Assistant General Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection

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** Assistant General Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection*
* ** Grade 12**### ###
** The Business****:
** In April 2025, S&P Global announced its intent to separate S&P Global Mobility ("Mobility") from S&P Global to drive long-term value creation. The planned separation is expected to result in Mobility becoming a standalone public company.* ### For more information, visit  ### Mobility is a leading provider of solutions serving the full automotive value chain, including vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), automotive suppliers, mobility service providers, retailers, consumers, and finance and insurance companies.

Mobility enables customers to anticipate change, optimize their businesses, reach the right consumers, and shape the future of mobility.  Leveraging technology and data science, Mobility provides unique insights, forecasts, and advisory services spanning every major market and the entire automotive value chain—from product planning to marketing, sales, and the aftermarket. With a legacy dating back to the 1920s when R.

L. Polk published the first vehicle registration reports, and trusted, market-leading brands such as CARFAX, automotive

Mastermind, Polk Automotive Solutions and Market Scan, unique data sets and demonstrated resilience through business cycles, Mobility is well positioned to meet customer demand in a fast-moving, global environment.### A separation will allow Mobility more flexibility to pursue near- and long-term growth opportunities, including in used car offerings and expanding both geographically and into adjacent markets. In fiscal year 2024, the Mobility segment generated $1.6 billion in revenue, a year-over-year increase of approximately 8%.###

### ### Join a best-in-class global legal and compliance team committed to delivering timely, practical and actionable advice to advance our business and safeguard our reputation, people, and assets.  This position reports directly to the Associate General Counsel, Head of Privacy, Data and AI who reports to the Chief Compliance, Privacy and Risk Officer.### ###
** Location****:
** Open (Virginia preferred)### ###
** Responsibilities and Impact**:
The Assistant General Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection is responsible for supporting a business of approximately $1.8 billion in revenue and ~3,500 employees world-wide, providing legal, strategic and risk management advice on a wide variety of global privacy, AI and data protection matters. This leader will provide guidance, subject matter expertise and support across the organization on cyber and data incident response and commercial and vendor contracting.

The ideal candidate brings deep knowledge of global privacy and data laws, strong business judgment, and the ability to translate legal and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable solutions that enable innovation while managing risk.###
** What's in it for you****:*** ### Work in a dynamic, fast-paced, client-facing environment* ### Partner closely with colleagues across the business, including security, compliance, procurement, product, and commercial teams, advising on contracting, initiatives, new products and features, incident response and enterprise-wide privacy and data strategy.* ### Design and translate legal and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable solutions that enable innovation while managing risk.
* ### Serve as a business-oriented, senior legal advisor and core member of the team, counseling on issues of significant importance to the company.### ### ###
** Responsibilities****:**###
** Privacy, Data & AI Advice*** ### Act as a subject matter expert on privacy and data protection, providing practical, timely, and strategic legal advice across the business.* ### Proactively monitor and assess emerging privacy, cybersecurity, and AI regulations (horizon scanning), advising on their potential business impact and readiness planning.* ### Influence the strategic implementation of privacy and data protection requirements across products, services, and internal operations.
* ### Identify problems and support solutions-based practices by using existing precedents or procedures, including creating legal gap analysis of new data protection laws and regulations.### ###
** Data Protection & Incident Response*** ### Support and drive incident response efforts, including on breach notification, investigations, eDiscovery and regulatory exposure.* ### Provide guidance to the IT and Info Sec…