SVP, Associate General Counsel, Technology & Enterprise Services

At LPL, people leaders hold the key to the employee experience — shaping culture, driving performance, and guiding individuals to new heights. Because when that happens, we all win – clients, LPL, and most importantly our, employees.

LPL seeks a highly experienced and strategic legal executive to serve as Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Technology & Enterprise Services. Reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer, this role leads the legal strategy, risk management, and legal support for critical enterprise functions that enable the company's growth, innovation, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance. In addition, this role provides guidance and counsel on a cross‑functional basis to all business and control areas.

The role will have high visibility with members of senior management including the Management Committee of the firm.

• Serve as the senior legal leader for Corporate Services Legal and a member of the Legal leadership team.
• Oversee a team of lawyers focused on privacy and cyber security issues and coordinate with front office and control partners on these issues.
• Develop and execute the legal strategy supporting technology transformation, digital innovation, operational excellence, and enterprise risk management.
• Partner with the Chief Legal Officer to identify emerging legal risks, regulatory developments, and strategic opportunities impacting the business.
• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of attorneys, legal professionals, and external counsel.

• Oversee the company's intellectual property strategy, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, and brand protection.
• Advise business leaders on innovation, product development, AI‑related intellectual property issues, and competitive positioning.
• Manage intellectual property enforcement and dispute matters.

• Provide legal counsel regarding enterprise technology initiatives, software development, cloud services, digital platforms, data licensing, emerging technologies, and AI‑enabled solutions.
• Advise technology leaders on legal risks associated with technology architecture, implementation, procurement, and commercialization.
• Support strategic technology partnerships and enterprise transformation initiatives.

• Serve as lead legal advisor for cybersecurity governance, cyber incidents, cyber resilience, and technology risk management.
• Partner with Information Security and Risk Management leaders on incident response preparedness, breach response, reporting obligations, and related regulatory matters.
• Advise on legal considerations involving cyber threats, third‑party risk, and security program governance.

• Lead legal strategy related to data privacy, information governance, artificial intelligence, and responsible data use.
• Advise on privacy regulations, data‑sharing arrangements, consent frameworks, cross‑border data transfers, and emerging privacy requirements.
• Partner with privacy, compliance, security, and business stakeholders to establish scalable governance practices.

• Oversee legal support for commercial contracting, procurement agreements, technology transactions, vendor relationships, strategic partnerships, and enterprise sourcing activities.
• Establish efficient contracting frameworks that balance risk management with business agility.
• Drive continuous improvement in contracting processes, standards, templates, and service delivery.

• Advise executive leadership on legal implications of strategic initiatives, mergers and acquisitions integration, technology investments, business transformation…