Regulatory Counsel, Privacy

Google

📍Washington, DC
Posted May 21, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Regulatory Counsel, Privacy

Company

Google

Location

Washington, DC

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4416353436

Job Description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match

  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment

  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance

  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks

  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
.
Minimum qualifications:

  • JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.

  • Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.

  • 7 years of experience with legal, regulatory, or corporate compliance, including addressing, minimizing, and avoiding regulatory risk.

  • 7 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.

  • Experience advising on global privacy and data protection laws.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience developing, advising, and evaluating programs that ensure products comply with laws, regulations, and external commitments.

  • Experience engaging with regulators, including State Attorneys General (AGs), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and global data protection authorities.

  • Experience working with technology companies and ability to understand complex technical issues.

  • Experience with managing projects and partnering effectively with cross-functional teams.

  • Ability to be action-oriented and seek to meet the highest standards of integrity.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication, time management and investigative skills, and attention to detail.

About The Job
As a Regulatory Counsel, Privacy, you will join a Global team that provides subject matter expertise and engages with regulators, academics, and others to consider the role of privacy law in accordance with our changing economy, the development of new technology, and passage of new laws and regulations. Your role involves interpreting laws, partnering with internal stakeholders across the company to mitigate risk, and helping communicate our compliance externally.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $253,000-$352,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

  • Interpret laws and other compliance obligations and advise Compliance, Business, Product, and Engineering teams on requirements.

  • Provide legal advice on compliance programs and policies to help mitigate risk.

  • Manage government and regulator discussions, negotiations, and disclosures on compliance readiness efforts.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

Interview Prep

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you approach advising a product team on launching a new feature that collects user data when 20th century laws don't clearly address this 21st century technology?
  • 2.Can you explain your experience engaging with data protection authorities, such as the FTC or State AGs, during a regulatory inquiry or investigation?
  • 3.How do you evaluate and ensure a complex technical product complies with global privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to partner with a cross-functional team to mitigate a significant regulatory risk under a tight deadline.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to communicate a complex privacy compliance issue to non-legal stakeholders who were resistant to your recommendations.
  • 3.Give an example of a time you developed or improved a program that ensured products complied with laws and external commitments.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.A new global privacy regulation is passed that conflicts with an existing technical architecture of a major Google product. The product team wants to launch on schedule and suggests a workaround that you believe only partially mitigates the risk. What do you do?
  • 2.You are preparing a response to a State AG regarding a consumer privacy inquiry, and you discover a minor internal compliance gap that the AG has not yet asked about. How do you handle this?

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Privacy LawData ProtectionRegulatory RiskFTCState AGsCross-functionalCompliance ProgramsProduct AdvisoryGDPRCCPALegal CounselRegulatory Engagement

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