Lead Counsel, Cybersecurity, Privacy & Digital Risk

Job Description

Lead Counsel, Cybersecurity, Privacy & Digital Risk.

Based at Wabtec’s Headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA (hybrid schedule). This role is based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Chief Compliance Officer (Manager), CISO, Legal, Information Security, IT, HR, Procurement, and business leaders.

This highly strategic, board-visible role shapes and advances Wabtec’s global approach to cybersecurity, privacy, and digital risk. It supports innovation across areas such as AI, connected devices, operational technology (OT), and critical infrastructure.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on cybersecurity, privacy, and digital risk, with visibility to senior leadership and the Board.
• Partner with Legal, Information Security, IT, HR, Procurement, and business teams to embed practical, risk-based guidance into key initiatives—including AI, connected-device governance, and digital transformation programs.
• Provide counsel on OT/ICS cybersecurity, supporting secure industrial and operational environments that underpin critical infrastructure.
• Advise on incident response and crisis management, ensuring legal and regulatory readiness in high-stakes scenarios.
• Guide strategy around critical infrastructure risk, aligning legal oversight with evolving global security and resilience expectations.
• Translate evolving global cybersecurity and privacy requirements into clear, business-aligned strategies that enable innovation while managing risk.
• Help mature and evolve a global program that integrates cybersecurity, privacy, and governance into how the business operates, innovates, and scales.

• Strong legal experience advising on cybersecurity and privacy matters, including incident response, OT/ICS cybersecurity, critical infrastructure risk, and emerging technology governance.
• Ability to partner effectively with senior executives, influence outcomes, and communicate complex issues clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• A strategic, business-oriented mindset with sound judgment and a pragmatic, risk-based approach.
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.

This role is eligible for a performance bonus.

Benefits include health, welfare, and retirement. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, is available at

Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.

Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).

Salary range: $164,900 – $235,000. The actual salary offered may vary based on a variety of factors.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

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