S&P Global, Inc

Assistant General Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection

S&P Global, Inc • $160K — $200K *
New York City, NY 10025In-Person
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in privacy and data protection, both in law firms and in-house at publicly traded companies.
  • Active bar membership in good standing or equivalent foreign qualification.
  • Deep knowledge of global privacy and data laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and other international frameworks.
  • Capability to manage complex environments with sound judgment and adaptability.
  • Skills in fostering inclusivity and collaboration to achieve business outcomes.
  • Exceptional business judgment and problem-solving abilities, with a capacity to articulate business needs.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a focus on delivering clear, concise legal advice.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a subject matter expert on privacy and data protection, providing strategic legal advice across the business.
  • Monitor emerging regulations, assessing their impact and readiness for the business.
  • Influence the implementation of privacy and data protection requirements across various company initiatives.
  • Identify issues and support solutions by analyzing new data protection laws.
  • Drive incident response efforts related to data breaches and investigations.
  • Draft and maintain contract language pertaining to data privacy and vendor agreements.
  • Lead global privacy program initiatives including policy development and compliance standards.

Benefits

  • Dynamic, fast-paced, client-facing work environment.
  • Collaboration with security, compliance, procurement, product, and commercial teams.
  • Opportunity to design and implement scalable legal solutions for innovation.
  • Role as a senior legal advisor on significant business matters.
  • Support for delivering effective privacy training and promoting awareness throughout the organization.
Full Job Description
Assistant General Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection
Grade 12

Location: Open (Virginia preferred)

Responsibilities and Impact: The Assistant General Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection is responsible for supporting a business of approximately $1.8 billion in revenue and ~3,500 employees world-wide, providing legal, strategic and risk management advice on a wide variety of global privacy, AI and data protection matters. This leader will provide guidance, subject matter expertise and support across the organization on cyber and data incident response and commercial and vendor contracting. The ideal candidate brings deep knowledge of global privacy and data laws, strong business judgment, and the ability to translate legal and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable solutions that enable innovation while managing risk.

What's in it for you:
  • Work in a dynamic, fast-paced, client-facing environment
  • Partner closely with colleagues across the business, including security, compliance, procurement, product, and commercial teams, advising on contracting, initiatives, new products and features, incident response and enterprise-wide privacy and data strategy.
  • Design and translate legal and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable solutions that enable innovation while managing risk.
  • Serve as a business-oriented, senior legal advisor and core member of the team, counseling on issues of significant importance to the company.


Responsibilities:
Privacy, Data & AI Advice
  • Act as a subject matter expert on privacy and data protection, providing practical, timely, and strategic legal advice across the business.
  • Proactively monitor and assess emerging privacy, cybersecurity, and AI regulations (horizon scanning), advising on their potential business impact and readiness planning.
  • Influence the strategic implementation of privacy and data protection requirements across products, services, and internal operations.
  • Identify problems and support solutions-based practices by using existing precedents or procedures, including creating legal gap analysis of new data protection laws and regulations.


Data Protection & Incident Response
  • Support and drive incident response efforts, including on breach notification, investigations, eDiscovery and regulatory exposure.
  • Provide guidance to the IT and InfoSec team on data protection matters.


Negotiation of Data Protection Addendums & Similar Contractual Terms
  • Maintain and draft contract template language related to data privacy, data protection, and information governance across the enterprise, including vendor, commercial, and M&A contracts.
  • Provide privacy guidance and support to commercial, corporate and procurement attorneys on the negotiation of commercial and vendor DPAs.
  • Work with various stakeholders across the company to ensure controls, such as vendor due diligence controls, are compliant with applicable law.


Global Privacy Program & Compliance Partnership
  • Lead or support global privacy program initiatives, including the development, implementation, and improvement of policies, procedures, standards, templates, and playbooks.
  • Draft, review, and maintain internal privacy policies and procedures, as well as external privacy notices, consent language, and disclosures, collaborating and advising the Compliance team where applicable.


Regulatory & External Engagement
Training & Enablement
  • Support the Compliance team on delivering effective privacy training and communications for legal and non-legal audiences across regions, functions, and levels.
  • Promote a strong culture of privacy awareness and accountability throughout the organization.


What We're Looking For:
Basic Required Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of relevant experience (i.e., with a primary focus on privacy and data protection) gained at law firm and in-house (at a publicly traded company).
  • Active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (or equivalent foreign qualification), with ability to practice in the role's location as required.
  • Deep expertise in global privacy and data protection laws and frameworks, including GDPR/UK GDPR, U.S. state privacy laws (e.g., CCPA/CPRA), and other international regimes.
  • Proven capability to manage high-volume, complex environments with sound judgment and adaptability.
  • Fosters inclusivity and manages emotions to achieve optimal business outcomes. Able to effectively pivot direction and collaborate across teams to meet strategic initiatives.
  • Exceptional business judgment and legal issue identification skills, coupled with strong problem-solving abilities. Adept at articulating business needs and defining actionable strategies. Actively seeks input from diverse sources to ensure engagement and influence stakeholder buy-in at all levels.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated a passion for the business. Provides clear, concise advice, and creative solutions where necessary, on established timelines to meet business needs that appropriately manage risk.
  • Operates autonomously while also being a collaborative team player who brings a positive, "can do" attitude to the workplace. Works effectively with other members of the legal and compliance team, internal clients, and cross-functional organizations to influence and develop strategic initiatives.


Additional Preferred Qualifications:
  • Privacy or AI certifications a plus.
  • Experience supporting data-intensive environments, data/technology-driven products, digital platforms, or AI-enabled services.
  • Experience with change management.
  • Experience leading or supporting transformation initiatives or high-growth environments


Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only): Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits that we provide to our employees, please click here.

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Learn more about S&P Global, Inc
Size
22,850 employees
Market Cap
$107.6 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$2.3 billion
Founded
1888
5 Year Trend
+7.9%
Revenue
$7.4 billion
NASDAQ
SPGI
* Ladders Estimates

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