Senior Counsel, Privacy & Cyber Security

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What will you do? 

A day in the life of a ​Senior Counsel, Privacy & Cyber Security at VF looks a little like this. 

Your primary responsibility as Senior Counsel, Cyber Security & Privacy, is to provide in-house privacy and cybersecurity expertise; including, support of the Cyber Security Program throughout VF and its brands, with a focus on the Americas region as well as global coordination with other VF regions. This also includes strategic direction of the Americas Privacy Operations and Compliance Program to ensure an enterprise-wide approach to consumer and employee privacy that reflects compliance with law, strong data ethics and a commitment to transparency and integrity.

You will work with a wide range of VF teams, including Global Cyber Security, Digital Technology, Data Insights & Analytics, Ethics & Compliance, Risk Management, and Legal Department colleagues, as well as all VF brands across the Americas region and the globe to help shape VF's global privacy initiatives and to accelerate their regional implementation. VF’s focus on innovation across the enterprise means this role will be closely involved in the management of privacy risks related to technology solutions and innovations created and adopted by VF. The Senior Counsel, Cyber Security & Privacy, provides legal research, analysis, advice, guidance, training, preparedness audits, program development and management, and other assistance as required.

This role reports to the Associate General Counsel, Commercial, and will have direct report(s). There is also an indirect reporting relationship to the VP and Division General Counsel, Corporate, for governance and disclosure reporting obligations.

Privacy Responsibilities: 

The Senior Counsel, Cyber Security & Privacy, will continue to develop and implement a Privacy Program across the Americas region which covers all business activities and engages key stakeholders responsible for or related to personal data--from acquisition through deletion. This role will ensure that the Americas region has a comprehensive framework of policies and procedures to safeguard consumer and employee privacy, demonstrate regulatory compliance, and respond to privacy rights requests. This role will develop and execute policies, workstreams, strategies and tactics for the Privacy Program to best align with rapidly changing legal requirements, best practices, policies, and VF's evolving business models and build strategic partnerships with clients, colleagues, vendors, and counterparts in multiple regions of the world, to ensure early engagement with the Privacy Program team to align business activities with VF policies, legal requirements, and best practices. More specifically, the successful candidate will identify and manage risks, develop and implement sustainable risk mitigation strategies, advise on regulatory and contractual compliance, and oversee operational matters including policy updates, Data Registry improvements, Data Subject Request escalations, and Privacy Impact Assessments. This role serves as an ambassador for the Privacy Program throughout VF and its brands, preparing and conducting training sessions and guiding teams on a wide variety of projects involving consumer or employee personal information. This role will identify requirements of applicable data protection laws and regulations and coordinate with privacy counsel in other VF regions to ensure proper data processing and transfer between jurisdictions. Additionally, this role includes supporting other attorneys on the Commercial team to facilitate the efficient negotiation of regional/nationa