Venable LLP's Technology & Innovation Group seeks a Privacy Program Manager, Escalations to join the Venable Blue team in the Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco, or Los Angeles office. This is a non-attorney position.

The Privacy Program Manager, Escalations will work closely with a team of stakeholders from policy, legal, product, and public relations to respond to incoming regulatory and media inquiries. The Privacy Program Manager, Escalations will lead a team of Privacy Escalation Analysts and help manage incident-related investigative processes to minimize client exposure. They will work on various special projects such as work with stakeholders to develop processes and policies designed to better protect customer privacy. The work of the Privacy Program Manager, Escalations will be fact-moving, exciting, changing, and evolving.

Key responsibilities include:

Privacy Safeguard Development:

• Work and manage relationships with cross functional teams to develop privacy related safeguards.

Privacy Program Management:

• Define scope and requirements, analyze data, and develop strategic recommendations for program and operational execution.
• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of business processes for all aspects of established safeguards.
• Understand adjacent operational processes that impact safeguards and adjust processes as needed.
• Collaborate with multiple cross functional stakeholders to both develop and implement these safeguards.

Qualifications:

• B.A. or B.S. degree; Master's degree (or equivalent) preferred
• 7 - 10 years of minimum work experience in high profile settings, such as presenting to leadership and driving cross-functional teams
• Excellent project management skills to both stand up and implement privacy and policy programs
• Minimum of 7 years' experience with and an understanding of the online privacy and cybersecurity arena
• Hands-on operational privacy experience in online tech sectors highly valuable, combination of private and government experience acceptable
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for both VP-level stakeholders as well as mid-level stakeholders
• Ability to conduct gap analysis on current systems and processes
• Executive presence and ability to lead, manage, or coordinate cross-functional teams across numerous stakeholders at any given time
• Critical thinking and ability to perform well under pressure and ambiguous situations
• Strong proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Docs is required
• Please submit a writing sample with your application

Venable offers full-service solutions to everything from routine to novel privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Our team brings to bear significant experience and industry knowledge to help clients satisfy data privacy and security laws and maximize their business potential. Fully immersed in all aspects of data privacy, cybersecurity, and information governance, Venable is unique among privacy and cybersecurity practices.

We participate in legislative advocacy, rulemakings, and development of new legal standards. Our team advises organizations with regard to industry best practices and drafting codes of conduct and standards, helping them stay compliant with federal, state, international, and self-regulatory requirements.

We strengthen the integrity of our clients' data, ecommerce security, and customer or user records; develop internal data collection and use practices; and ensure the creation of sound privacy policies and procedures.

Venable Blue helps organizations and individuals manage and mitigate risk in the online space. Whether it's an issue of data access, account takeover, cyber harassment, child safety, or a government or regulatory investigation, we build, operationalize, and deploy integrated programs and systems designed with people and products in mind.

For additional information about the Technology & Innovation Group, Venable Blue team see: .

Venable LLP is an American Lawyer Global 100 law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New York, and Virginia. Our lawyers and legislative advisors serve domestic and international clients in all areas of corporate and business law, complex litigation, intellectual property, regulatory matters, and government affairs. Additional information can be found at Venable.com.

The salary range for Privacy Program Manager, Escalations positions is $160,000 - $200,000 per year. This is the minimum and maximum salary that Venable in good faith believes at the time of this posting that it is willing to pay for the advertised position. Exact compensation will be determined based on individual candidate qualifications and location.

We comply with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Conviction of a crime will not necessarily be a bar to employment at the Firm. Factors such as age at the time of the offense, type of the offense, seriousness of the offense, remoteness of the offense in time, position applied for, rehabilitation, overall record, and other relevant factors will be taken into account in determining effect on suitability for employment.

Venable LLP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected Veteran status and any other protected basis under applicable law.