Associate General Counsel, Privacy

As Associate General Counsel for Privacy at Coinbase, you'll join the Legal team as a senior legal advisor on privacy and data protection across the company's global operations. This role sits at the intersection of product development, regulatory strategy, and data governance. You'll advise teams on building privacy-forward products while navigating a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, partnering with Privacy Operations, Product Counsel, Security, and Engineering to shape Coinbase's privacy program.

What you'll do

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

What you bring

• 8+ years as a practicing attorney with 5+ years of substantive privacy experience, including in-house experience 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 and compliance controls
• Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional privacy programs requiring coordination across Legal, Product, Engineering, Security, and Operations
• 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, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

What we offer

• Annual base salary of £167,960-£176,800 GBP, with additional equity and bonus eligibility
• Benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Remote-first work arrangement with quarterly in-person working sessions called "surges"

About Coinbase

Coinbase is building the future of finance with a mission to increase economic freedom. The company operates globally with a remote-first structure and brings teams together for intense quarterly working sessions.