Lead Attorney, Data & Privacy
Ford Motor Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
IoT
About the role
- Provide comprehensive legal counsel on a wide range of cutting-edge privacy, AI and data protection matters, ensuring compliance with global laws and regulations.
- Attend client meetings to spot potential data and privacy issues early and proactively develop winning strategies to address potential risks.
- Work collaboratively with legal, policy, and operational teams to create and implement effective risk mitigation approaches.
- Lead compliance efforts in collaboration with a global team of privacy professionals to support worldwide projects and enterprise solutions.
- Monitor regulatory changes and update internal standards, frameworks, and other requirements as needed.
Requirements
- JD degree, and active member of a U.S. state bar association, in good standing.
- Subject-matter expertise in global data and privacy laws in major jurisdictions, including GDPR, CCPA and other US state privacy laws, FTC Act, GLB Act, CAN-SPAM, EU AI Act, EU Data Act, and PIPEDA.
- Top-notch oral and written communication skills, including an ability to communicate complex legal requirements into actionable and easy-to-understand guidance and to adapt messaging for diverse audiences.
- Deep understanding of consent strategies, particularly in an automotive or Internet-of-Things (IoT) setting.
- 5+ years at a major law firm or large corporation providing data and privacy legal advice, or supporting data and privacy compliance strategy and implementation.
- Availability for meetings during Dearborn, MI working hours.
- Ability to travel as needed for in-person meetings (approx.. 1-2 times per year).
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
JD degreeglobal data and privacy lawsGDPRCCPAFTC ActGLB ActCAN-SPAMEU AI ActEU Data ActPIPEDA
Soft skills
oral communicationwritten communicationstrategic thinkingcollaborationrisk mitigationproblem-solvingadaptabilityclient engagementcomplex legal interpretationguidance communication
Certifications
active member of a U.S. state bar association