AI Legal Specialist
Canva seeks a highly skilled AI legal specialist to support its Product and Privacy team. This role involves working at the intersection of AI, product counseling, and legal strategy and governance.
Key Responsibilities:
* Identify and advise on legal issues in key areas including privacy, data protection, intellectual property, marketing, online safety, AI regulation, competition, and consumer laws.
* Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, advising on product development, go-to-market strategy, and risk mitigation.
* Contribute to the development and operationalization of company-wide AI policies, processes, and legal frameworks.
* Draft and maintain legal playbooks and internal guidance related to AI tools and technologies.
* Collaborate closely with privacy, IP, security, regulatory, and engineering teams.
* Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review to enable the launch of new products.
* Participate in the review and coordination of potential privacy or data security incidents, including investigations, notifications, and other resolution efforts.
* Stay up to date with global AI and privacy regulations and relevant industry standards.
Requirements:
* Legally qualified (AUS/NZ, UK, EU, or US practicing certificate).
* 3-6 years practicing law with some experience in-house, preferably in a technology company.
* Familiarity with key digital, privacy, and consumer protection regulations (e.g., EU AI Act, GDPR, Online Safety Act) and a desire to learn about new regulations.
* Comfortable collaborating with team members in other time zones.
* A collaborative, pragmatic, business-minded lawyer who wants to help the company grow and be part of its exciting journey.
* Bring clarity to complexity and simplify compliance without compromising standards.
* Love collaborating with engineers, PMs, and marketers — and thrive in fast-moving environments.
* Risk aware, not risk adverse.
* Creative, curious, and motivated by meaningful work.
What's in it for you?
Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity, and fun woven throughout life at the company.