Description:
Position Overview: We are seeking a Senior Counsel with 10+ years of experience to serve as a pivotal legal architect for our global technology and brand experience strategies. This role reports to the Deputy General Counsel, requiring a strategic thinker who can bridge the gap between complex legal frameworks and technical innovation. You will be the primary Legal & Compliance (L&C) Business Partner for both the Global Technology and Brand Experience leadership teams, setting the global standard for how we protect our intellectual property and navigate the digital frontier.
Core Responsibilities
- Brand Experience & Asset Protection
- Strategic Advisory: Serve as the primary L&C point of contact for the Brand Experience team, providing proactive, strategic guidance on market-facing initiatives.
- Advertising & Claims: Ensure all marketing claims are substantiated and defensible.
- Consent Frameworks: Establish and confirm processes for using customer and team member names, logos, and success metrics in testimonials and recruitment marketing.
- Brand Assets Management: Oversee global trademark clearance, copyrights, licensing, domain names, and enforcement actions.
- Policy Leadership: Provide legal review and guidance for the creation of enterprise-wide policies for Brand Experience topics like social media and external communications.
- Agency Management: Review MSAs and SOWs to ensure the brand retains ownership of all final creative deliverables.
- Partnership Frameworks: Negotiate and draft contracts for co-branding and partnerships, defining clear data ownership and liability structures.
- Global Technology & Data Governance
- Strategic Roadmap: Together with Global Technology Leadership and the Data Governance Director, design and lead the enterprise-wide data protection and governance strategy.
- AI Policy & Ethics: Legal advice for AI policies, data classification, and labeling standards to ensure information integrity.
- AI Risk Management: Support business units in assessing risks in using AI in delivering services to customers (engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and SRV).
- Resilience & Security: Direct the legal response for data investigations, cybersecurity incidents, and disaster recovery protocols.
- IT Contracts Strategy: Oversee the Legal team’s support for negotiation of IT vendor agreements and develop playbooks for customer flowdowns regarding cybersecurity and AI use restrictions.
- Privacy, Data & Digital Compliance
- Privacy by Design: Global consent management (cookies, email) and cross-border data transfers.
- Regulatory Expertise: Navigate GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, PIPL, and other regional laws concerning PII for marketing and retargeting.
- Digital Standards: Ensure all digital experiences meet Americans With Disabilities Act/Web Content Accessibility Guidelines standards to mitigate litigation risks.
- Global Synthesis: Create global policies by collaborating closely with Regional General Counsels to integrate local expertise and insights.
- Compliance Legal Advice Point of Contact
- General Legal Advice for Compliance Program: Provide Legal Advice to the Compliance Team, working with Regional General Counsels and Compliance Program SMEs.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Experience: 10+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally within a multinational company and high-tech environment.
- Education: JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership.