Role overview

As Associate General Counsel for Privacy at Coinbase, you will serve as a senior legal advisor on privacy and data protection matters across the company’s global operations. This position reports to the Managing General Counsel and sits at the intersection of product development, regulatory strategy, and data governance, helping the company build privacy-forward products while navigating an evolving regulatory landscape.

Key responsibilities

Own the development, implementation, and scaling of Coinbase’s global privacy program in partnership with Privacy Operations, including drafting policies, creating data protection agreements, and producing transparency reports.
Lead cross-functional privacy initiatives spanning data governance, data protection tooling, and data subject rights processes in collaboration with customer experience, engineering, and international teams.
Partner with Product and Commercial Counsel to integrate privacy-by-design principles into product development and launch cycles, translating regulatory requirements into actionable product guidance.
Drive the company’s response to privacy incidents, regulatory inquiries, and law enforcement demands in coordination with Security and Trust & Risk teams.
Shape Coinbase’s external privacy narrative and engage directly with government agencies, privacy regulators, and data protection authorities across EMEA and globally.

Requirements

Minimum 8 years of experience as a practicing attorney with at least 5 years of substantive privacy experience, including in-house work at technology or financial services companies.
JD or international equivalent, with qualification as a lawyer in the UK, Ireland, or an EU jurisdiction.
Deep expertise in EU and international privacy and data protection law, including GDPR, PIPEDA, LGPD, CCPA/CPRA, and state data breach notification laws, with demonstrated ability to map global requirements to business practices.
Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional privacy programs requiring coordination across legal, product, engineering, security, and operations teams.
Experience drafting and negotiating privacy policies, data protection agreements, and vendor information security terms, and responding to regulatory inquiries from data protection and consumer protection authorities.
Ability to use generative AI responsibly while maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

What makes this role worth considering

Coinbase is a remote-first company with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges” that bring teams together for intensive collaboration. You’ll work on privacy and data protection at a critical time for the cryptocurrency and financial services industry, directly influencing how the company navigates regulatory challenges across multiple jurisdictions and engaging with government agencies and regulators on matters of significant importance.