Privacy Counsel - NorthAm & LATAM

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
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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's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

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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.

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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

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:

• Excellent academic credentials. Minimum of 8 years privacy experience at a top-tier law firm or in-house
• Strong in depth understanding of existing and developing privacy, data protection and data security laws in the NorthAm region and working knowledge of those laws in the LATAM region.
• Experienced in handling privacy inquiries, complaints and incidents.
• Experience in privacy by design and data protection impact assessments 
• Experience in dealing with regulators on privacy matters.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating privacy related contracts and developing compliance and auditing frameworks
• Comfortable taking the initiative and working across multiple business lines and jurisdictions
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English
• Admitted to practice law in at least one NorthAm state. 
• A problem solving attitude, with the ability to use regulation together with data to drive business decisions
• Ability to drive and deliver projects from inception to completion, timely and with attention to detail 
• Experience (or interest) in working in a fast-growing environment.

Desirable

• Relevant privacy qualification, such as CIPM, CIPP or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience of GLBA, FCRA etc.
• Knowledge of new and developing state laws relating to privacy, security and use of AI
• Hands on experience of AI Governance
• Experience of relevant technologies including data anonymisation, PETS, artificial intelligence and familiarity with ethical frameworks, data governance and accountability

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

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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