Senior Legal Counsel, Product & Privacy (AI)

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship office is in Sydney, Australia, but we've made our way from down under, to our brand new office in San Francisco, which is now home to our US operations. This role can be based in either location. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Being a Senior Legal Counsel with the Product and Privacy team, you will take the lead on product counselling for our GenAI Supergroup and AI projects in our Design Experience group. The engineering and product managers in these groups are based mainly across Australia and Vienna.
• You’ll also help support our AI governance initiatives, working closely with an AI governance focussed lawyer on the team on training and resources to empower our AI teams to deliver great products safely and efficiently.
• You will help deliver impactful goals, remove blockers for the business and facilitate escalations to leadership of key risks. 
• Support Canva’s mission to become the most trusted platform by keeping the team accountable for their goals that reduce risk. Balancing this against Canva’s ambitious growth goals, industry practices and our risk appetite and ensuring leadership is “risk aware, not risk averse”.
• Provide regular training, FAQS, cheat sheets, process documents and guardrails for AI product and engineering teams and where required, US based sales teams so they can operate with low friction in their day to day work.
• Monitor and report on the AI landscape - both regulatory and industry practices.
• Regularly contribute to the product, AI and privacy risk registers.
• Based in San Francisco, you’ll also be the eyes and ears for the Product and Privacy team in San Francisco, where many of our most senior leaders and Canvanauts in sales and marketing are based. This will allow you to spot a broad range of legal risks and support them or bring in other team members or legal specialities to support. For this reason, knowledge of the US privacy, consumer protection and marketing laws will be highly regarded (e.g. CCPA, CAN-SPAM, COPPA)

You're probably a match if you have

• Hands on experience at or for a rapidly growing global technology company, advising AI and product launches
• Deep expertise in the EU AI Act, privacy and intellectual property risks of AI and hands on experience advising businesses on foundational AI models
• Understanding of common industry practices and a pragmatic approach to risk based on likelihood, consequences and balancing non-legal risks
• You are comfortable working for a global company and managing timezones. While we encourage async communication, zoom calls out of business hours will be required to connect with the teams you support and collaborate with. You’ll also play a critical role being available to advise on security incidents during US business hours and be on our pager.
• Certified Information Privacy Professional and AI Governance Professional preferred or commitment to obtain certifications within 3 months of joining

About the team

The Product and Privacy Legal team at Canva plays a crucial role in ensuring that our products comply with legal standards and privacy regulations. They number close to twenty, and are based all over the world, from Australia, through the UK and onto the US. This role will be based in the San Francisco, California and will be advising on Canva’s AI products, as well as supporting Canvanauts based in the US (largely in sales, marketing, AI and ecosystem).

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
• Health benefits plans to support you and your wellbeing
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

At Canva we value fairness, and we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation whilst ensuring internal equity within the team in each region. We make hiring decisions based on your skills, experience and our overall assessment of what we observed and learnt in the hiring process. The salary range for this position is $218,000 to $334,000. When calculating offers, we make salary decisions based on market data and candidates' skills and experience. For this role, the prior experience acting as privacy and/or product counsel on AI products will be highly relevant.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.