Senior Legal Counsel, Privacy

We are seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel Privacy lawyer to join Adobes Creativity and Productivity Tools Privacy team. This role supports Adobes flagship products and platformsincluding Creative Cloud Document Cloud Firefly and net-new productsby embedding privacy-by-design into product development managing risk and enabling responsible innovation.

What Youll Do

Partner closely with cross-functional teams including Product Legal Privacy Engineering Design Developers AMEA and Cybersecurity to assess privacy risks and regulatory requirements across Adobe platforms and surfaces.

Advise on global privacy and data protection laws staying current on evolving privacy laws and legislation including regulations governing AIrelated frameworks (e.g. EU AI Act) biometric processing youth privacy cross-border transactions. Work with government relations and public policy teams to assess proposed legislation and provide gap assessments as new laws come into effect.

Develop and scale privacy-by-design practices for business units translating legal requirements into practical business guidance.

Support product and feature development across the full lifecycle from early design UI and UX reviews product launch improvement and deprecation.

Conduct and coordinate privacy assessments and work with regional counsel to prepare documentation to align with international privacy laws including DPIAs LIAs and TIAs and ROPAs.

Help maintain and evolve privacy policies standards and governance frameworks domestically and internationally.

Provide privacy training and mentorship to legal and business partners to build scalable privacy proficiency across Adobe products.

Contribute to finding new and creative ways to drive efficiency within the privacy team including applying AI models agents and other tools to enable scale.

Manage and coordinate outside counsel where specialized or jurisdictional expertise is required.

What You Need to Succeed

J.D. degree and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.

Minimum of 10 years of privacy experience in-house and/or law firm experience.

Strong knowledge of global data protection and privacy laws (e.g. GDPR U.S. state privacy laws childrens privacy regimes).

Familiarity with SaaS digital media products and new technologies including generative AI agentic AI and machine learning.

Ability to work independently in a fast paced product environment balance multiple priorities and provide clear pragmatic advice.

Excellent communication skills and comfort advising partners at all levels of the organization.

Willingness to support and collaborate to improve the culture and proficiency of the data protection group.

CIPP certification preferred (or willingness to acquire).

How This Role Fits in at Adobe

This senior-level role sits within the Adobe product privacy group and focuses on supporting responsible innovation product development and risk calibration. The position is deeply embedded in product work and is critical to Adobes ability to rapidly release new offerings at scale.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobes industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio Adobe Express Adobe Firefly Creative Cloud Adobe Experience Platform Adobe Experience Manager and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30000 employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. Were on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

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Expected Pay Range:

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