Associate General Counsel, Privacy (Americas, UK & Ireland)

About the role

Shopify is looking for an Associate General Counsel, Privacy to lead the company’s privacy strategy across the Americas, United Kingdom and Ireland. You will work at the intersection of law, product and engineering, shaping how a platform used by millions of merchants handles data at scale in rapidly evolving regulatory environments.

Key responsibilities

• Provide privacy counsel on complex product launches, new features and strategic partnerships, especially where Shopify processes merchant and buyer data in novel ways.
• Manage regulatory relationships and respond to privacy‑specific inquiries from data protection authorities and US state enforcement agencies.
• Drive cross‑functional privacy initiatives, building frameworks, playbooks and resources that enable the privacy function to scale with business growth.
• Advise on data‑protection aspects of commercial agreements with merchants, vendors and partners.
• Collaborate with Privacy Engineering and Trust teams on incident response, data governance and compliance infrastructure.
• Maintain subject‑matter expertise in global privacy law, including GDPR, CCPA, UK data protection, the EU AI Act and emerging state regulations.

Required profile

• Qualified privacy lawyer who thrives on ambiguous, high‑impact problems where different regulations intersect.
• Generalist with depth, able to triage a broad range of global privacy issues and dive deep when needed.
• Comfortable advising product teams building novel technologies in fast‑changing regulatory landscapes.
• Proactive user of AI tools for drafting, research and analysis.
• Strong team player reporting to the Director, Privacy Legal.

Required skills