Senior Corporate Counsel Job at PagerDuty (San Francisco)

Senior Corporate Counsel

PagerDuty

Location:
United States , San Francisco

Category:
Legal

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

164000.00 - 276000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

PagerDuty is seeking an experienced attorney with a strong privacy, data protection, and marketing/advertising background to join our Legal team. The ideal candidate has shown the ability to build deep expertise in privacy, marketing, and advertising law, and to effectively build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders. This person is also a highly motivated team player who loves to learn and is excited to make an immediate impact to the company’s values and growth, with the ability to think ahead, see around corners, and help prepare for the privacy landscape of the future.

Job Responsibility:

Scale, and mature PagerDuty’s global privacy program, including planning and implementing self-help resources, training, tools and systems
Support revenue objectives by collaborating with our Commercial Legal and Deal Desk teams to provide clear and concise counsel on privacy issues for customer deals, including DPAs and questionnaires
Support PagerDuty’s marketing initiatives by providing practical legal advice on a wide range of marketing and advertising legal issues, including issues that have a privacy overlap
Learn and understand PagerDuty’s business and technical operations and develop solutions to legal issues that take the above into account
Collaborate across the company (including partnership with Product Counsel, Procurement Counsel, Security Managers, Engineers, Product Managers, and IT managers) to support a variety of privacy matters and initiatives
such as data mapping, privacy by design, impact assessments, vendor data protection, privacy notices and policies, subject access requests, and incident response
Maintain awareness of the privacy and marketing/advertising legal landscape as PagerDuty’s subject matter expert, collaborating with outside counsel as needed on complex, higher-risk matters
Monitor and analyze emerging privacy,data protection, marketing, and advertising laws, regulations, enforcement activity, trends and industry best practices
Collaborate to develop PagerDuty’s public policy position in privacy, data protection, marketing and advertising
Advise on likely trends and best practices to prepare for the future
Support non-privacy projects based on business priorities as a legal generalist, learning new areas of law as needed

Requirements:

A law degree and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar in good standing
Authorization to practice law in the state where you will be based, or eligibility to become authorized
6+ years of applicable legal experience at a leading law firm, in-house legal department, or governmental agency
3+ years of hands-on privacy experience

Nice to have:

Deep experience in privacy, including experience in GDPR, CCPA, CIPA and, ideally, other privacy frameworks as well
Solid experience advising on marketing and advertising legal issues, including reviewing marketing claims, adtech implementation, marketing consents, and contest rules
Passionate about issues that lie at the intersection of law and technology, including understanding the technical details
Experience in litigation, M&A deals, regulatory inquiries, product counseling, or IP
Successful ability to investigate, analyze, and solve complex legal issues, and develop practical risk mitigation options
Demonstrated ability to concisely, accurately, and clearly explain legal considerations with context to a wide range of audiences, both orally and in writing, including translating between legal frameworks and technical details
History of building collaborative relationships and catalyzing others
Ability to envision and lead complex projects to successful completion, and to manage multiple projects at once, ensuring focus on the highest priority needs
Proven track record of identifying the most important issues, explaining why they matter, and developing practical solutions
Demonstrated ability to act on the best information available and manage uncertainty, including in areas of newly emerging and evolving laws
Desire to learn, a strong work ethic, a high level of integrity, and dedication to providing top-notch legal counsel
Team player-mindset with a positive attitude, a love of solving problems, and a passion for delighting customers and earning their trust

What we offer:

Competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits package
Flexible work arrangements
Company equity
ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)
Retirement or pension plan
Generous paid vacation time
Paid holidays and sick leave
Dutonian Wellness Days & HibernationDuty - companywide paid days off in addition to PTO
Paid parental leave: 22 weeks for pregnant parent, 12 weeks for non-pregnant parent
Paid volunteer time off: 20 hours per year
Company-wide hack weeks
Mental wellness programs

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 09, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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