Assistant General Counsel II - Privacy

Inside Higher Ed; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading University System is seeking an experienced Assistant General Counsel II specializing in privacy. This role is responsible for advising on data protection laws, managing privacy projects, and supervising staff. The ideal candidate will hold a Juris Doctorate and have 7-9 years of relevant experience. The position offers an annual salary of $170,000 and requires interaction with various stakeholders ensuring legal compliance and developing data privacy training. This is a supervisory role that works within the Data Privacy Office.

Qualifications

• Must be a member of the Georgia Bar or become licensed within twelve months.
• Seven to nine years of job-related experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and counsel to management on privacy matters.
• Monitor and report on changes to privacy laws.
• Manage targeted privacy projects.
• Coordinate responses to audits and queries.
• Work with Cybersecurity on incident management protocols.
• Develop and facilitate data privacy training.

Skills

Data privacy skills

Negotiation

Relationship building

Communication

Education

Juris Doctorate

Job description

Job Title

Assistant General Counsel II - Privacy

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

Regular/Temporary

Regular

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Job ID

295429

Job Summary

Serve as an experienced subject matter expert in the Data Privacy Office. Help ensure the Institute complies with all relevant data protection laws and regulations. Provide advice, counsel and training regarding privacy requirements, best practices, and strategies for managing risk. Serve as a point of contact to elevate complex matters to ensure business and functional unit activities comply with data privacy laws, regulation and policy. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance, providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a consistent basis with Institute executive management and department heads, research and academic faculty, cooperative organizations, Institute staff, opposing counsel, and representatives of various regulatory agencies. This position typically will advise lower-level counsel, other members of the Office of General Counsel, faculty, and staff. This position will supervise assigned staff.

This job requires professionally advanced knowledge of data protection and privacy laws, especially as applied within a higher education and research-oriented environment. Additionally, the ability to communicate effectively with tact and diplomacy are required as are skills in negotiation, strategy development, multi-tasking and relationship building. Use of office and legal related computer applications is required. The person in this position will be expected to work at the highest professional level with integrity, judgment and attention to detail and work as a member of the Data Privacy Office and a contributing member of the legal team.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and counsel to Institute management, executive leadership and stakeholders on privacy matters. Independently determine the potential impact to campus and recommend actions.
• Monitor, analyze, report and advise on emerging and any proposed, or pending changes to existing global and U.S federal and state privacy laws, including FERPA, HIPAA, GDPR, PIPL and AI regulations such as the EU AI Act.
• Independently manage targeted privacy projects and perform legal work on privacy matters in coordination and communication with affected stakeholders, including support of those negotiating data privacy documents, such as DPAs, SCCs and related documents. Maintain and update a comprehensive privacy policy and standards that adhere to privacy principles, University System Office mandates, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate and support responses to internal or external queries and audits by regulators, government agencies, other authorities or external parties.
• Work collaboratively with Cybersecurity team to establish data incident management protocols, perform scenario exercises, and advise on data incidents with external legal counsel input, as appropriate.
• Coordinate and manage various projects that may involve other teams within the department.
• Interact with external counsel and representatives of the state Attorney General office and Board of Regents legal staff as appropriate on pending privacy matters and issues, particularly regulator queries, major data incidents or matters that pose conflicting regulatory requirements or significant risk or business complexities to the Institute.
• Partner with other Data Privacy Office members to develop and facilitate campus-wide and role specific education and data privacy training and supporting tools, processes, FAQs, etc.

Required Qualifications

• Educational Requirements: Juris Doctorate from an accredited school.
• Other Required Qualifications: Member of the Georgia Bar or ability to become licensed to practice law in Georgia within twelve months of hire.
• Required Experience: Seven to nine years of job related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred Experience: Previous experience leading or coaching lower level counsel. CIPP-US or CIPP-EU certification strongly preferred.
• Preferred Qualifications: CIPP-US or CIPP-EU certification strongly preferred.

Proposed Salary

170,000 Annually: Commensurate with education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Skills in data privacy. Legal experience in a large public research university, state government or multinational corporate.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities. Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (USG) and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

USG Core Values

• Integrity
• Excellence
• Accountability
• Respect

Other Information

• This is a supervisory position.
• This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
• This position will not be required to drive.
• This role is considered a position of trust.
• This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
• This position may travel 1% - 24% of the time.
• This position does not require security clearance.

Background Check

Background Successful candidate must be able to pass a position of trust + education background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening