The opportunity
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences…
What you'll do
Serves as the primary privacy legal advisor for Payments and Insurance: processes and products globally, shaping how privacy legal requirements are embedded into these products and processes, including advising on the privacy implications of payment processing, payouts, financial product features, and fraud prevention systems across all markets, as well as advising on all privacy legal aspects related to Airbnb's Insurance products, including AirCover, Host Protection Insurance, and related coverage programs.
Advises on the intersection of privacy law and payments and insurance: obligations globally, including PCI-DSS adjacencies, state and national financial privacy laws in the US, and international payment data requirements, as well as on the regulatory intersection of insurance laws and privacy laws across key markets, where insurance regulation introduces specific obligations, working in close coordination with Payments Legal, Payments Compliance, Insurance Legal, and regional Counsels where required.
Advises Commercial Legal in negotiating commercial contracts with payment processors and insurance providers.
Acts as a key cross-functional influencer with Payments and Insurance Legal: and Privacy Management teams to identify and articulate privacy legal risks, requirements, and tradeoffs early in the product lifecycle.
Partners closely with the Lead Counsel, Product Privacy, Privacy Managers,: Payments and Insurance Legal, compliance teams and regional product privacy counsels to align privacy guidance across geographies, ensuring consistent standards and localized compliance.
Monitors and advises on privacy legal and regulatory requirements related to: data privacy requirements and supports associated compliance strategies for payments and insurance products and processing, including with respect to U.S. and other global privacy laws.
What they're looking for
- Provides advice and counsel to the Privacy Operations team on the: implementation of global privacy compliance requirements related to data governance and data lifecycle management projects.
- + years of privacy law experience with depth in financial data privacy,: payments, or insurance-adjacent regulatory contexts.
- Demonstrated experience advising on global payments or financial services: data practices in a B2C or platform context.
- Experience working across legal, compliance, and commercial functions in a matrixed organization.
