Senior Privacy Counsel

About the Company

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in.

As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people.

We are self-described “legal outliers.” Our vision is to inspire and educate, provide value from beginning to end and create an environment where work enriches life, and life enriches work. We believe in movement, relationships and personal development—and we live it every day.

This role requires expert counsel and strategic legal advice on a broad range of complex privacy matters. It will counsel on initiatives and strategies for managing risk around emerging privacy legislation. With a global mandate, the Senior Privacy Counsel will address privacy matters, company projects, and initiatives that carry considerable regulatory, legal, financial, and reputational risk to lululemon.

The Senior Privacy Counsel works independently to provide guidance to business and legal leaders on a wide range of complex and escalated situations and requires keeping current with best practices, multi-jurisdictional legislative changes, and emerging case law regarding data privacy.

This role is key to providing privacy product counsel to Technology, Digital, Asset Protection, and other key stakeholder partners on how we create and roll out new features and offers. The counsel is responsible for educating Legal Team Members (including leadership) and cross‑functional partners about changes in global privacy laws and regulations, as well as our ability to comply, applying it to the lens of our business.

Ultimately, the counsel will digest the complex and nuanced changes in privacy legislation and communicate it simply with stakeholders.

The Senior Privacy Counsel is responsible for responding to, managing, and providing expert advice during incidents – managing outside counsel and updating senior leadership.

• Day‑to‑day legal direction on complex global privacy laws and regulations with diverse business stakeholders.
• Provide direction to teams during incidents, engage outside counsel, and generate clear guidance to both business and legal leaders.
• Provide tactical risk‑based guidance that balances business objectives, company values, and shifting compliance requirements.
• Provide direction on organizational and departmental strategy to create appropriate implementation strategies and effectively advise cross‑functional partners.
• Partner closely with the Cybersecurity team, revising existing policies, procedures, and providing continued counsel.
• Complete complex risk assessments on critical business initiatives with consistently clear guidance to business stakeholders.
• Provide direction to cross‑functional partners on external vendor relationships and business goals, and quickly collect input from key departments to apply policies and minimize risk, including Insurance, Finance, and Information Security.
• Identify legal issues, analyze risks, and create and implement solutions structured to achieve business objectives efficiently with rationalized legal and practical risk. This role also engages directly with external counsel on incidents, data subject access requests, and new legislation.
• Collaborate with the rest of the Privacy team on compliance execution, matter and regulatory tracking, program maturity projects, and reporting to leadership.
• Provide clear counsel on legal matters to all levels within the organization, working independently and representing the Privacy team on complex privacy issues.

• Excellent organizational and communication skills, and the ability to communicate privacy and legal concepts…