Head of Legal (Product, Regulatory, Privacy)

About The Role 🤔:

We're hiring a Head of Legal to lead the full spectrum of regulatory and product advisory work as well as work across Commercial and Corporate matters with the Legal Risk and Compliance (LRC) team as we scale our SaaS business.

You'll lead the full spectrum of regulatory and product advisory work: privacy, financial services, AML/CTF, online safety, AI and the emerging requirements that shape our products and go-to-market.

You'll work directly with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Commercial, Growth and Group to help Immutable move quickly while staying thoughtful and responsible. And you'll partner closely with Operations to bring AI and automation into how legal actually gets delivered.

This suits a Sydney-based senior in-house counsel who operates with autonomy, judgement and pace, and who can turn complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, practical advice: what teams can do, what they can't, and what happens next.

This is a snapshot of what you'll pick up from day one. Like everything at a scale-up, it'll evolve.

What Makes This Role Different ✨

• You'll design a modern LRC operating model from scratch, including AI-enabled workflows that put our legal function at the genuine front of how in-house teams work. Not a legacy function to tend, a new one to shape.

• You'll get breadth most in-house roles never offer: privacy, financial services, digital assets, AML/CTF, AI regulation and online safety, all live at once, all at pace.

• You'll have autonomy and direct access to our Founders and Executive, with the mandate to influence how the whole business moves.

If you want to be the person who defines what great looks like rather than inheriting it, this is the role.

What you’ll own 🎮:

We're looking for a high-performing generalist who has worked in a fast-growing, agile legal function with exposure across the full breadth of legal. Deep product and regulatory specialisation is a bonus, not a prerequisite. If you've got generalist strength and the appetite to go deep, we want to hear from you. In this role you'll:
• Own privacy end to end: Data collection, use and storage, associated policies and procedures, and privacy-by-design advice across product, marketing consents and data sharing

• Advise on the regulatory landscape that shapes our products: Financial services and payments, stored value and digital assets, AML/CTF, sanctions, online safety and emerging AI law, and support the controls that follow

• Partner with Senior Leaders, Exec & Founders across Product, Engineering, Growth and Commercial to spot legal and regulatory risk early, before it becomes a blocker

• Support existing LRC team on Commercial & Corporate legal matters, including bespoke B2B contracting, negotiations and IP. You will also have exposure to Board reporting and corporate governance.

• Get ahead of regulatory change by identifying impact early and turning it into clear, actionable plans

• Support product and marketing compliance across customer-facing content, lifecycle communications and campaigns

• Give non-legal teams decision-ready advice focused on options and next steps, not long-form memos

• Instruct and manage external counsel, including scope, timelines and budget discipline

• Build a modern, efficient LRC function using AI, templates, playbooks, self-serve guidance and lightweight process

• Become a trusted partner who can influence senior stakeholders toward sound, practical outcomes

You’re a match if you have 🤝:

• 7 to 10 years PQE, an Australian practising certificate, and you can advise on Australian legal and regulatory requirements

• You're a high-performing generalist from a fast-moving, agile legal function, and you're energised by going deep on new domains rather than intimidated by them. Deep product and regulatory specialisation is a bonus here, not a prerequisite

• You've got privacy experience: product privacy, data protection, marketing consent, privacy by design, cross-border data and privacy risk management. Familiarity with both the Australian framework and GDPR is a plus

• You've worked in-house at a scale-up, fintech, tech company or regulated business where autonomy, judgement and speed were the norm

• You turn complex legal and regulatory concepts into clear, commercial, usable advice. People understand you the first time

• You're risk aware, not risk averse

• You love working alongside engineers, PMs and commercial teams, and you thrive when things move fast

• You're collaborative and happy to flex across generalist and specialist work in a lean team, including covering during periods of leave

We are proud of the benefits that we offer for all of our employees globally.

Here is a snapshot 😊

📊 Sharing our products' success through Employee Stock Options ESOP

🌟 Our flexible working model blends the best of both worlds: Sydney-based employees enjoy hybrid 3 days a week in our vibrant head office, while remote team members can work from home or utilise access to global office hubs via a WeWork All-Access pass

🥘 Lunch is ordered fresh every day in our friendly office in Sydney CBD

🎉 Quarterly End of Cycle Celebration Awards 

💻 USD $500 WFH allowance to set up your home office

☎️ USD $600 per annum to put toward your internet and phone usage.

🥳 USD $75 per quarter for remote employees to celebrate with local team members 

⛑️ We also support our US Employees with Medical and 401K Insurance

🚘 Our Australian Employees can access Novated Leasing and save money by paying fort their car using pre & post-tax dollars

Levelling up your growth

🌱 We offer up to USD $1,350 per annum for classes, courses, AI tooling or events to support your growth and development

📚 Enjoy access to free online courses via Udemy

Helping you thrive

💆🏽‍♀️ Enjoy USD $800 per year to put toward your health and wellbeing

🤗 Get 24/7 access to unlimited counselling for you and your family when you need it through our EAP Service

🎁 Monthly subsidy and discounted rate with ClassPass, including a 1-year free membership to Breethe

Leave when you need it the most:

👨‍👧‍👦 Paid parental leave

🌟 Enjoy 2 additional paid annual leave days at the end of the year

🎂 Enjoy a paid day off on your birthday 

Additional Information:

Immutable is committed to building and fostering an inclusive, diverse workplace. We believe in incorporating everyone's perspectives and experiences as this has been a significant driver of our success so far.

We are a 2026 Circle Back Initiative Employer. This means a human reviews every application and we commit to responding to every applicant.

*A note to recruitment agencies: Our internal team has this role covered, so there is no need to reach out - We don't accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Thank you!

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us