Corporate Counsel – Privacy Commercial

Accelerate your career by joining Okta, the World’s Identity Provider, as a member of our Cybersecurity & Privacy Legal team. We free everyone to safely use any technology — anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. As Corporate Counsel – Privacy Commercial, you will lead a small privacy commercial team responsible for advising and supporting commercial legal and sales organizations on privacy and data protection, primarily drafting and negotiating data processing addenda, information security exhibits and related commercial documents with some of the biggest names across every industry that trust Okta to help their organizations work faster, boost revenue and stay secure. You will work on cutting-edge projects in a cloud-first, SaaS environment where you can apply your experience providing strong legal support to help Okta deliver world-class products to our thousands of global customers.

What you’ll be doing

• Advise, draft and negotiate privacy and data protection terms associated with outbound cloud service Master Subscription Agreements, Data Processing Addenda, Information Security Exhibits and other documentation related to sales transactions, while partnering closely with Okta’s Commercial Legal team.


• Provide day-to-day legal support surrounding privacy and data protection-related contract requests and respond promptly and effectively to legal questions from internal clients with pragmatic and business-oriented guidance.


• Support the procurement team in drafting and negotiating privacy and data protection-related terms associated with vendor agreements.


• Support the investigation of potential privacy and security incidents, including analyzing relevant legal and regulatory responsibilities, and providing guidance to internal clients on mitigation, remediation, and resolution efforts.


• Develop, implement and maintain standards, processes, runbooks and guidance surrounding privacy and data protection-related issues for Go-to-Market transactions, and partnering closely with members of the Legal, Security, Compliance and Engineering teams, among other key stakeholders.


• Build critical relationships in order to effectively provide practical and strategic advice to assist the business in meeting its objectives, while ensuring privacy and information security compliance. Advise on recommended courses of action and legal risk, with the ability to judge when to escalate identified issues as appropriate.


• Assist in the maintenance and review of various privacy and security programs and processes, including updates to privacy and security policies, plans, procedures, standards, certifications and customer-facing documentation.


• Ensure compliance with all applicable global privacy and data protection laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation, United States’ federal and state regulations and other global legal frameworks by monitoring and staying up to speed and a thought leader on global privacy and data protection laws and frameworks.


• Maintain an understanding of technical controls and assist in the creation of audit and monitoring frameworks to support stable, controlled operations.


• Review privacy and data protection-related marketing and other external communications content for accuracy and completeness.


• Support the management of outside counsel and consultants and contribute to other interesting legal projects, as needed.

What you’ll bring to the role

• 4+ years of relevant law firm and/or in-house experience, including at least 2 years working primarily on privacy and data protection-related transactional matters, preferably at a SaaS technology company.


• Familiarity and comfort with the culture of a fast-paced enterprise software company and knowledge of SaaS products.


• Experience working with highly-regulated customers, especially those in the financial services industry, preferred.


• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, drafting and negotiation skills.


• Sound and practical legal and business judgment, as well as the ability to think strategically and develop strong working relationships with key internal clients.


• Knowledge in global privacy, data protection and security frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, HIPAA, NIST, ISO, FedRAMP and PCI-DSS.


• Ability to maintain strong working relationships with a variety of internal clients and business partners from a variety of functions.


• A self-motivated individual with grit who takes initiative and is comfortable rolling up their sleeves. Team-oriented with a sense of humor and high emotional intelligence. Ability to organize, prioritize and manage deadlines.


• Strong academic background and J.D. from highly-regarded school.


• Certified Information Privacy Professional (Europe, U.S., Canada and/or Asia) or Certified Information Privacy Manager is a plus.

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