AI Governance & Data Privacy General Counsel

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled AI Governance & Data Privacy General Counsel to join our legal team and serve as a strategic legal partner to the business, providing critical regulatory guidance across product and engagement life cycles and helping the business anticipate and manage complex regulatory risk in an increasingly dynamic environment.

This role sits at the intersection of AI innovation, data privacy, and enterprise risk management, enabling responsible AI adoption and data privacy compliance across internal operations, products, and third-party solutions. The position carries primarily strategic responsibility with execution responsibilities as needed-shaping enterprise policies and governance, partnering with legal, compliance, engineering, cybersecurity, product, and commercial teams to enable growth, and proactively managing day-to-day legal and regulatory risk in highly regulated environments.

Honeywell is seeking a senior, established thought leader who can provide global practical risk-based guidance, influence stakeholders, and drive measurable outcomes through practical implementation as needed.

You will report directly to our VP & GC Data Privacy and you'll work out of our Charlotte, NC (preferred), Atlanta, GA, or Washington, DC locations on a hybrid work schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

AI Governance

* Lead and execute Honeywell's AI governance and legal strategy, maintaining and operationalizing Honeywell's scalable Responsible AI Governance Framework to enable growth and innovation while managing risk.

* Develop, maintain, and advise on the implementation of AI governance policies, standards, and processes under applicable regulations, including algorithmic accountability, model validation, bias testing, human-in/on-the-loop requirements, monitoring, testing, inventory management, and decommissioning of AI systems.

* Provide legal oversight of AI marketing and external capability claims to ensure accuracy, consistency, and avoidance of misleading statements or "AI washing."

* Advise on data governance for AI/ML systems, including lawful basis/consent, data quality and provenance, privacy-enhancing techniques, retention, and access controls for training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and monitoring datasets.

* Provide legal support for AI contracting, procurement, and third-party diligence, including developing standard customer and supplier terms and addressing AI risk considerations in commercial transactions and M&A.

* Support AI literacy initiatives and Honeywell's Responsible AI Governance Framework through enterprise-wide and function-specific training and awareness campaigns.

* Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on AI policy trends affecting the company's markets, including regulatory, contractual, and reputational risk considerations.

* Support AI-related incident response and escalation, coordinating with legal, cybersecurity, engineering, HR, and communications teams.

* Support litigation involving AI technologies.

* Serve as Honeywell's principal legal representative in external forums, including engagement with industry groups and standards bodies.

Data Privacy

* Serve as the primary legal advisor for global privacy and data protection for one or more Honeywell business units, including interpretation and implementation of applicable laws and frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, LGPD, PIPL, cross-border transfer laws, sectoral and state privacy laws).

* Lead and advise on Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), risk assessments, and other privacy reviews for new products, AI use cases, and third-party tools; drive remediation plans and document risk acceptance where appropriate.

* Draft, review, and negotiate privacy and data protection terms (DPAs, SCCs, cross-border transfer mechanisms, security addenda, and audit rights) for customers, suppliers, and strategic partners.

* Partner with cybersecurity and incident response teams on privacy incidents and data breaches, including regulatory notification analysis, communications strategy, and post-incident corrective actions.

* Oversee privacy compliance for marketing, digital analytics, and customer…