Privacy and Product Counsel - Accessibility and Research

Working at AtlassianAtlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or return to an office as they reopen (unless it’s necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.We're looking for a talented Privacy & Product Counsel to join our dynamic and collaborative legal team at Atlassian! You’ll be joining a growing team of legal professionals helping build products, tools, and programs that put fundamental rights first, build employee and customer trust, and lead our industry on accessibility, inclusion, privacy, and social impact.Like our customers, we use Atlassian products to collaborate asynchronously with global teams. We believe in open work, leading with kindness and empathy, and delivering thought leadership beyond what’s required for “minimum legal compliance”. It helps to bring a growth mindset, a desire to use and understand our products, intellectual curiosity, and a thirst for innovation!

In This Role, You'll Get To:

• Support our Accessibility, Research, and People Teams to help achieve Atlassian’s goal of $10 billion in annual revenue and 25,000 Atlassians over the coming years
• Partner with our Accessibility Team on initiatives to make the future of work inclusive and develop an industry-leading accessibility program at Atlassian, such as advising on building accessible websites and products
• Collaborate with our Research Team to build tools and processes that unlock valuable insights around what our customers need from our products
• Strengthen Atlassian’s trust story as an employer by up-leveling our workforce privacy program and supporting initiatives to build a diverse TEAM
• Creatively build upon and drive awareness around privacy and data protection issues, including developing and delivering training materials
• Engage with the legal community and partner with senior leadership to understand evolving issues, develop strategy, and help Atlassian provide industry-leading privacy, accessibility, and research programs for our customers and colleagues

More About You:

• You have a solid understanding of global laws and policy frameworks relating to data protection and Accessibility
• You’re passionate about inclusion, privacy, and data protection issues that our workforce and users care about
• You think creatively beyond the “legal” box to offer solutions, clearly articulating ethical, business-minded, and risk-based recommendations
• You take initiative to learn new laws, technologies, and business strategies
• You effectively navigate a decentralized and complex organization spread across the globe
• You build relationships which strengthen the connection between legal and partner teams

On Your First Day, We'll Expect You To Have:

• Necessary qualifications to practice law in your local jurisdiction
• 3+ years practicing law
• Experience advising on accessibility regulations (e.g., ADA, DDA, US Section 508, EN 301 549)
• Knowledge of current trends in litigation pertaining to accessibility and hot topics (e.g., web overlays)
• Practical experience and deep understanding of applicable privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA)
• Passion to understand our workforce, customers, products, culture, and business model
• A knack for distilling complex legal concepts into clear language that fits the audience
• Excellent judgment, intellectual curiosity, and a moral compass that takes your understanding, work product, and client relationships to the next level
• A proactive and curious mindset, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, and remote-friendly workplace
• CIPP certification
• Experience handling research and workforce privacy issues is a plus

Our perks & benefitsTo support you at work and play, our perks and benefits include ample time off, an annual education budget, paid volunteer days, and so much more.About AtlassianThe world’s best teams work better together with Atlassian. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian software products help teams all over the planet. At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team.We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.To learn more about our culture and hiring process, explore our Candidate Resource Hub.