Senior Director, Legal Global Privacy & Data Counsel

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sony Interactive Entertainment isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation were part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Senior Director Legal - Global Privacy & Data Counsel
San Mateo CA or London England Hybrid - 2 days per week in your designated office
Full relocation assistance available for qualified candidates

Role Summary:

Leading SIEs Global Legal Privacy program you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing this function which is central to our mission as a data-driven technology and entertainment company. You will develop implement and maintain comprehensive privacy policies procedures and practices that reflect industry best practices comply with applicable data protection laws and regulations and support SIEs business objectives. Working collaboratively with teams around the world you will help embed strong data privacy stewardship across the organization through your leadership passion and expertise.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Lead the Privacy Team: Lead a team of professionals spanning legal operations and compliance and data governance. Provide strong leadership to build a well-functioning team.
• Privacy Program Development: Design implement and evolve a robust and forward-thinking privacy program tailored to the specific needs of SIEs multi-faceted data-driven business. Provide senior leadership in communicating companys vision strategy and objectives for data privacy and data husbandry to stakeholders across SIE.
• Regulatory Compliance: Stay up to date with evolving global privacy laws and regulations including GDPR CCPA and other regional data protection requirements. Ensure the companys policies and practices remain compliant with the changing legal landscape.
• Privacy by Design: Advocate privacy-by-design principles and ensure that privacy considerations are integrated into the development of new products services and technologies working closely with product counselors product managers business function leaders and SIEs ESG team.
• Privacy Policies and Procedures: Create and review privacy policies notices consent forms and related documentation to ensure transparency and compliance with relevant data protection laws. Collaborate with Legal Compliance and other teams to disseminate these policies throughout the organization and to customers.
• Employee Training and Awareness: Conduct privacy training programs for employees and management to promote a privacy-aware culture. Foster awareness of privacy responsibilities and best practices throughout the organization.
• Vendor Management: Develop and evolve SIEs processes to assess the privacy practices of vendors and third-party partners to ensure that data processing agreements and contracts comply with privacy and SIEs Information Security requirements.
• Privacy Impact Assessments: Oversee the conduct of privacy impact assessments (PIAs) to identify and mitigate privacy risks associated with the companys data processing activities.
• Incident Response: Develop and maintain an effective incident response plan for privacy breaches. Coordinate with the Incident Response team to manage and mitigate privacy incidents and associated risks.
• Reporting and Accountability: Provide regular reports on the status of the privacy program to executive leadership and the board of directors. Be a focal point of contact for privacy-related inquiries from regulators and customers.

What Were Looking For:

• Juris doctor degree; bachelor or advanced degree in computer science information technology or a related advanced degree is a plus.
• 20 years of legal experience and 10 years proven experiencein a senior privacy leadership role preferably as a Chief Privacy Officer or Privacy Officer within a data-driven technology company or relevant industry.
• In-depth knowledge of global privacy laws and regulations such as GDPR CCPA and other regional knowledge of emerging requires in the APAC region a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement comprehensive privacy programs that align with industry best practices laws and regulations and data use requirements typical of a company like SIE.
• Experience in building an incident response process with partnership with the CISO or similar function; experience managing privacy incidents.
• Experience conducting privacy impact assessments and building processes for such assessments that will easily scale.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong leadership qualities with the ability to influence and drive change in a collaborative environment.
• Privacy-related certifications such as CIPP CIPM CIPT or other relevant certifications are highly desirable.

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At SIE we consider several factors when setting each roles base pay range including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location.

In addition this role is eligible for SIEs top-tier benefits package that includes medical dental vision matching 401(k) paid time off wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$302400 - $453600 USD

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Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity gender expression and gender reassignment) race (including colour nationality ethnic or national origin) religion or belief marital or civil partnership status disability age sexual orientation pregnancy maternity or parental status trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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