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Legal and Public Policy
Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries, and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen.
As a company, we challenge industry norms by pushing one another to think creatively about complex questions. Our legal team is no exception. We think critically about the range of legal issues our business faces and act in a manner consistent with our freedom and responsibility culture, one marked by a bias toward action, collaborative work, and candid discussions, by leaning into smart risks and taking ownership of bold decisions. Our culture is unique, and we live by our values.
Our global Data Privacy and Security Legal team supports the privacy needs of the entire business, ranging from business counseling to building and supporting our privacy program. The team’s overarching goal is to advance compliance with data protection and security laws in a balanced, risk-based manner that allows our business to grow and expand, drawing on knowledge and experience with specific government/industry requirements and best practices.
Netflix is seeking to hire a Director on its Data Privacy & Security Legal team, to be based in Los Gatos. The Director will work closely with business and cross-functional partners, to advance the company’s business initiatives and continue the evolution of our Privacy Program. This Director role will report directly to the Senior Director of Data Privacy & Security based in Los Gatos.
If you have a strong programmatic privacy, legal and technical background with proven experience advising business units on complex technology and data issues, leading to pragmatic risk-balanced solutions, we are looking for you. In addition, we seek to leverage your experience in building privacy programs, increasing their efficiency, your ability to dig deep to understand objectives and priorities of our business units and the technical platforms supporting them. To get you excited about the work, the Director is expected to work with and develop solutions across all Netflix business units, including streaming, ads, games, studio and HR/corporate. In supporting our privacy program and operations including accountability, you will need to understand our corporate structure, goals, and risk tolerance and how that aligns with our north star. The Director will develop a deep functional understanding of Netflix’s privacy program and how our systems and data flows support the same.
Desired Skills and Experience
- At least 10 years of experience providing product or SaaS platform counseling, including advising on related Data Privacy issues, building/managing privacy programs, and establishing practices to maintain compliance and accountability
- Experience in the entertainment and/or technology industries is required—strong preference for candidates who have experience in ads privacy as well as minors privacy issues
- This position requires a JD and qualifications to practice before at least one US State bar
- Strong substantive knowledge of applied privacy law, including NIST privacy and cybersecurity frameworks
- Strong risk-tolerance and experienced perspective on building, improving, and maintaining a privacy and information security program
- Strong substantive understanding of SaaS services and associated technology (including networking and security)
- Experience in conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments
- Ability to work well under pressure with diligence, organization, and minimal supervision and provide practical advice to stakeholders
- Excellent judgment and ability to communicate (orally and in writing) concisely and candidly
- Strong collaborative skills
- A sense of humor
- Pluses include significant in-house legal work experience and proficiency in a language in addition to English
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $280,000-$960,000.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.
Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
