Senior Counsel, Privacy & AI Governance
Applied IntuitionSunnyvale, California, United States$180k – $325kPosted 1 May 2026
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About Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems, and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co .
We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However, we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work, starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office, or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.
About the role
Reporting to the General Counsel, the Senior Counsel, Privacy AI Governance will lead Applied Intuition’s global privacy and AI governance efforts and serve as a key legal partner to Product, Engineering, Data Science, Security, and Go-to-Market. You will own the company’s privacy program end-to-end, advise on GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, cross-border data transfers, and privacy impact assessments, and help build the policies, frameworks, and processes needed to support responsible AI development and deployment, including compliance with the EU AI Act and other emerging requirements. You will also partner closely with Regulatory Affairs, outside counsel, regulators, and standards bodies, while building the data governance infrastructure needed to scale the business.
At Applied Intuition, you will:
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Own and operationalize the global privacy program across the company
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Lead AI governance strategy, policy development, and implementation
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Advise Product, Engineering, Data Science, Security, and Go-to-Market teams on privacy, data protection, and responsible AI issues
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Conduct privacy and AI impact assessments and support regulatory compliance efforts worldwide
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Advise on cross-border data transfers, SCCs, adequacy frameworks, and other transfer mechanisms
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Manage engagement with data protection authorities, outside counsel, regulators, and standards bodies
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Build and maintain data mapping, records of processing activities, consent frameworks, and vendor privacy diligence processes
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Support commercial transactions and product launches requiring privacy review
We’re looking for someone who has:
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8+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience, with substantial privacy and data protection focus
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Deep experience advising on GDPR and CCPA/CPRA compliance programs
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Experience with data processing agreements and cross-border data transfer mechanisms, including SCCs and adequacy frameworks
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Experience with AI regulatory requirements, including the EU AI Act or similar emerging frameworks
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Experience advising on machine learning data use, training data governance, algorithmic bias and fairness, and transparency obligations
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