Senior Counsel, Privacy & Data

About the team

Zillow Group’s Legal & Compliance team is a collaborative, high-performing group of professionals who thrive at the intersection of technology, data, and law. We support Zillow’s mission to make home a reality for more people by delivering trusted, forward-thinking legal counsel in a fast-moving, data-driven environment.

We’re looking for an experienced and business-oriented Privacy & Data Counsel to help shape how Zillow collects, uses, and safeguards data across our products and operations. This role will sit within our Privacy Legal team and collaborate closely with our Privacy Compliance, Information Security, Product, and Data Science partners to enable innovation while protecting consumer trust.

As Senior Counsel, Privacy & Data, you will serve as a key advisor on privacy, data protection, and responsible data use across Zillow’s suite of products and platforms. You’ll partner with product and engineering teams to embed privacy-by-design principles, enable compliant data-driven innovation, and support operational privacy programs across the company.

You will also contribute to Zillow’s broader privacy and data governance initiatives, helping design scalable processes, align legal frameworks with technical practices, and guide responsible data use across teams and systems.

• Advise product, engineering, and data teams on privacy, data protection, and responsible data use in connection with new features, products, and initiatives.

• Partner with teams throughout the product lifecycle to implement Privacy by Design and Responsible Data Use principles.

• Counsel on issues related to data collection, sharing, retention, analytics, and AI/ML model training, including de-identification and synthetic data.

• Review customer-facing services, disclosures, and terms to ensure transparency and compliance with applicable data and privacy laws.

• Counsel transactional teams on data use rights, cross-border transfers, information security obligations, and vendor risk management.

• Collaborate with the Privacy Compliance and Information Security teams to operationalize privacy programs and governance frameworks.

• Provide legal guidance and support on the implementation and improvement of key privacy and data governance processes, including Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), data inventories, DSARs, and data retention practices.

• Contribute to cross-functional efforts around data classification, governance, and accountability across business units.

• Help design and scale enterprise data governance tools and playbooks.

• Develop and deliver internal training, guidance, and tools to raise awareness on privacy, data protection, and responsible AI.

• Serve as a thought partner to product, data, and engineering leaders to drive a culture of privacy and trust.

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.

In California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC the standard base pay range for this role is $ - $ annually. This base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations.

In Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont the standard base pay range for this role is $ - $ annually. The base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations.

In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. Employees in this role will not be paid below the salary threshold for exempt employees in the state where they reside.

• 8+ years as an attorney, including at least 5 years’ in-house experience at a technology…