Senior In-house Privacy Attorney

About Babylist

Babylist is the leading platform for expecting and new families, providing a universal registry, the Babylist Shop, Babylist Health, Babylist Money, and more. We are an AI-forward tech company dedicated to reshaping the kids and baby market and helping parents feel confident, connected, and cared for.

Our Ways of Working

Babylist is remote-first, with team members across the U.S. and Canada. We move fast, think smart, and use AI as an expectation in our daily work. We come together twice a year to build relationships.

What the Role Is

Babylist is hiring a Senior In-house Privacy Attorney to own and lead our privacy legal program. Reporting to the Senior Principal Counsel, you will be the primary legal owner for U.S. state privacy compliance, our ads stack, product-embedded privacy, and AI governance. This is a strategic role, partnering directly with Product, Engineering, Data, and our Ads business.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Babylist’s privacy legal program, including U.S. state privacy laws, adtech and data monetization, product-embedded privacy compliance, and AI governance.
• Build and maintain the legal review process for the product lifecycle (PRDs, experiments, launch reviews) to embed privacy-by-design.
• Lead privacy compliance for our ads stack, including data use agreements, signal measurement, identity resolution, and clean room arrangements.
• Draft and negotiate DPAs, data sharing agreements, and consent framework documentation, building scalable templates and a maintained clause library.
• Partner with Engineering and Product on DSAR workflows, consent management, data mapping, and data minimization.
• Advise on sensitive and health-adjacent data categories.
• Monitor the U.S. privacy regulatory landscape, brief leadership, and drive policy updates and training.
• Manage outside privacy counsel efficiently.

Who You Are

• 12+ years of overall professional working experience, with at least 3 years at a reputable law firm and 5+ years in-house at a high-growth technology company advising on privacy, data, and regulatory matters.
• Deep expertise in U.S. privacy laws (CCPA/CPRA) and familiarity with emerging state privacy health frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with adtech data flows (targeting, measurement, DSPs/SSPs, clean rooms, signal loss, consent).
• Demonstrated experience building or scaling a privacy program (operationalizing policies, privacy review workflows, DSAR processes).
• Ability to build tools with AI to monitor, manage, and report on compliance.
• Strong business acumen; translating legal risk into actionable options aligned with company objectives.
• Exceptional communicator, fluent in both technical and business contexts.
• Proven ability to lead initiatives, influence without authority, and operate autonomously.
• Bachelor’s degree and J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school; active U.S. State Bar membership.
• Naturally reach for AI in your work and stay curious about its advancements.

Compensation

• Starting salary range: $229,412 to $275,311 USD.
• Compensation based on location, experience, and qualifications.

Why You Will Love Working At Babylist

• Culture: Focus and intention, exceptional management, building impactful products, AI embedded in daily work.
• Growth & Development: Competitive pay, meaningful career advancement opportunities, commitment to performance-based advancement.
• Compensation & Benefits: Competitive salary with equity and bonus, company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, retirement savings plan, generous paid parental leave and PTO, remote work stipend, perks for physical, mental, and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning.

Important Notices:

• Interviews may be recorded for evaluation purposes.
• AI usage in interviews should align with recruiter guidance.
• Disclose any close relationships with current employees.
• Beware of recruitment scams; official communication is from @babylist.com email addresses.