Assistant General Counsel - Privacy and Technology

Compeer Financial; Naperville (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible schedules

401k match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA/FSA

Life & AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

Wellness program

EAP

Paid time off

Job summary

Compeer Financial seeks a senior legal professional to lead privacy, information law, and data governance. The role guides AI governance, data protection, and third-party risk, drafting and negotiating complex technology agreements and advising leadership on legal risk.

The attorney will serve as Privacy Officer, manage data protection compliance, and oversee privacy incident response while collaborating across IT, risk, and business teams in a hybrid, U.S.-based setting.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited school and admission to practice in at least one U.S. state.
• Extensive experience in privacy, technology transactions or information law within regulated environments.
• IAPP privacy certifications (CIPP/US, CIPM or CIPT) preferred or equivalent experience.
• Ability to draft and negotiate complex technology agreements, including data processing and AI terms.
• Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills with business leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Privacy Officer, leading the privacy program and data governance framework.
• Draft, draft-review and negotiate complex technology, data, and service agreements.
• Advise on AI governance, data ownership, licensing, and data-sharing practices.
• Lead incident response in data breach scenarios and coordinate with security teams.
• Provide enterprise-wide legal counsel on privacy and information law developments.

Skills

Privacy law

Data governance

AI governance

Contract negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Cybersecurity

Data breach response

Legal risk assessment

Communication skills

Policy development

Education

Juris Doctor (ABA accredited)

Tools

Privacy software

AI governance tools

Job description

Empowered to live. Inspired to work.
Compeer Financial is a member-owned cooperative located in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together team members with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to help provide financial services to support agriculture and rural communities. Join us in a culture that not only promotes meaningful work and professional development, but provides a flexible, hybrid work environment and excellent benefits, which empower you to thrive both personally and professionally.

How we support you:

• Hybrid model - up to 50% work from home
• Flexible schedules including ample flexibility in the summer months
• Up to 9% towards 401k (3% fixed Compeer contribution plus up to 6% match)
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life & AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness program & EAP
• Vacation, sick leave, holidays/floating holidays, parental leave, and volunteer paid time off
• Learning and development programs
• Mentorship programs
• Cross-functional committee opportunities (i.e. Inclusion Council, emerging professional groups, etc.)
• Professional membership/certification reimbursement and more!

Casual/seasonal & intern team members are not eligible for benefits except for state-mandated programs.

To learn more about Compeer Financial visitwww.compeer.com/careers.

Where you will work: This position offers a hybrid work option up to 50% and is open to any Compeer office location in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The contributions you will make:

Provides legal counsel for privacy, technology, information law, and data governance, leading the legalapproach for these practice areas and providing recommendations to leadership on matters of enterprisesignificance. Holds the organization's designated Privacy Officer role and owns the legal design,standards, and requirements supporting the privacy program and related legal frameworks, with-accountability for their legal adequacy. Provides enterprise-level legal counsel and leadership acrosstechnology and data contracting; information law and data governance, including artificial intelligence;and cybersecurity incident and breach response, independently making risk-based legal decisions,including approval of legal risk exceptions to contracting standards and directing outside counsel. Come join our growing legal and compliance team!

A typical day:

• Owns the legal design and standards of the third-party risk managementframework, including the legal requirements, risk thresholds, andgovernance standards applicable to significant vendor and third-partyrelationships.
• Structures, drafts, and negotiates the organization's most complextechnology, data, and services agreements and establishes contractingstandards; provides legal counsel on high-risk third-party and vendorarrangements, including data processing, security, artificial intelligence (AI),and privacy matters; approves legal risk exceptions when contractual termsdeviate from organizational standards; and leads legal, compliance, andprivacy due diligence on significant vendors.
• Serves as the organization's designated Privacy Officer, leading theorganization's legal approach to privacy and data protection and owning theprivacy program framework's legal design and standards in support of theenterprise privacy program; provides legal counsel on privacy and dataprotection compliance, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and stateprivacy laws.
• Oversees the legal aspects of privacy operations, including privacystatements, notices, and policies; responses to data subject access requests; and legal guidance to teams on data collection, use, ownership,and licensing, escalating when the business proceeds against privacyrecommendations.
• Owns the legal framework for information law and data governance,including records and information law, data use and sharing, and thegovernance of data as an enterprise asset; developing legal posture andrecommendations where the law is emerging or unsettled.
• Provides legal counsel on data ownership, licensing and use restrictions;artificial intelligence governance, including AI-driven decisioning, modeldata, and emerging AI-law obligations; intellectual property rights related todata and model development; electronic signatures and records, includingauthentication risk, admissibility, and eVaulting; and the legal aspects ofartificial intelligence tools and data-driven products.
• Serves as the organization's primary legal advisor for data breach andcybersecurity incidents as a member of the security incident response team,owning the legal dimensions of the cybersecurity program and serving asthe accountable legal lead for information-security incidents, data breaches,and the organization's breach-response and notification documentation, andescalation under the oversight of legal leadership.
• Monitors, researches, and interprets legal and regulatory developmentsaffecting the organization, drafting legal opinions and guidance forleadership and teams and providing education on legal matters to reducereliance on outside counsel.
• Provides counsel across the department's practice areas as needed,including coverage of other attorney matters.

The skills and experience we prefer you have:

• Juris Doctor from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
• Admission to practice law in at least one U.S. state, with a professional license in Minnesota,Wisconsin or Illinois or the ability to obtain one within the first year.
• Expert-level experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, or regulated financialinstitution, or an equivalent combination of legal and relevant professional experience sufficient toperform the essential functions of the role, with substantial experience in privacy, technologytransactions, or information law.
• Experience advising on intellectual property data use and analytics, insurance data securityrequirements, including electronic signature and electronic records law, including authentication,admissibility, and eVaulting.
• Experience serving in a formally designated privacy-officer capacity or demonstrated readiness toserve.
• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) certification (CIPP/US, CIPM, or CIPT)or equivalent employment history, strongly preferred.
• Experience advising on data breach or cybersecurity incident response, or technical expertise indata security, information technology, or SaaS and cloud solutions, preferred.
• Experience in financial services or another regulated industry, preferred.
• Expert knowledge of privacy and data protection law, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, stateand federal privacy laws applicable to financial institutions, and AI governance, and data breachnotification laws, and the ability to set the organization's legal strategy and posture where the lawis unsettled.
• Skill in structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex technology agreements, including SaaS, AI,cloud, licensing, and data processing arrangements.
• Functional knowledge of common cybersecurity, AI, privacy, and IT risk managementframeworks, such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework/CIS Controls, NIST Privacy Framework,ISO 27001, and AI Risk Management Framework.
• Skill in applying legal principles to complex, ambiguous business problems and making risk-basedlegal decisions.
• Strong oral and written communication skills to communicate complex topics to a variety ofaudiences and to draft sophisticated legal documents.
• Strong negotiation, influencing, and relationship-building skills with business leaders and externalcounterparties.
• Familiarity with using AI-enabled tools to support legal research, drafting, and workflows.
• Analytical, critical thinking, and decision-making skills; ability to remain objective in balancingbusiness needs and risk; and ability to manage competing priorities and work independently.

How we will take care of you:

Our job titles may span more than one career level (associate, senior, principal, etc.). The actual title and base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is eligible for variable compensation and other benefits.

Base Pay $149,700 — $202,500 USD

Compeer Financial is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Compeer is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.