Director, Legal - Privacy & Data (AMER)

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play - it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re 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.

Director, Legal Privacy & Data (Americas)

San Mateo, CA | Hybrid (2 days onsite per week)

Full relocation assistance available for qualified candidates

Job Summary

Join our dynamic Global Privacy Legal Team as a transformational Legal Privacy Director, where your expertise in US and global data protection laws will shape the future of privacy in the world of digital entertainment. We’re seeking a strategic leader who thrives with crafting innovative, business‑friendly privacy solutions that will drive our global video games, digital entertainment, and technology initiatives forward. In this pivotal role, you’ll be at the forefront of emerging technologies like interactive entertainment, content streaming, and virtual reality, advising product teams as they develop cutting‑edge features for the PlayStationNetwork‑serving over 100 million players worldwide. If you’re passionate about privacy law and excited to influence the future of gaming, this is your chance to make a global impact!

Candidate Profile

• This role requires a strategic focus across three equally weighted areas including people management and team leadership, providing legal and compliance advise across Americas and global privacy matters and programmatic and operational work to support the design, implementation and optimizing privacy processes.
• You love learning about the legal and policy issues emerging from information science and technology
• You enjoy delving into the details and understanding how data plays a role in nearly everything today
• You consider implementation as meaningful as conception and measure your own success by how well your work product enables an outstanding customer and player experience while embodying privacy by design and effectively mitigating risk

As you will be working closely with global and local teams, international travel and calls involving late and early hours due to time zone differences may be required.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead a team of privacy legal experts advising the business across the Americas region counseling on data privacy and protection laws (including COPPA, CCPA, other state and federal privacy and consumer protection laws)
• Partner with the SIE Global Privacy Team to maintain and scale the SIE global privacy program
• Partner closely with SIE cross‑functional teams (e.g., Product, Engineering, Information Security, IT, and Marketing), internal partners, and legal specialists to solve exciting privacy and data issues while providing exceptional entertainment experiences to our customers
• Lead SIE’s response to new and evolving data protection and privacy laws, developments, breach notification laws and frameworks as well as other laws that impact the processing of personal information in the United States and provide practical and strategic advice to the business
• Lead on the design, development and implementation of data privacy policies, standards and processes in support of SIE business operations in Americas region
• Provide creative advice to balance the importance of protecting consumer privacy while enabling businesses to collect data and use it for strategic purposes

What we’re looking for

• At least 15 years of proven experience in managing US domestic and global privacy and related data protection compliance issues with a mix of private practice and in‑house experience, including in a supervisory or managerial role
• CA bar membership preferred. At a minimum, the candidate must be qualified for and quickly acquire a Registered In‑House Counsel status in California and the willingness to maintain that status during employment
• Experience creating and implementing privacy and related international and domestic data protection policies and compliance efforts and maintaining an agile privacy compliance program that responsibly uses and protects consumer, customer, and employee data
• Familiarity with social privacy issues (friends, family, identity), the characteristics of data/information and its lifecycle, data governance and emerging digital technologies, including AI technologies
• The ability to communicate sophisticated legal, technical and business concepts and requirements to non‑legal professionals and interact with clients at all levels of the organization, including senior management
• Privacy certifications preferred (CIPP/US, CIPP/E)

This role is eligible for SIE’s 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.

The estimated base pay range for this role is $271,300 - $406,900 USD.

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

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