Assistant General Counsel II - Privacy

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

EEO-Statement

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (USG) and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individuals race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Serve as an experienced subject matter expert in the Data Privacy Office. Help ensure the Institute complies with all relevant data protection laws and regulations. Provide advice, counsel and training regarding privacy requirements, best practices, and strategies for managing risk. Serve as a point of contact to escalate matters of a complex nature to ensure business and functional unit activities comply with data privacy laws, regulation and policy. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: Institute executive management and department heads, research and academic faculty, cooperative organizations, Institute staff, opposing counsel, and representatives of various regulatory agencies. This position typically will advise: Iower-level counsel, other members of the Office of General Counsel, faculty, and staff. This position will supervise assigned staff.

This job requires professionally advanced knowledge of data protection and privacy laws, especially as applied within a higher education and research-oriented environment. Additionally, the ability to communicate effectively with tact and diplomacy are required as are skills in negotiation, strategy development, multi-tasking and relationship building. Use of office and legal related computer applications is required. The person in this position will be expected to work at the highest professional level with integrity, judgment and attention to detail and work as a member of the Data Privacy Office and a contributing member of the legal team.

Job Duty 1: Provide advice and counsel to Institute management, executive leadership and stakeholders on privacy matters. Independently determine the potential impact to campus and recommend actions.
Job Duty 2: Monitor, analyze, report and advise on emerging and any proposed, or pending changes to existing global and U.S federal and state privacy laws, including FERPA, HIPAA, GDPR and PIPL and AI regulations such as the EU AI Act.
Job Duty 3: Independently manage targeted privacy projects and perform legal work on privacy matters in coordination and communication with affected stakeholders, including support of those negotiating data privacy documents, such as DPAs, SCCs and related documents. Maintain and update a comprehensive privacy policy and standards that adhere to privacy principles, University System Office mandates, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Job Duty 4: Coordinate and support responses to internal or external queries and audits by regulators, government agencies, other authorities or external parties.
Job Duty 5: Work collaboratively with Cybersecurity team to establish data incident management protocols, perform scenario exercises, and advise on data incidents with external legal counsel input, as appropriate.
Job Duty 6: Coordinate and manage various projects that may involve other teams within the department.
Job Duty 7: Interact with external counsel and representatives of the state Attorney General office and Board of Regents legal staff as appropriate on pending privacy matters and issues, particularly regulator queries, major data incidents or matters that pose conflicting regulatory requirements or significant risk or business complexities to the Institute.
Job Duty 8: Partner with other Data Privacy Office members to develop and facilitate campus-wide and role specific education and data privacy training and supporting tools, processes, FAQs, etc.

Educational Requirements
Juris Doctorate from an accredited school

Other Required Qualifications
Member of the Georgia Bar or ability to become licensed to practice law in Georgia within twelve months of hire.

Required Experience
Seven to nine years of job related experience

Preferred Experience
Previous experience leading or coaching lower level counsel. CIPP-US or CIPP -EU certification strongly preferred

CIPP-US or CIPP -EU certification strongly preferred.

150,000 Annually : Commensurate with education and experience.

Skills in data privacy. Legal experience in a large public research university, state government or multinational corporate.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

This is a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position may travel 1% - 24% of the time
This position does not require security clearance.

Background Successful candidate must be able to pass a position of trust + education background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening