Senior Privacy Counsel

Company Overview

World is building a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI. As bots and autonomous agents reshape the internet, people, institutions, and applications need a trusted way to confirm who is a real human while preserving privacy. Our products make this possible: the Orb verifies real people, World ID proves it privately, and World App enables and distributes the new applications made possible by this technology. Together, they form a new layer for the AI internet.

Company Highlights

We’re one of the fastest‑growing networks in tech. More than 17 million people across 160 countries have verified with World ID, and we complete over 350,000 verifications each week. World App is already among the most used wallets globally. Developers are integrating World ID to build safer online experiences and create spaces where real people can participate, earn, and be recognized in ways AI simply can’t replicate.

World was founded in 2019 and launched globally in 2023. We are more than 400 people across hardware, software, AI, cryptography, mobile engineering, and global operations. Our teams come from OpenAI, Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Google, Stripe, Meta, Coinbase, Palantir and MIT Media Lab. We’re backed by leading investors, including a16z, Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital, Variant, Tiger Global, and Coinbase Ventures, as well as prominent operators and founders across fintech and AI.

World has been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, highlighted in Fast Company’s Next 5 in Fintech, and explored in a Bloomberg deep dive. The New York Times, Bankless and TechCrunch have all recognized our progress in identity, cryptography, AI, and global‑scale hardware deployment. Our leadership is also named to the Time AI 100. Learn more about the newest product launches from our Unwrapped event.

Location

Preferably Singapore but open to Munich, SF or Buenos Aires.

Team

The Legal team is responsible for all of World’s legal affairs globally. We partner cross‑company to help advance the blockchain project, improve our products (hardware device, wallet app, and Proof of Personhood), and ensure regulatory compliance in areas such as securities, AML/CFT, consumer protection, privacy, litigation, trade, IP, and labor, among others.

Opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to help shape a high‑profile project at the intersection of several emerging fields. You will be instrumental in defining and executing our approach to the full range of privacy and security legal considerations, preferably in APAC. This position will partner closely with our expansion and market operations teams and will also develop close working relationships with our central teams responsible for product development, trust & safety, logistics, product, communications, marketing, and government relations.

Responsibilities

• Respond to and manage privacy‑related regulatory investigations.
• Maintain subject‑matter expertise in areas of global privacy and digital laws, including regulatory focus areas and guidance.
• Develop and lead privacy strategy for jurisdiction‑by‑jurisdiction entry decisions and meeting ongoing support needs, including by proactively solving processes and other problems for the business as they execute an ambitious growth plan.
• Secure and relay advice on data protection threshold risks and requirements for entering new markets and rolling out new product developments in the region.
• Manage local counsel in the market to secure clear, actionable input efficiently and cost‑effectively.
• Develop and localize resources and tools that enable counsel across the company to provide durable and consistent advice on privacy issues.
• Collaborate with legal counterparts focused on product, privacy, compliance, corporate, and financial regulatory to ensure new initiatives are vetted against local privacy requirements.
• Help ensure we deliver consistent, accurate messaging and materials to key stakeholders, authorities, local courts, and users in general.
• Develop a deep understanding of our strategies around product, economics, trust and safety, corporate matters, policy, and communications, and play a key role in pulling these together to provide practical advice in each jurisdiction.
• Proactively contribute to the Legal team’s planning, cohesion, consistency in advice and the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the team.

About you

• 5+ years of post‑law school experience working as an attorney, with solid BigLaw experience and/or fast‑paced startups.
• Hands‑on and creative problem‑solver, who understands on‑the‑ground complexities and is passionate about building scalable ways to account for them.
• Must have excellent academic credentials and be a qualified lawyer in good standing with eligibility to practice, preferably in APAC.
• Previous experience supporting multi‑jurisdictional legal challenges.
• Experience developing and successfully providing legal support for international growth plans, assessing privacy regulatory and legal requirements and developing a plan for successful execution.
• Capable of defining an agenda and ensuring it gets done on time and efficiently, along the way demonstrating judgment, practicality, resourcefulness, proactivity, and attention to detail.
• Extensive experience living, working, traveling, or practicing law internationally and the ability to travel regularly is preferred.
• Fluency in English, Spanish and/or Portuguese.
• Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proven project management skills with experience leading cross‑functional initiatives.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
• A proactive and collaborative team player with a positive attitude and sense of humor.