
Assistant General Counsel, VP – Cybersecurity
Wells Fargo
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • California • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $159,000 - $305,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as a key participant in large scale planning
- Handle matters that have a significant impact on the Company's operations, strategies, or profitability
- Provide legal advice on matters for management of the Corporation and its subsidiaries
- Serve as a legal advisor to the businesses within Wells Fargo
- Review and analyze complex large scale or long-term challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
- Represent of the Company in highly complex litigation, negotiations, settlement discussions, and claims related legal issues
- Manage highly complex claims and litigation
- Draft complex legal documents, review and negotiate documents prepared by outside counsel
- Identify and analyze complex legal issues, develop conclusions, and make recommendations for issue resolution
- Provide substantive legal advice on matters for more experienced management of the Corporation
- Develop and lead implementation of strategic business initiatives, and lead work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
- Educate, train, and supervise less experienced attorneys within the Legal department
- Collaborate strategically with peers, colleagues, and mid-level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
- Lead projects, teams or serve as a peer mentor
- Develop relationships with and provide guidance to more experienced leadership, including executive officers, on issues that may present legal, regulatory, compliance, or reputational risk to the Company
- Partner with business leaders and management of other corporate departments to develop and implement risk management programs
Requirements
- 5+ years of Law experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- Active State Bar membership or the equivalent in a country outside the United States
- Experience as a practicing attorney in global financial services cybersecurity laws, regulations, and best practices, and in particular an understanding of the FFIEC, CFTC, NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation, NIST 800-53, NIST Cyber Framework, ISO, and PCI compliance as it relates to banks.
- Experience with data breach and incident response investigations
- Experience working on policy issues related to cybersecurity, investigations, threat sharing, and privacy as it intersects with cybersecurity
- Experience working with law enforcement and national security authorities
Benefits
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
legal advicelitigationnegotiationdocument draftingissue resolutionrisk managementcybersecurity lawsdata breach investigationsincident responsepolicy development
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationmentoringcommunicationstrategic planningproblem-solvingtrainingrelationship buildingsupervisioninitiative driving
Certifications
Active State Bar membership