Director and Assistant General Counsel, Cyber and Privacy
RTX
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Farmington • Connecticut • United States
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Salary
💰 $186,200 - $353,800 per year
About the role
- Advise and counsel RTX and its businesses on all aspects of cyber and privacy law, focusing on data breach and incident response and management, compliance, and transactions and contracts
- Provide day-to-day legal support to the RTX R&R organization, and where needed, in coordination with the appropriate RTX LCC function (e.g., Global Ethics & Compliance, Global Trade, Intellectual Property)
- Monitor and help shape cyber and privacy laws, regulations, government policies, and similar, as well as develop and strengthen external relationships with industry and government partners, groups, and regulators
- Assist with the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, standard work, playbooks, guidance, templates, and other documentation, including RTX’s Binding Corporate Rules
- Develop and deliver training on cyber and privacy law, including continuing legal education (CLE) for lawyers and continuing professional education (CPE) for contract professionals, as well as assist with the development and delivery of general awareness training for employees, contractors, and third parties
- Provide legal advice and counsel on all aspects of data breach and incident response and management (e.g., preparation, detection and analysis, containment, eradication and recovery), and be responsible for ensuring timely satisfaction of legal reporting obligations
- Review privacy impact assessments and support data inventory activities
- Participate in and support the annual privacy self-assessment program, the internal audit testing of privacy controls, and other program effectiveness monitoring efforts
- Provide legal advice and counsel on cyber and privacy insurance matters, including on RTX’s cyber and privacy insurance policies and program
- Provide legal advice and counsel on the cyber and privacy aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (MA&D), including on MA&D agreements, representations and warranties, and diligence
- Manage outside counsel and vendors engaged on cyber and privacy legal matters
Requirements
- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 14 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years of experience
- Juris Doctor
- Admitted to and able to maintain the ability practice law in the U.S.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant law firm and/or in-house experience
- Knowledge of U.S. and global cyber, privacy, and data protection laws, regulations, government policies, and similar
- Previous experience advising and counseling clients on cyber, privacy, and/or data protection matters
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- Relocation may be eligible for this position
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data breach managementincident responsecompliancelegal reportingprivacy impact assessmentscyber insurancemergers and acquisitionscontract lawpolicy developmentlegal documentation
Soft Skills
advisingcounselingrelationship buildingtraining deliverycommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationleadershipanalytical thinking
Certifications
Juris Doctoradmitted to practice law in the U.S.continuing legal education (CLE)continuing professional education (CPE)