Counsel, Product & Commercial (Privacy)

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Lyft is hiring a bright, energetic, and self-motivated attorney to join the Product & Commercial Legal team. As counsel, you will strengthen and scale Lyft’s privacy practices and compliance as a key member of our privacy legal function. This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of Lyft’s global expansion within an evolving industry.

Responsibilities:

• Provide specialist advice on all aspects of global privacy law and regulation, including data protection, data retention, and data breach rules
• Review new initiatives for privacy by design considerations and launch readiness
• Draft and negotiate privacy terms in legal agreements
• Support aspects of Lyft’s privacy compliance programs, including impact assessments, certifications, program assessments and audits, regulatory compliance projects, data subject requests, training, and policy development
• Work with information security colleagues and other stakeholders to manage legal aspects of incident response
• Collaborate with and support other key departments within Lyft (e.g., Product, Privacy Engineering, Information Security, Employment/People, Public Policy, Communications)
• Track and advise on new and evolving privacy and data laws and regulations
• Support company engagement with government, industry, and consumer groups on privacy issues

Experience & Skills:

• 5+ years of legal experience working in a leading law firm and/or in-house counseling in data privacy or information security issues (experience in a tech company is a plus)
• Subject matter expertise across the privacy law spectrum (e.g., GDPR, CPRA, PIPEDA, data breach requirements). CIPP or similar certification is a plus.
• Member of a state bar in good standing.
• Experience working on contracts and commercial transactions, especially data processing agreements
• Excellent issue-spotting skills, attention to detail, problem-solving capabilities, and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well and adapt in a dynamic, high-pressure environment
• Experience as a project manager, including working with engineering and product teams to deliver cross-functional results
• Ability to think creatively and comfort with working in new and developing fields and technologies
• Self-motivated with good business judgment

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Subsidized commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program