Senior Legal Counsel - Integrated Regulatory Office job in Washington, DC

Description:

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Purpose and Objectives
As a market leader in enterprise application software, A German Multinational Software Corporation helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – A German Multinational Software Corporation empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. North America is currently experiencing a large surge in regulatory compliance activity that we expect to continue and expand in the foreseeable future. The Integrated Regulatory Office (IRO), which sits within Global Legal, brings together topic owners, LoBs, and key stakeholders to review complex regulatory requirements and implement them sustainably into A German Multinational Software Corporation products, processes, and operations, supporting A German Multinational Software Corporation's Cloud Compliance Management System (CCMS).

To enhance the capabilities of the IRO to provide regulatory advice and support the business in complying with regulations and standards from North America, A German Multinational Software Corporation is hiring a Senior Legal Counsel based in the region, experienced in regulatory and compliance matters. The role will report into the Regional General Counsel of North America with a dotted reporting line to the IRO. This role will work closely with colleagues in Legal, Security, Data Protection & Export Control, Government Relations and other compliance and technical functions including development and cloud operations to achieve the desired outcomes and the required changes in a collaborative fashion.

This role requires the individual to be a self-starter, to build and lead a network of experts, to draft policies and procedures, to collaborate with impacted business units in their compliance efforts, all in an agile manner and within the complex, ever-changing and challenging regulatory environments that A German Multinational Software Corporation and its customers operate in. This role requires a blend of substantive regulatory knowledge and the ability to work with and align legal requirements with project management on complex compliance initiatives and projects. It also requires a high degree of customer focus and proximity, service attitude and solution focus. It will collect relevant information from a variety of resources, help establish standards and best practices and disseminate knowledge across organizational boundaries.

Key Responsibilities:

Serve as the primary legal contact within the North America regional cluster of the Integrated Regulatory Network, driving the cluster to monitor, analyze, and dispatch priority actions on regulatory topics.
Consolidate overall regulatory compliance activity within the Regional Field Legal team and report status to IRO Hub team.
Cultivate a network of local Field Legal experts in the various jurisdictions within the applicable region.
Initiate the legal analysis (either personally or through the extended Field Legal team) for any emerging and existing local regulations in the IRO pipeline. Supporting the CCMS regulatory compliance practice and methodology at the local level.
Working with and supporting the teams involved with permanent regulatory compliance setup in North America.
Identify matters for the CCMS pipeline and help the IRO prioritize matters in such pipeline based on local needs.
Provide input on regulatory compliance priorities as they affect the region.
Drive decisions and support needs within the region for regulatory compliance related activities, in conjunction with the Regional General Counsel and IRO Hub team.
Cascade relevant information and topics to the Regional Field Legal leadership team, the extended IRO team and related impacted teams, as required.
Represent the local jurisdictional priorities and needs of the respective region/jurisdictions with the IRO and related programs.
Work with appropriate local outside resources to help advise the IRO on specific regulatory topics.

Required Skills:

Brings rich experience and strong expertise in regulatory compliance in one or more fields of regulations, such as U.S. public sector contracting practices, data protection, telecommunication, cybersecurity, export control, encryption, mandatory security certification/audit and law enforcement assistance laws.
Good grasp of regional business models and regulatory landscape for Cloud, on-premise software and mobile app businesses.
Has solid drafting skills with experience in writing up policies, standard agreements and public communications.
Has demonstrated expertise in structured analysis of regulatory materials, connecting the relevant regulatory requirements to associated areas of product business, cloud operations, and business processes and operations in general
Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills. Partners well with clients, maintaining frequent and open communication, to understand their business requirements and the impact regulations have or will have on the specific product and/or service.

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