Sr. Corporate Counsel - Privacy, Data Governance and AI | Hybrid, Kansas City

The ideal candidate is a pragmatic, business-oriented attorney who can translate complex legal requirements into scalable business processes, provide practical risk-based advice, and support the company’s innovation in cybersecurity, managed services, and artificial intelligence.

How you'll make an impact

Privacy & Data Protection

• Advising the business on U.S. and international privacy laws, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, U.S. state privacy laws, HIPAA (where applicable), and other emerging privacy regulations.

• Provide legal guidance on the collection, processing, storage, transfer, retention, and deletion of personal information.

• Review and negotiate privacy and data protection provisions in client, vendor, partner, and technology agreements including privacy impact assessments (PIAs), data protection impact assessments (DIPAs), transfer impact assessments (TIAs) and legitimate interest assessments.

• Advise on cross-border data transfers and appropriate transfer mechanisms.  

• Draft and maintain privacy notices, consent language, internal policies, and data processing documentation.

• Support responses to data subject rights requests and regulatory inquiries.

• Advise and support during the response to a suspected breach or other data privacy incidents, including internal investigations and advising on notification and reporting obligations.

Data Governance

• Partner with Information Security, IT, and business leaders to mature the company’s enterprise data governance framework.

• Review and develop policies governing data classification, retention, deletion, ownership, stewardship, and acceptable use.

• Advise on data lifecycle management and information governance initiatives.

• Support governance of structured and unstructured data across enterprise systems.

• Provide legal guidance regarding data sharing, data licensing, and commercial use of data assets.

• Assist with governance surrounding client, employee, and third-party data.

Artificial Intelligence Governance

• Lead legal support for the company’s AI governance program.

• Advise on the legal and regulatory implications of developing, purchasing, deploying, and using AI technologies.

• Mature AI policies, standards, governance frameworks, and responsible AI guidance.

• Review AI-enabled products and internal AI use cases for legal, privacy, intellectual property, regulatory, and ethical considerations.

• Monitor emerging AI legislation and advise leadership regarding business impacts.

• Partner across the company to operationalize Ai governance requirements.

• Review and negotiate contractual provisions addressing AI use, training data, ownership, confidentiality, transparency, and allocation of risk.

• May be responsible for and manage a global team of attorneys, paralegals, and other legal professionals.

What we're looking for

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.

• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

• 5+ years of legal experience with significant focus on privacy, technology, cybersecurity, and/or data governance.

• Experience supporting Cybersecurity, SaaS, cloud, or technology organizations.

• Deep knowledge of:

  • GDPR

  • CCPA/CPRA

  • U.S. state privacy laws

  • Data Processing Agreements

  • Cross-border data transfers

• Experience negotiating technology and commercial agreements.

• Experience with cybersecurity incident response.

• Privacy certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, or similar a plus.

What you can expect from Optiv

• A company committed to our inclusive value through our Employee Resource Groups

• Work/life balance

• Professional training resources

• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects

• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.

• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

EEO Statement

Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age 40 and over, marital status, genetic information, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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