DuckDuckGo
VP, Legal
USRemotePosted Today$320,000 – $320,000
Full TimeExecutiveRemoteUS
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Job Description
Who We Are Hi, we’re DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, annual reven
Key Highlights
- Serve as the primary legal advisor to the CEO, executive team, and board on strategy, risk, regulatory developments, and sensitive legal matters.
- Direct global privacy compliance, ensuring DuckDuckGo products and practices stay ahead of GDPR, US state privacy laws, and emerging data protection requirements.
- Direct company legal strategy and outside counsel in complex regulatory and competition proceedings that directly shape DuckDuckGo’s business.
- Manage and develop the legal team, set priorities, build the legal operating model, and develop team members.
- Work closely with the policy team, acting as a key stakeholder and providing legal counsel as necessary on highest priority US and EU policy matters.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of legal experience, including 10+ years in-house at a consumer-facing technology company.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in legal leadership roles, including 2+ years in positions of comparable seniority (VP, Deputy General Counsel, etc.).
- JD and active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction.
- Familiarity with corporate governance and strategic transactions, including M&A, financing rounds, or board advisory work, sufficient to own these matters as the company grows.
- Deep expertise in at least two of DuckDuckGo’s highest-stakes legal domains: privacy/data protection, technology platform regulation, or antitrust/competition law.
- Demonstrated ability to advise executives on complex legal risk and manage significant litigation and regulatory proceedings.
- Track record managing legal teams and outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
- Strong commercial instincts and a business enabler known for sound judgment, not reflexive caution.
- Located in the US.
About the Company
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Job Details
Employment Type
Full Time
Experience Level
Executive
Salary Range
$320,000 – $320,000
Location
US
Work Mode
Remote
Posted
Today
Country
US