Palo Alto Sr Director Assistant General Counsel- Privacy 

United States, California 

375888130

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

• In collaboration with legal colleagues and product leaders, conduct AIML and data impact assessments and other security assessments on new products and enhancements to existing products
• Work closely with the functional teams to understand their perspectives, processes, applications, projects and technologies to ensure compliance with applicable privacy and data security laws, regulations, and industry best practices while guiding and delivering solutions for the teams
• Work with commercial attorneys at global level to facilitate negotiation of privacy and security requirements with customers, partners, and suppliers
• Work on privacy and security related projects that improves efficiency and mitigates risks
• Support all members of the legal team, including Government Affairs and Public Policy, in proactively addressing privacy and related security requirements as they impact or apply to their areas of responsibility
• Support privacy compliance efforts across the company, and with external stakeholders as needed, address privacy audits and facilitate development and implementation of tools, policies, procedures, etc.
• Partner with the Information Security and Information Technology teams to implement best practices for management and protection of confidential and personal information and to develop appropriate policies and standards
• Support the product teams in applying privacy by design and in developing and launching privacy collateral for customers and partners
• Provide legal advice and direction to all stakeholders across the company on matters regarding privacy and data protection
• Develop and deliver training and communications on privacy and security matters
• Manage outside counsel on privacy matters
• Handle special projects as requested

Your Experience

• Education - J.D. degree from ABA accredited law school or equivalent military experience required
• Bar - Must be a member in good standing of an applicable state
• 10+ years of significant experience in implementing and successfully delivering on privacy focused projects such as data map, data privacy impact assessments, third party risk assessments, and data related policies
• In-house experience at an enterprise SaaS or cybersecurity company is required
• Expertise in legal issues impacting the cybersecurity and privacy industry including self-regulatory guidelines, privacy issues and legislation, and global privacy and security laws & regulations (e.g, GDPR, NIS2 Directive, CCPA/CPRA, and other security and data protection frameworks)
• Experience collaborating with key data and product stakeholders
• Significant experience negotiating a wide range of data privacy and SaaS agreements
• Significant experience advising on a range of privacy and compliance issues, regulations, and industry standards with a focus on data use and cybersecurity
• Experience reviewing products, features, and initiatives to provide privacy advice consistent with legal obligations in multiple jurisdictions

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $257000 - $353000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.