Privacy Counsel

Instacart is transforming the grocery industry by providing grocery delivery and household goods, while also offering flexible earnings opportunities to personal shoppers. The company is a Flex First team, allowing employees to choose where they work—from home, an office, or elsewhere—while staying connected through regular in-person events.

Instacart's global privacy program is scaling rapidly alongside the growth of its e-commerce, advertising, health, and AI-driven product lines. This role exists to embed privacy into how Instacart builds and operates, ensuring product, engineering, data science, advertising, health, and business development teams have clear, practical guidance. The privacy program aims to become stronger, more scalable, and recognized as a trusted partner across the business.

• Monitor global privacy and data protection developments, translating enforcement trends into actionable guidance.
• Review and counsel new products and initiatives across e-commerce, advertising, health, and AI-driven product lines on privacy requirements.
• Develop clear frameworks for data use, audience targeting, measurement, and consent in the advertising business, including restrictions on sensitive data.
• Assess and govern data sharing arrangements with retail partners, advertisers, vendors, and subsidiaries, including DPAs, BAAs, and cross-border transfer mechanisms (SCCs, DPF).
• Support PRAs and DPIAs, and improve intake and documentation processes, standard guidance, templates, playbooks, and training materials.

• J.D. from a top-tier law school; membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California required or ability to register as in-house counsel).
• 6+ years of experience focused on privacy and data protection, at a leading law firm, in-house, or both.
• Deep working knowledge of CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, and evolving U.S. state privacy and health data laws.
• Experience advising on adtech, data sharing, and consumer data use in a retail, e-commerce, or platform environment.
• Strong ability to translate complex legal requirements into practical, business-oriented guidance for non-legal stakeholders.

• Experience with AI governance and privacy-by-design in ML/AI product development.
• Experience in AdTech.

Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits. This role is remote and the base pay range depends on permanent work location. For Canadian-based candidates, the base pay range is CAN$185,000—$195,000 CAD. The role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.

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