Temporary Commercial Technology Attorney for Top Credit Card Company - (New York)

Our client, a top credit card company with offices in downtown NYC, is looking for an experienced transactional Secondee for a 12-month period to support its Enterprise Contracting legal team. Secondee will serve as a commercial technology transactional attorney, supporting enterprise technology, cybersecurity, resiliency, artificial intelligence, and other core operational functions.

The client's strong preference is someone NY based and hybrid with the ability to come into the downtown Manhattan office.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Provide legal advice and thought leadership to various business teams on matters related to security, privacy, business continuity, artificial intelligence, and other areas related to information technology.
• Lead negotiation of SaaS/hosted services agreements, SOWs and related cybersecurity, privacy, resiliency, business continuity, data use, incident response, audit rights, subcontracting, artificial intelligence, and other operational risk terms related to risks associated with the use of information technology for a variety of complex commercial agreements, including but not limited to supplier/vendor procurement agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and partnerships.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for negotiation of commercial technology transactions led by other legal teams supporting business units.
• Establish negotiation standards governing cybersecurity, privacy, resiliency, business continuity, data use, incident response, audit rights, subcontracting, and artificial intelligence contract terms.
• Promote consistency in how cyber, privacy, and resiliency risks are assessed and addressed across business units and transaction types.
• Define when specialized legal review is required and ensure recurring issues are translated into scalable standards and guidance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the technology, privacy and enterprise resiliency teams and other senior business stakeholders on contract strategy, fallback positions, and risk allocation.
• Partner with legal colleagues supporting cybersecurity, privacy, and resiliency regulatory matters to align contractual requirements with legal and regulatory expectations.

Seniority :

The secondee will be expected to have had 5 - 7+ years’ experience in technology transactions (e.g., privacy, security, SaaS/software, etc.).

Please apply with your resume.