Senior Director, Legal - Global Privacy & Data Counsel

The role

You will lead the Global Legal Privacy program by developing and maintaining privacy policies and practices. You will lead a team of professionals across legal, operations, compliance, and data governance to support SIE's business objectives.

What you will do

• Lead a team of professionals spanning legal, operations and compliance, and data governance.
• Design, implement, and evolve a robust privacy program.
• Communicate company vision, strategy, and objectives for data privacy to stakeholders.
• Ensure policies and practices remain compliant with evolving global privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA.
• Advocate privacy-by-design principles for new products, services, and technologies.
• Create and review privacy policies, notices, and consent forms.
• Conduct privacy training programs for employees and management.
• Assess the privacy practices of vendors and third-party partners.
• Oversee the conduct of privacy impact assessments.
• Develop and maintain an incident response plan for privacy breaches.

Required qualifications

• Juris doctor degree
• Bachelor or advanced degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field
• 20+ years of legal experience
• 10+ years proven experience in a senior privacy leadership role
• In-depth knowledge of global privacy laws and regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA, and other regional frameworks
• Ability to design and implement comprehensive privacy programs
• Experience in building an incident response process with partnership with the CISO or similar function
• Experience managing privacy incidents
• Experience conducting privacy impact assessments and building processes for such assessments
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Nice to have

• Advanced degree
• Broad knowledge of emerging requires in the APAC region
• Privacy-related certifications such as CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, or other relevant certifications

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Matching 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Wellness program
• Employee discounts for Sony products
• Bonus package

Before you apply

• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage
• Background checks may include criminal background checks

About the company

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. It is a dynamic technology company and an entertainment leader.