majority of our employees work remotely, regardless of their location around the globe. This flexibility allows us to tap into a diverse talent pool and enables our team members to work in a way that suits their individual preferences and circumstances.
  • As a global company, we strive for excellence in everything we do. To support our employees in communicating effectively across borders, we provide English lessons as part of our commitment to their success.

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A little more about Axonius:

Axonius gives customers the confidence to control complexity by mitigating threats, navigating risk, automating response actions, and informing business-level strategy. With solutions for both cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) and SaaS management, Axonius is deployed in minutes and integrates with hundreds of data sources to provide a comprehensive asset inventory, uncover gaps, and automatically validate and enforce policies. Cited as one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity startups, with accolades from CNBC, Forbes, and Fortune, Axonius covers millions of assets, including devices and cloud assets, user accounts, and SaaS applications, for customers around the world.

Headquartered in New York, New York, Axonius employs over 600 people worldwide. Axonius is named to the 2024 Forbes Cloud 100 and was named to Dun’s Best Start Up Companies to Work for Over 100 Employees. Axonius is recognized with the Great Place to Work Certification™ and for two years in a row, Axonius was ranked Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list. Axonius has been cited as the fastest growing cybersecurity company in history by revenue.

At Axonius we support a diverse and inclusive workplace and believe in equal employment opportunity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.

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