Senior Counsel Legal Privacy Data Security

The Senior Counsel Legal Privacy & Data Security will be responsible for handling a variety of privacy and data security matters across business areas and jurisdictions with a primary focus on U.S. data privacy and cyber security matters.

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Strategic and daytoday legal support for business functions (both aesthetics and therapeutics).
• Monitor and advise on compliance and implementation positions for emerging data privacy laws.
• Support global privacy contracts and M&A legal teams regarding data privacy legal questions contract reviews and negotiations.
• Draft review negotiate and manage data privacy and protection terms for a variety of transactional agreements including master services agreements professional services and consulting agreements statements of work BAAs business technology agreements and supply agreements.
• Support the AbbVie privacy compliance office regarding the operation of AbbVies global privacy program. 
• Monitor and advise on the implications of privacy laws on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
• Legal support for information security risk management team including data breach analysis and response third party risk management and insider risk.
• Draft and review privacy notice consent and contract templates both globally and regionally.
• Manage and supervise external privacy counsel work. 

Significant Work Activities Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Qualifications :

Minimum Education:

• Candidates must possess a JD degree and state bar certification

Minimum Training / Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in relevant legal experience in data privacy and security matters on a wide range of commercial business issues at a major law firm and/or corporate environment
• Strong background in U.S. and EU data privacy requirements
• Experience advising on privacy matters related to the processing of health information preferred
• Experience with digital related data privacy matters preferred
• Ability to write clearly and prepare professional communications
• Detailed and rigorous legal research and analysis skills
• Experience working with and across the full corporate structure in a matrixed corporate environment
• Experience supporting senior business leaders
• Experience in data processing agreements and data transfer agreements
• Experience working with and advising multinational affiliates across markets
• IAPP Certifications such as CIPP/US or CIPP/E a plus

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation holidays sick) medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

• This job is eligible to participate in our shortterm incentive programs. 

• This job is eligible to participate in our longterm incentive programs

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy) physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected group status.

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