Senior Counsel, Data Privacy & AI

About Job

As a key member of the Legal & Compliance team at Multiplier, this role is designed to shape how privacy, data governance and AI are integrated into a global employment platform. In this role, you will partner with various teams to build responsibly, move quickly, and maintain trust with customers, workers, and regulators. This position requires a commercially sharp, product-minded Data Privacy & AI Lawyer who can advise on global privacy, data protection, and AI issues across product development, feature launches, internal tooling, and commercial initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the legal lead on privacy and AI matters that impact the platform and internal operations, advising on global privacy, data protection, and AI issues.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering from ideation through launch to embed privacy by design, responsible AI principles, and risk-based controls into workflows.

• Translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear product guidance, guardrails, review frameworks, checklists, and decision-making standards that teams can use.

• Support AI governance across the business, including use case reviews, risk classification, documentation, transparency, human oversight, model/data governance, incident response, and policy development.

• Lead or support DPIAs, PIAs, TIAs, data mapping, retention work, vendor reviews, transfer assessments, and other core privacy operations.

• Draft and negotiate privacy and AI-related contract terms, including DPAs, SCCs, data use clauses, product terms, vendor provisions, and customer commitments.

• Advise on employee and workforce data issues across EOR, payroll, contractor, and mobility products, with strong judgment on the realities of global employment data handling.

• Partner with Security, IT, and relevant business teams on privacy incidents, breach assessment, regulatory notifications, remediation, and lessons learned.

• Help prepare customer-facing and auditor-facing materials, including privacy responses, AI/governance positions, trust documentation, and internal playbooks.

• Monitor legal and regulatory developments across privacy and AI and turn them into actionable business positions rather than theoretical summaries.

• Build scalable processes, templates, and training that raise the privacy and AI maturity of the company over time.

Skills & Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of core privacy frameworks, especially GDPR, international transfers, processor/controller analysis, vendor governance, incident response, data subject rights, retention, and governance.

• Meaningful experience advising on AI products, AI governance, or emerging AI regulation, with the ability to turn uncertainty into sensible operating guidance.

• Excellent communication skills, especially the ability to explain complex issues simply and credibly to non-lawyers.

• Ability to work independently, prioritize well, and stay pragmatic in a fast-scaling global business.

• Experience in HR tech, payroll, EOR, PEO, workforce management, fintech, or another highly regulated B2B SaaS environment.

• Familiarity with workforce and employee data issues, including onboarding, payroll, benefits, mobility, offboarding, and cross-border operations.

• Experience with privacy tooling, data discovery, contract lifecycle tools, or structured legal ops/compliance workflows.

• Recognised privacy or AI credentials such as CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, or AIGP.

• Strong drafting and negotiation capability across privacy, data, and technology terms.

• Sound judgment on how to balance legal risk, customer trust, operational reality, and business velocity.
  
  Multiplier is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.