Senior Privacy & Data Protection Counsel — Hybrid

Overview

Assignment

Title:

Senior Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection

Work Location: Hybrid: 3 days in office Brooklyn, 2 Days WFH

Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• Legal Advice & Counsel:
• Provide expert legal advice on complex, sensitive, and urgent privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity matters related to OIP and Administration priority initiatives.
• Advise on federal, state, and local privacy laws and regulations impacting City agencies and citywide initiatives.
• Prepare privacy impact assessments and advise on privacy implications of proposed technologies and data use initiatives.
• Shape, draft, and review privacy-related policies, legislation, and citywide guidance.
• Monitor and provide legal analysis concerning legislative and regulatory developments in privacy, data security, and cybersecurity, briefing relevant stakeholders.
• Contracts & Agreements:
• Drive, review, and negotiate various legal documents and agreements, including Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), data sharing agreements, terms of service, multi-agency data integration agreements, and business use cases.
• Compliance & Training:
• Draft policies, guidance materials, templates, presentations, and training documents to support agency compliance with privacy laws and regulations.
• Develop and conduct privacy-related training programs for City agency personnel.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Representation:
• Represent OIP and the Chief Privacy Officer in national and international privacy organizations, leading collaborations, and at senior-level meetings or interagency/internal working groups as needed.
• Manage relationships and drive intergovernmental affairs with the Mayor’s Office, City Council, and other key government stakeholders regarding privacy matters.
• Engage with the public on privacy matters, including potentially speaking on panels, contributing to publications, and working with media (as directed by OIP leadership).
• Strategic Support:
• Prepare legal briefs and provide strategic support and advice to government officials and city leadership on privacy matters.
• Handle special projects and initiatives, as assigned by OIP leadership.

• At least 12 (twelve) years of legal experience, including experience in NYC government and intergovernmental affairs or implementing and supporting an enterprise privacy program.
• Bar Admission:
• Admission to the New York State Bar and in good standing.
• Demonstrated Experience in Key Privacy Legal Tasks: Verifiable experience within the specialized privacy law experience must include substantial, hands-on proficiency in:
• Providing legal advice on a range of complex U.S. privacy and data security laws and regulations (e.g., NYC Identifying Information Law, GDPR implications for US entities, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, state breach notification laws, and other relevant federal, state, and local statutes).
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of privacy-related legal documents and commercial agreements (e.g., MOUs, NDAs, data sharing/processing agreements, terms of service, master service agreements with privacy implications).
• Developing and drafting organizational privacy policies, internal/external legal guidance, compliance materials, and templates.
• Conducting or providing significant legal support for privacy impact assessments, data protection impact assessments, or similar privacy risk analyses.
• Advising on the privacy and data security implications of new or emerging technologies, digital services, or data use initiatives.
• Supporting the implementation or operation of components of an enterprise-level or significant organizational privacy program.
• Monitoring, analyzing, and advising on privacy-related legislative and regulatory developments and their impact.
• Communication, Advisory & Collaboration
  
  Skills:
  
  
• Demonstrated experience in providing strategic legal counsel and clear advice on complex privacy matters to senior leadership, government officials, or equivalent executive-level stakeholders.
• Proven ability to communicate complex legal and policy concepts clearly, concisely, and effectively (both written and verbal) to diverse audiences, including non-legal and technical stakeholders.
• Verifiable experience collaborating effectively within interdisciplinary teams (e.g., with IT, policy, operations, other legal counsel) to develop and implement privacy solutions.
• Possession of at least one active IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) certification (e.g., CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, AIGP).

• Demonstrated experience working as an attorney within a government agency (federal, state, or local), OR providing extensive, direct legal counsel to government agency clients, OR working in-house in a large, complex enterprise or highly regulated industry where policy, legal considerations, and operations frequently intersect.

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