Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Data & Technology

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What will you be doing?

The Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Data and Technology, has global responsibilities covering a range of technology legal topics, including (i) advising on engagements involving technology delivery; (ii) reviewing new software and technology assets in development; (iii) acting as counsel to our internal and client-facing teams responsible for technology products and services; (iv) analyzing, advising, and preparing for regulatory changes in artificial intelligence, data localization, cyber security, and technology more broadly; (v) advising the information security team; and (vii) supporting our commercial lawyers in their work involving technology.

Your role will focus primarily on our internal technology systems and products - providing counsel for new, developing, and established products and/or tech systems and advising on legal topics related to data and technology, including and beyond the scope of personal data. Over time your role may involve other aspects of our team’s work. You will advise our IT teams on technology systems and products that we build or implement to support the work of Circana. You will advise on complex, large scale data projects and programs. You will monitor regulatory proposals and changes, developing strategies for implementing regulatory requirements and educating our teams outside of legal on regulatory developments in their space.

Job Responsibilities

Enterprise-wide leadership:

• Report to Circana’s Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and serve as member of Compliance Leadership Team.
• Partner closely with our IT teams, including on all things data and data flows, risk-appropriate guidance, policies and procedures, compliance offerings, risk management, and other areas of shared interest and responsibility.
• Partner closely with commercial legal to ensure legal IT approach matches legal commercial approach and that data expertise is leveraged, integrated, and organized effectively.
• Lead and operationalize initiatives relating to identity governance, insider risk, data loss prevention, eDiscovery, and records retention. Mature controls enterprise-wide for vendors that process Circana's data.

Subject matter expertise:

• Serve as legal subject matter expert for data, technology, cyber security, and AI matters.
• Assess and identify potential legal and regulatory risk as well as identify programmatic areas for which the company can assess and strengthen system of IT compliance controls.
• Comprehensive experience in project management; data privacy and security laws, including laws in the U.S., EU and UK, Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, and South Korea; preparing for, investigating and managing incidents; and regulator interactions.

Data:

• Build out enterprise information management and data governance services (data quality, classification and retention; metadata management; and more) to enable trusted data for better business decisions.
• Mature data management capabilities by creating compliance criteria, defining policies and processes, and growing adoption.
• Ensure Circana benefits from a transparent, robust data and technology risk management program.
• This program will ensure (1) vendor compliance with Circana policies and contractual obligations, including SLAs and security obligations, (2) corporate governance compliance with SEC regulations relating to cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure, (3) cross functional risk assessments, and (4) maintenance of a risk register.
• Identify, develop, and drive the development and adoption of various data management capabilities across multiple data platforms, including (1) data inventory, classification and (flow) mapping, (2) data access controls, de-identification, and encryption, (3) insider threat monitoring and data loss prevention, (4) record retention, and (5) record preservation; in each case, for purposes including complying with laws and reducing risks.

Technology:

• Lead, manage, and build out a legal data and technology team alongside IT leadership, including building out counseling and advising processes that are scalable, strategic, and operational in nature.
• Identify and assess the potential impacts of various disruptions on critical business functions and processes via a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). Develop various strategies to maximize resiliency and to minimize downtime, including a Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR) plan and a Cyber Incident Response Plan (CIRP).
• Determine recovery objectives and ensure these will be met, including by Circana's vendors.
• Provide internal and external thought leadership regarding Circana’s AI usage among a variety of stakeholders, helping advance smart AI usage given our product offerings.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate
• 15+ years relevant experience
• Ability to make solid judgment calls under pressure
• Demonstrated leadership qualities, including ability to build strategic alignments with key constituents across the company
• Strong leadership skills, including strategic planning and project management preferred
• Strong people and change management skills
• Ability to understand multiple technology applications
• Superior oral and written communication skills
• Strong motivation and ability to champion a comprehensive program that is integrated with the company’s business planning, operations, and culture

Circana Behaviors

As well as the technical skills, experience and attributes that are required for the role, our shared behaviors sit at the core of our organization. Therefore, we always look for people who can continuously champion these behaviors throughout the business within their day-to-day role:

• Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.
• Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.
• Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.
• Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.
• Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.
• Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.
• Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

Location

This position can be located in the following area(s): Remote, USA.

Prospective candidates may be asked to consent to background checks (in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice ) Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. The salary range for this role is  to $190,000.00 to $230,000.00. 

This job is also eligible for bonus pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.  

An offer of employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice. Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.  

You can apply for this role through the Circana careers website or Intranet site for internal candidates.  The anticipated application deadline for this position is Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

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Salary

• $190,000 - $230,000