<div class="content-intro"><p>Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 175 million registered learners as of March 31, 2025. Coursera partners with over 350 leading universities and industry leaders to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations enable instructors to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning experiences to their learners. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.</span></p>
<p><strong>At Coursera, we are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration.&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.</strong></p></div><p><strong>Job Overview:</strong></p>
<p>Legal and Compliance is responsible for managing all legal and regulatory matters, including contracts, corporate governance, general compliance, academic compliance, employment law matters, intellectual property, product counseling, government relations, and claims. The team includes dedicated teams that support every aspect of Coursera's platform, including university, enterprise, and industry partnerships.</p>
<p>Coursera is looking for a talented privacy lawyer to serve as our Privacy Counsel in the UK. The Privacy Counsel will work across the entire company, enabling compliance with global privacy laws as one of our subject matter experts within the Privacy team. A key responsibility of this role will be working in close collaboration with the rest of the Privacy team and cross functional stakeholders at all levels (including our Product, InfoSec, and Engineering teams) on the continuous development of our privacy program&nbsp; and embedding privacy into our platform and products. The Privacy Counsel will also work with these stakeholders&nbsp; on other key privacy issues such as data protection/privacy impact assessments,&nbsp; incident response, data subject request management, regulator interactions, product counselling, and AI.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>We’re looking for a team member who is passionate about business growth and education. We want a candidate who is energized by the challenges of growing a mission-driven business globally and being a strategic business partner for a dynamic team experiencing rapid expansion. This role will engage with all levels of employees and management, so interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) are vital to strong working relationships.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li><em>EMEA subject matter expert: </em>Serve as a key expert on EMEA privacy laws, including UK/EU GDPR, the e-Privacy Directive and other privacy adjacent laws, including by advising on legal and regulatory developments.&nbsp;</li>
<li><em>Privacy Program: </em>Help to continuously develop, implement, and scale our global privacy program, including by developing standardised policies, tools, processes and training.&nbsp;</li>
<li><em>Delivering Legal Guidance: </em>Support and advise key stakeholders on a broad range of complex privacy issues and provide pragmatic and risk-based solutions in accordance&nbsp; with global privacy laws.</li>
<li><em>Policies and Standards: </em>Develop,update, and implement privacy notices and internal privacy policies.</li>
<li><em>Incident reporting and investigation:</em> Investigate and manage security incidents that impact personal information, together with Engineering, InfoSec and other stakeholders.&nbsp;</li>
<li><em>Other Duties: </em>Perform data protection/privacy impact assessments; train employees on global privacy laws and practices, conduct legitimate interest assessments; assist with reviewing and negotiating privacy terms in commercial contracts, and respond to requests and inquiries from data subjects and privacy regulators.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Basic Qualifications:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Qualified solicitor in the UK with 3+ years’ post-qualified legal experience.</li>
<li>In-depth knowledge of EMEA privacy laws (such as UK/EUGDPR, and the e-Privacy Directive)</li>
<li>Experience with building rapport with stakeholders at all levels of seniority across the business and the ability to analyse and explain complex concepts quickly and accurately.</li>
<li>Demonstrated experience with implementing/maintaining foundational aspects of a global privacy compliance program, including experience working with privacy compliance tools and developing processes to enforce internal privacy protocols.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Prior in-house experience at a technology company with a product serving users across at least two of the following verticals across multiple international jurisdictions: consumer, enterprise, and education.</li>
<li>Demonstrated experience counseling global, cross-functional teams regarding data privacy, including in APAC and the Americas.</li>
<li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Possesses a practical approach to problem-solving and is able to counsel internal clients with clear, concise, and creative advice and exercise excellent judgement to meet business needs.</li>
<li>Operates autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive, “can do” attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with other members of the Legal and Compliance team and with internal clients.</li>
<li>Works efficiently, meets demanding deadlines, and prioritises and thrives in a fast-paced, and ever-changing start-up environment.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/promote-ethical-data-driven-technologies"><em>Promote the Ethical Use of Data-Driven Technologies</em></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-privacy-and-convenience"><em>Artificial Intelligence Privacy and Convenience</em></a></li>
</ul>
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<h6>#LI-JB1</h6><div class="content-conclusion"><div>Coursera is an&nbsp;Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected class.</div>
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<div>If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at accommodations@coursera.org.</div>
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Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, with a mission
to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the
largest online learning platforms in the world, with 175 million registered
learners as of March 31, 2025. Coursera partners with over 350 leading
universities and industry leaders to offer a broad catalog of content and
credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates,
and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations enable instructors to deliver
scalable, personalized, and verified learning experiences to their learners.
Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their
employees, citizens, and students in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data
science, technology, and business. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit
corporation and a B Corp.

Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform
their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who
share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.

**At Coursera, we are committed to building a globally diverse team and are
thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country
where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible
working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to
facilitate seamless collaboration.  **

**Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for
employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a
smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable
you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our
offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.**

 **Job Overview:**

Legal and Compliance is responsible for managing all legal and regulatory
matters, including contracts, corporate governance, general compliance,
academic compliance, employment law matters, intellectual property, product
counseling, government relations, and claims. The team includes dedicated
teams that support every aspect of Coursera's platform, including university,
enterprise, and industry partnerships.

Coursera is looking for a talented privacy lawyer to serve as our Privacy
Counsel in the UK. The Privacy Counsel will work across the entire company,
enabling compliance with global privacy laws as one of our subject matter
experts within the Privacy team. A key responsibility of this role will be
working in close collaboration with the rest of the Privacy team and cross
functional stakeholders at all levels (including our Product, InfoSec, and
Engineering teams) on the continuous development of our privacy program  and
embedding privacy into our platform and products. The Privacy Counsel will
also work with these stakeholders  on other key privacy issues such as data
protection/privacy impact assessments,  incident response, data subject
request management, regulator interactions, product counselling, and AI.  

We’re looking for a team member who is passionate about business growth and
education. We want a candidate who is energized by the challenges of growing a
mission-driven business globally and being a strategic business partner for a
dynamic team experiencing rapid expansion. This role will engage with all
levels of employees and management, so interpersonal and communication skills
(written and verbal) are vital to strong working relationships.

**Responsibilities:**

  1. _EMEA subject matter expert:_ Serve as a key expert on EMEA privacy laws, including UK/EU GDPR, the e-Privacy Directive and other privacy adjacent laws, including by advising on legal and regulatory developments. 
  2. _Privacy Program:_ Help to continuously develop, implement, and scale our global privacy program, including by developing standardised policies, tools, processes and training. 
  3. _Delivering Legal Guidance:_ Support and advise key stakeholders on a broad range of complex privacy issues and provide pragmatic and risk-based solutions in accordance  with global privacy laws.
  4. _Policies and Standards:_ Develop,update, and implement privacy notices and internal privacy policies.
  5. _Incident reporting and investigation:_ Investigate and manage security incidents that impact personal information, together with Engineering, InfoSec and other stakeholders. 
  6. _Other Duties:_ Perform data protection/privacy impact assessments; train employees on global privacy laws and practices, conduct legitimate interest assessments; assist with reviewing and negotiating privacy terms in commercial contracts, and respond to requests and inquiries from data subjects and privacy regulators.

**Basic Qualifications:**

  1. Qualified solicitor in the UK with 3+ years’ post-qualified legal experience.
  2. In-depth knowledge of EMEA privacy laws (such as UK/EUGDPR, and the e-Privacy Directive)
  3. Experience with building rapport with stakeholders at all levels of seniority across the business and the ability to analyse and explain complex concepts quickly and accurately.
  4. Demonstrated experience with implementing/maintaining foundational aspects of a global privacy compliance program, including experience working with privacy compliance tools and developing processes to enforce internal privacy protocols.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

  1. Prior in-house experience at a technology company with a product serving users across at least two of the following verticals across multiple international jurisdictions: consumer, enterprise, and education.
  2. Demonstrated experience counseling global, cross-functional teams regarding data privacy, including in APAC and the Americas.
  3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail. 
  4. Possesses a practical approach to problem-solving and is able to counsel internal clients with clear, concise, and creative advice and exercise excellent judgement to meet business needs.
  5. Operates autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive, “can do” attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with other members of the Legal and Compliance team and with internal clients.
  6. Works efficiently, meets demanding deadlines, and prioritises and thrives in a fast-paced, and ever-changing start-up environment.

**If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on
Coursera:**

  * [_Promote the Ethical Use of Data-Driven Technologies_](https://www.coursera.org/learn/promote-ethical-data-driven-technologies)
  * [_Artificial Intelligence Privacy and Convenience_](https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-privacy-and-convenience)



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Coursera is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and considers all
qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, protected
veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected class.



If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable
accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact
us at accommodations@coursera.org.



For California Candidates, please review our [CCPA Applicant
Notice](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VoafvZVMx9IqfEymgE5GfuWC7OkzlAnc/view?usp=sharing)
here.

For our Global Candidates, please review our [GDPR Recruitment
Notice](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hlfSN3KDu9VH44MhZv5wrw2wf1uiRF-C/view?usp=sharing)
here.



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