Senior Managing Counsel II, Digital & Information Technology (Remote)

Requisition Number: 67897

 

Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.

 

We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.

 

Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers. 

 

The global Information Technology (IT) Function is leading efforts to align IT and Business Strategy, leverage IT investments, and optimize end to end business processes and associated information integration technologies.  Through these efforts, IT helps to improve the competitive position of Corning's businesses through IT enabled processes.  IT also delivers Information Technology applications, infrastructure, and project services in a cost efficient manner to Corning worldwide.

Role Purpose

This position will serve as Senior Managing Counsel supporting Corning’s Digital & Information Technology organization. The chosen candidate will provide legal counsel and support on a variety of legal matters, all relating to Corning’s information technology structure, capabilities, and cybersecurity matters. The scope of activities is broad, including providing advice and counsel to the company’s Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) and the company’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), development of policies and procedures concerning integration and deployment of AI capabilities across the organization globally, all manner of cybersecurity-related topics (e.g., incident response, regulatory compliance, etc.), and drafting, negotiation, interpretation and review of Information Technology-related agreements (e.g., hardware, software, and service arrangements). The position will report to Corning’s Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer within Corning’s Law Department. The chosen candidate will be a member of the leadership team of the company’s CDIO. This chosen candidate will need to interact with other lawyers in Corning’s Law Department on all manner of IT-related matters, including region-based colleagues and lawyers who support activities provided by other Centers of Excellence (COEs) within the Law Department, e.g., M&A, Litigation (particularly the e-discovery operations), Compliance (particularly the Data Privacy Office), and Intellectual Property.
 

Key Responsibilities

Counseling

• Provide business and legal counsel to personnel in Corning’s Digital & Information Technology community, including the company’s CDIO, CSIO, and their direct reports.
• Serve as a member of the company’s Chief Digital & Information Officer leadership team.
• Provide advice and counsel on a comprehensive range of digital and information technology initiatives.
• Provide guidance and counsel relating to information security incidents, including development and implementation of information security policies, and event and incident response plans.
• Provide support and assistance to IT leadership on interactions with the IT Committee of Corning’s Board of Directors
• Advise the company’s IT Risk sub-council on IT-related issues, e.g., DOJ’s ephemeral messaging guidelines, China’s cyber security regulations/requirements, etc.
• Advise on legal aspects associated with the company’s AI-related activities (development and deployment of capabilities), including data governance, algorithmic transparency, and compliance with relevant laws/regulations (US Executive order on AI; NIST AI Framework; EU AI Act, etc.). Collaborate with the leadership team of the company’s AI ML Governance Council to assess and manage legal risks associated with AI deployment by the company.
• Oversee the company’s Open Source licensing policy and counsel on any issues associated with the use or modification of Open Source software.
• Coordinate with the company’s Data Privacy Office to ensure compliance with the collection, management, processing, and storage of personal data.

Additional Responsibilities

Transaction Support

• Negotiate a wide variety of complex information technolo