Product and Privacy Counsel

Grammarly team members in this role must be based in the United States or Canada, and they must be able to collaborate in person 2 weeks per quarter, traveling if necessary to the hub(s) where the team is based.

Every day, tens of millions of people and 50,000 professional teams rely on Grammarly’s AI-enabled communication assistance to help them communicate confidently and achieve their goals. Our team members have the autonomy to take on exciting challenges in pursuit of our mission to improve lives by improving communication. Together, we’re building on more than a decade of steady growth and profitability. We’re defining the communication assistance category for individuals, enterprises, and developers with tailored service offerings: Grammarly Premium, Grammarly Business, Grammarly for Education, and Grammarly for Developers. All of this begins with our team collaborating in an inclusive, values-driven, and learning-oriented environment.

To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Product and Privacy counsel to join our Legal team to collaborate on exciting privacy and product projects. You’ll counsel novel privacy and consumer protection legal issues, help build a world-class legal infrastructure, and collaborate closely with our customers and partners. You’ll be a trusted advisor to our Engineering, Design, and Product teams to provide strategic and tactical advice regarding product and privacy laws.  You’ll also work on the cutting edge of NLP processing as well as user growth, monetization, privacy compliance, and international expansion. Core to this role is a fabulous opportunity to make a difference by ensuring Grammarly maintains the trust of our millions of daily users.

This role will work cross-functionally with our Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Compliance, and Communications teams. 

As a Product and Privacy Counsel, you will take on critical product and privacy counseling projects with accuracy and ownership at the intersection of law, business, and technology. As a member of the Grammarly Legal team, you will also help develop the team’s culture through exemplary care for others and a strong commitment to finding creative solutions to complex questions.

• Within your first 30 days, you will participate in onboarding activities and focus on understanding our product offerings. You’ll also meet with key members of our Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Communications teams. You will be involved in at least one privacy review for our upcoming features and products.
• By month three, you will lead counseling for one Grammarly product, lead our vendor privacy diligence and data mapping process, and drive privacy infrastructure initiatives in conjunction with our engineering and security teams.
• By month six, you will be collaborating with our Product and Trust teams as a critical advisor, tracking high-impact laws, guiding our individuals and enterprise teams on critical questions, and creating scalable legal processes and playbooks for an internal team. 
• By year one, you will have developed training for the teams with which you interact and provide periodic updates to the leadership team about legal developments and what they mean for Grammarly’s product offerings.
• By year two, you will be a resident expert on global privacy and consumer protection issues.

• Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
• Is able to collaborate in person 2 weeks per quarter, traveling if necessary to the hub where the team is based.
• Has the ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, priorities, and deadlines.
• Can lead a deal, negotiate effectively, and has ideas about optimal negotiation.
• Is comfortable working with cross-functional teams and advising senior leaders on risk mitigation to ensure we take the optimal path.
• Communicates clearly and empathetically both face-to-face and in writing.
• Has 3+ years of experience in a demanding and time-sensitive legal role that involved advising high-growth companies on privacy and consumer protection issues. In-house and experience counseling both B2C and B2B issues is a plus. 
• Holds a JD (required) and has been admitted to the bar, with a license to practice law in at least one US state.

• Professional growth: We believe that autonomy and trust are key to empowering our team members to do their best, most innovative work in a way that aligns with their interests, talents, and well-being. We support professional development and advancement with training, coaching, and regular feedback.
• A connected team: Grammarly builds a product that helps people connect, and we apply this mindset to our own team. Our remote-first hybrid model enables a highly collaborative culture supported by our EAGER (ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable) values. We work to foster belonging among team members in a variety of ways. This includes our employee resource groups, Grammarly Circles, which promote connection among those with shared identities, such as BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ team members, women, and parents. We also celebrate our colleagues and accomplishments with global, local, and team-specific programs. 

Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing the following and more: 

• Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
• Disability and life insurance options
• 401(k) and RRSP matching 
• Paid parental leave
• Twenty days of paid time off per year, eleven days of paid holidays per year, and unlimited sick days 
• Home office stipends
• Caregiver and pet care stipends
• Wellness stipends
• Admission discounts
• Learning and development opportunities

Grammarly takes a market-based approach to compensation, which means base pay may vary depending on your location. Our US and Canada locations are categorized into compensation zones based on each geographic region’s cost of labor index. For more information about our compensation zones, please refer to this page. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Base pay may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The expected salary ranges for this position are outlined below by compensation zone and may be modified in the future. 

At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations—to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer and a participant in the US federal E-Verify program (US). We also abide by the Employment Equity Act (Canada).

Please note that EEOC is optional and specific to US-based candidates.

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