Senior Product & Privacy Counsel

About the role:

Forter is looking for a Senior Product & Privacy Counsel to join our fast-growing Legal team. We have a huge opportunity in front of us, and the person we hire for this role will play a key part in ensuring we can seize it. Reporting to our Senior Director, Legal, this counsel will be the sole dedicated product and privacy lawyer, focusing on product, data privacy, data security, data governance, and AI governance and counseling. This senior position will lead significant aspects of Forter’s Legal function, supporting the Engineering, R&D, Product, InfoSec, Sales and other business teams globally on all aspects of the business, with an emphasis on product design, build and implementation, compliance with local laws, including data privacy and AI laws and regulations, and contract drafting, review and negotiation. This position reports on a day-to-day basis to the Senior Director, Legal based in London

What you'll be doing:

• Lead privacy compliance efforts by ensuring that our products and practices align with global privacy, security and AI laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA and the EU AI Act.
• Serve as the point of contact for privacy and security-related inquiries and incidents.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate privacy and AI considerations into our products and services, develop and execute a cohesive product legal strategy, and implement best practices.
• Monitor, review and assess new laws and regulations that impact Forter’s business, including privacy and security, data governance, IP, AI and payments regulations, and provide practical advice on their implications.
• Work closely with our InfoSec team on managing security incidents, maintaining security certifications, and implementing best practices globally.
• Assist in creating, implementing, and managing privacy, data governance, information security, and incident response policies, procedures, and practices.
• Conduct privacy impact assessments and risk assessments where required.
• Support privacy projects, provide DPA contracting support, and facilitate integration of privacy, risk, and compliance requirements into business planning processes, including marketing and new product development.
• Support the risk management function of the business, serving on the Risk Oversight Committee and relevant sub-committees.
• Support business teams in structuring product partnerships, and drafting and negotiating agreements with vendors.
• Advise senior management and business clients on aspects of privacy and AI laws and regulations globally, including through the creation of customer collateral.

What you'll need:

• J.D. degree from an A.B.A. accredited law school and admitted and member in good standing of a state bar, and/or qualified solicitor in the UK in good standing.
• 5+ years of relevant legal experience, in software company and/or in a law firm counseling rapid-growth technology companies.
• Substantive experience in advising on privacy and data protection matters, including with respect to the GDPR and CCPA.
• Substantive experience advising on AI matters, including with respect to the EU AI Act.
• Substantive experience with drafting and negotiating complex legal agreements, with a particular focus on privacy and data protection (e.g., DPAs, product partnership agreements, etc.).
• Experience managing an IP portfolio.
• Experience working at a high growth technology company, in particular at a B2B software or SaaS company.
• High ethical standards and strong communication skills.
• Practical yet creative problem-solving approach that emphasizes addressing business needs while protecting Forter’s interests.
• Willingness to work cross-functionally and on projects that are new and/or unfamiliar.
• Ability to work on multiple issues simultaneously and set appropriate priorities while delivering results efficiently.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus plan
• Restricted Stock Units (RSU's)
• Private health insurance, including vision and dental coverage
• Generous PTO policy
• Half day Fridays, every Friday
• Home office stipend

About us:

Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.

The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.

Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:

• Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Fortune’s Best Workplaces in NYC (2022)
• #3 on Fast Company’s list of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (2022)
• Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, 2022)
• SAP Pinnacle Awards “New Partner Application Award” (2023)
• Fintech Breakthrough Awards – Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)

Life as a Forterian:

We are a team of over 500 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013, we've raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. We're on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Nordstrom, Priceline, Instacart and ASOS can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.

At Forter, we believe unique people create unique ideas, and valuable experience comes in many forms. So, even if your background doesn't match everything we have listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives, we grow together as humans and as a company.

Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at interviewaccommodation@forter.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

Hybrid work:

At Forter, we have embraced a hybrid work model that combines the benefits of in-office collaboration with the flexibility of remote work. As part of this exciting approach, Team members are invited to work from the office at least 2 days per week. Within these two days, we encourage employees to join each week, for a department Team Day and for a Hub Day within each office. Your recruiter will share the specifics of these days.

Our hope is that a balance of in-person collaboration will aid massively in employee professional growth, development and relationship-building.