Assistant General Counsel, Head of Privacy

Korn Ferry has been retained by a Dallas-based strategic investment and operating platform company for a confidential search for an Assistant General Counsel, Head of Privacy
. Reporting to the General Counsel, this is a director-level opportunity for an accomplished privacy leader to shape and scale the privacy function across a growing portfolio of businesses operating at the intersection of technology, media, commerce, data, and artificial intelligence.

The company is a strategic investment and operating platform that builds, acquires, and scales businesses across technology, media, commerce, data and AI, and consumer sectors. Acting as both an investor and an active operator, the company provides its portfolio companies with capital, shared infrastructure, proprietary technology platforms, strategic direction, and operational expertise. Its portfolio includes businesses spanning global marketing and digital transformation, SaaS-based commerce media technology, and enterprise data, cloud, and AI consulting.

This position is located in Dallas, Texas and requires working in the office four days per week. Candidates must be able to meet the on-site requirement, including relocating if needed.

The Assistant General Counsel, Head of Privacy will lead and continue to evolve the privacy function across the company and its portfolio companies. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has previously built or materially scaled privacy programs in a lean legal environment and is comfortable moving between strategy and execution.

This is a compelling opportunity to become the senior privacy authority for a complex, technology-enabled portfolio. The successful candidate will work closely with executive and business leadership to make privacy a competitive advantage, supporting innovation, enterprise growth, responsible data use, and customer trust.

The successful candidate will partner closely with the General Counsel, portfolio company leadership, legal colleagues, and go-to-market teams. Privacy will be positioned not simply as a compliance requirement, but as a commercial capability that supports enterprise sales, customer due diligence, responsible innovation, and sustainable growth.

• Lead the continued development and scaling of the company’s privacy program, including governance structures, policies, standards, controls, operating procedures, and reporting mechanisms.
• Serve as the senior privacy adviser to executive leadership and boards regarding privacy strategy, regulatory exposure, risk, and program maturity.
• Advise the company and its portfolio companies on GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, emerging U.S. state privacy laws, international privacy requirements, AI regulation, and cross-border data transfers.
• Embed privacy by design and privacy by default across product, technology, marketing, commercial, and operational activities.
• Lead privacy impact assessments and data protection impact assessments, vendor and third-party risk reviews, and cross-border data transfer initiatives.
• Support enterprise sales and customer relationships by responding to privacy and security questionnaires, negotiating data processing agreements, participating in RFPs, and advising during customer audits.
• Serve as the primary privacy representative in interactions with regulators, auditors, and enterprise customers.
• Review, draft, and negotiate privacy and data protection provisions in commercial agreements, DPAs, and vendor contracts.
• Oversee the strategic use and continued development of privacy technology supporting records of processing, assessments, data subject rights, consent management, and privacy operations.
• Develop and scale privacy training and awareness…