Privacy Counsel - NorthAm & LATAM

Compensation : USD 190000 - USD 230000 - yearly

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world\u2019s money. For everyone, everywhere.

Wise has already pioneered new ways for people to transfer money across borders and currencies. Our customers can also manage their hard-earned money with the world's first platform to offer true multi-currency banking.

We are looking for an experienced Privacy Counsel to lead on data privacy matters across the NorthAm and LATAM regions.

Your Mission : Do you love taking on big challenges? Do you have a detailed knowledge of privacy and a passion for innovation?

Our Global Privacy team is part of the legal tribe and supports teams throughout Wise in protecting the privacy and security of our customers. We are looking for a talented privacy expert to support our NorthAm and LATAM businesses.

You will work directly with business and engineering teams to design and innovative privacy solutions for products, as well as with legal, compliance and risk teams to embed privacy compliance for the region.

This role will be in Austin to provide local time-zone support and to co-locate with other members of the Wise Legal team.

What You'll Work On

• Localise group policies and drive the implementation of global and regional requirements for the NorthAm and LATAM regions
• Partner with business and engineering teams on the design and launch of innovative products for the NorthAm and LATAM markets
• Advise on the privacy aspects of Wise platform partnerships and arrangements with partner banks and financial institutions, including contractual arrangements
• Support expansion activities for launching Wise products and services in new jurisdictions
• Oversee privacy compliance for NorthAm and LATAM entities and support reporting to oversight committees and entity boards in the regions
• Support periodic global and regional audits of privacy compliance within Wise.
• Keep up with evolving regulatory requirements in the region and translate them into actionable business requirements
• Support implementation of the Wise AI Governance framework, monitor emerging AI regulations and guidelines in the NorthAm and LATAM regions and support associated regulatory change initiatives

Qualifications

Skills

To thrive in this role, you will be a self-starter, a great influencer and communicator. You will be comfortable working in grey areas and making judgement calls at speed. You will be obsessed with detail and happy handling competing priorities and differences of opinion. You will have strong project management skills and be able to break through walls to get things done, collaborating with cross-functional teams to find practical solutions. You will have :

Additional Information

For everyone, everywhere. We\u2019re people building money without borders \u2014 without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We\u2019re proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences. We\u2019re inclusive and believe diverse teams help us live our values and progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it\u2019s like to work at Wise visitWise.Jobs .

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