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About the Role
As Assistant General Counsel, Cybersecurity, Data Governance & Privacy, you will join a multidisciplinary team of attorneys and paraprofessionals. You will help Guardian’s businesses navigate business-critical issues and counsel first-line professionals focused on innovative opportunities to improve customer experiences. You will advise business leaders on cybersecurity issues and partner with Law colleagues on regulatory inquiries and civil litigation, providing strategic advice that combines legal and technical guidance. You will also support business partners across all areas of data risk and governance and help shape how Guardian governs its use of artificial intelligence.
Responsibilities
- Help Guardian’s businesses navigate business-critical issues.
- Counsel first-line professionals pursuing innovative opportunities to improve customers’ experiences.
- Advise business leaders on cybersecurity issues, including incidents, breach notification obligations, and cyber regulations (e.g., NYDFS Part 500), so the business can demonstrate that its controls are defensible.
- Provide legal counsel and practical support to the Privacy team on privacy-related business initiatives, applying U.S. and global privacy laws to how personal data is collected, used, shared, and deleted, including through privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and privacy by design.
- Partner with Law colleagues on regulatory inquiries and civil litigation.
- Provide strategic legal and technical guidance.
- Assist business partners across all areas of data risk and governance.
Requirements
- A Juris Doctor degree.
- Three to five or more years of relevant professional legal experience in corporate data security/cybersecurity.
- Industry knowledge across a broad range of insurance and investment products, platforms, and trends.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, as well as outstanding organizational and analytical skills.
- Strong negotiation skills and business acumen.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team setting, with a high level of self-direction and sound judgment.
- A self-starter with a proactive approach to addressing issues before they create legal exposure, and the ability to handle a wide range of complex and challenging situations.
- Demonstrated AI literacy, including using AI-enabled legal tools (such as Harvey) for research and drafting, with the judgment to critically evaluate and verify AI-generated output against primary sources.
- Working knowledge of U.S. and global privacy laws, cybersecurity regulations (including NYDFS Part 500), and emerging AI laws and regulations.
- New York State bar admission, or eligibility to practice under New York’s registered in-house counsel program.
- Experience in the life insurance industry, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
- Proficiency in Westlaw and Harvey, and general desktop computer competency.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.
Skills
- Cybersecurity
- Data Governance
- Privacy Law
- AI Literacy
- Legal Research
- Drafting
- U.S. and global privacy laws
- Cybersecurity regulations
- NYDFS Part 500
- Emerging AI laws and regulations
- Westlaw
- Harvey
Location
- New York (Hudson Yards)
Work Type
- Onsite three days a week
Experience Level
- Three to five or more years of relevant professional legal experience
Education Level
- Juris Doctor degree
Salary/Compensations
- $178,690.00 - $293,560.00
Benefits
- Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals.
- Skill-building opportunities.
- Leadership development opportunities.
- Philanthropic opportunities.
- Opportunities to build communities and grow your career.
- Diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
- Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources.
- Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees.
About the Company
- Guided by our company Purpose of “Inspiring well-being for our colleagues, consumers, and communities,” we are committed to building a best-in-class Law Department.
- We drive a high-performance culture across our Legal, Compliance, and Government Affairs functions.
- Our colleagues and the candidates we hire are key to the continued success of our department.
Equal Opportunity
- Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
- Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
- Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
- Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B).