Description:

At An American Multinational Financial Services Corporation, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of An American Multinational Financial Services Corporation.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Manager & Counsel within the General Counsel's Organization (GCO) at An American Multinational Financial Services Corporation. The Manager & Counsel will report to the Vice President & Senior Counsel, U.S. Products & Services and will be a member of the Privacy & Data Law Group (PDLG).

The Manager & Counsel is responsible for providing practical, timely, strategic, and high-quality legal advice on U.S. privacy and data matters across the organization on a broad range of matters. You will work directly with business teams, compliance, and operational teams to provide day-to-day advice, serving as the primary lawyer on a variety of strategic initiatives, including new product launches, regulatory change management projects, and novel uses of data.

Examples of what you will do in this role:

Advise B2C and B2B businesses with day-to-day data protection and privacy queries across the U.S. region, including across nascent and developing areas.
Provide guidance for new product launches, strategic initiatives, and practical risk mitigation strategies.
Draft and negotiate commercial agreements relating to data protection and privacy, including co-brand and business partner agreements and data processing agreements.
Oversee the development and maintenance of data privacy related policies and guidance, including reviewing and drafting privacy notices and disclosures.
Draft and uplift data protection and privacy templates and guidance documents/playbooks.
Provide legal support for regulatory change management projects
Support data privacy training and awareness across the organization.

Required Skills:

Qualified to practice law in the U.S.
Minimum of 4 years of relevant data protection and privacy experience at a law firm, in-house, and/or government agency.
Excellent knowledge of U.S. privacy laws (and adjacent laws), including GLBA, CCPA, COPPA, CAN-SPAM, TCPA and FCRA.
Strong drafting, analytical, and negotiation skills and the ability to provide clear, precise, and pragmatic advice.
A team player with great stakeholder management skills who can effectively collaborate and build relationships with lawyers and business clients throughout the organization.
Ability to work with a high degree of autotomy and re-prioritize workload as new projects and matters arise.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Strong commercial acumen and solutions-oriented mindset.
Willingness and flexibility to take on new responsibilities as An American Multinational Financial Services Corporation and its businesses continue to evolve.

Preferred skills/qualifications:

Prior tech, fintech and/or financial services experience.
Experience with managing data protection and privacy issues for multinational companies.
Familiarity with business and products across the banking/financial services industry and relevant legal issues affecting them.
CIPP/US certification.