REQUIREMENTS

• J.D. from an ABA accredited law school

• Excellent academic credentials

• Prior experience handling privacy and cybersecurity issues

• Privacy professional certification preferred but not required

• Passion for staying up to date about the latest technology driven privacy and cybersecurity issues and trends

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with a diverse group of internal and external clients, attorneys, and staff

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability to manage confidential information and sensitive situations with tact and discretion

• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas:

• Data breach prevention and risk-mitigation counseling, including tabletop design and delivery

• Data breach investigation and response counseling

• In-depth knowledge regulatory framework for key international, federal and state privacy laws (including requirements of all effective and pending state consumer data privacy laws, PCI-DSS, GLBA, HIPAA, and GDPR);

• Implementation of key components of privacy and security compliance programs

• Negotiation of complex information technology, licensing and outsourcing contacts, including privacy and data security clauses and key risk allocation issues such as indemnification and limitation on liability;

• Advising clients in all industries on a wide variety of privacy and data security matters;

• Advising on data governance strategies (retention, use policies, inventories, mapping);

• Addressing privacy and cybersecurity due diligence issues in M&A transactions;

• Drafting company terms of service and website privacy policies

• Reviewing, updating or drafting security policies

SUMMARY

Vanguard-IP specializes in the placement of IP/Patent professionals nationwide.

Our focus provides us with a deeper knowledge of our clients’ needs, and our candidates’ individual talents and career interests. Our broad network of long-term client relationships also gives us a competitive edge.

Our recruiters all have 10 years of IP recruiting experience, and an exceptional record of success. We have superior knowledge of the IP job market, and offer trusted career advice for our candidates. We also have the resources and high level contacts to get your questions answered.

We look forward to speaking with you, and learning more about what you are seeking in your next opportunity.

CONFIDENTIALITY

At Vanguard-IP, we respect the confidentiality of every candidate who contacts us. We will always contact you to obtain explicit prior authorization before submitting your resume to any of our clients.

**Should you have an interest in a similar position in another location, we have hundreds of openings in other markets. Please apply now and our team would be happy to review your information for this or other openings in your location of interest.**