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Hyundai Capital

Senior Counsel, Privacy and Advisory

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  • Full Time
  • Irvine, CA
April 10, 2026 Attorney

Job Description

Who We Are

Through our service brands Hyundai Motor Finance, Genesis Finance, and Kia Finance, Hyundai Capital America offers a wide range of financial products tailored to meet the needs of Hyundai, Genesis, and Kia customers and dealerships.  We provide vehicle financing, leasing, subscription, and insurance solutions to over 3 million consumers and businesses. Embodying our commitment to grow, innovate, and diversify, we strive to reimagine the customer and dealer experience and launch innovative new products that broaden our market reach. We believe that success comes from within and are proud to support our team members through skill development and career advancement. Hyundai Capital America is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture for our workforce. We are a values-driven company dedicated to supporting both internal and external communities through volunteering, philanthropy, and the empowerment of our Employee Resource Groups. Together, we strive to be the leader in financing freedom of movement.

 

We Take Care of Our People

Along with competitive pay, as an employee of HCA, you are eligible for:

·       Medical, dental, and vision plans with no-cost and low-cost options

·       Annual employer HSA contribution

·       401(k) matching and immediate vesting

·       Vehicle purchase and lease discounts, plus monthly vehicle allowances by job level:

o   Associate / Sr. Associate\: $350

o   Manager / Sr. Manager\: $600

o   Director\: $800

o   Executive Director\: $900

o   VP or Above\: $1,000

·       100% employer-paid life and disability insurance

·       No-cost health and wellbeing programs, including a gym benefit

·       Six weeks of paid parental leave

·       Paid Volunteer Time Off, plus a company donation to a charity of your choice

 

What to Expect

The Senior Counsel, Privacy and Advisory will provide strategic, practical, and actionable legal guidance across the Company’s business lines—including the core consumer finance business, vehicle voluntary protection products business, and emerging mobility business—and oversees legal compliance for marketing activities, including advertising practices, digital marketing, consumer and dealer communications, and compliance with applicable marketing laws and industry standards. This role advises on federal and state privacy, information security, and advertising/consumer protection laws and requirements applicable to the Company’s operations. The role also designs, implements, maintains, and continuously improves the Company’s enterprise privacy framework, including privacy-related policies, procedures, standards, and governance processes. In addition, the Senior Counsel leads and manages other attorneys and privacy and records management governance professionals. As a key advisor to senior stakeholders, this role provides counsel on privacy risk, regulatory developments, and privacy by design principles, and supports product, technology, and business initiatives through effective privacy governance. Employees in this role should expect to work on site Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays.

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What You Will Do

1.     Maintain reports to track consumer acquisitions profit performance to plan, highlighting trends and Act as the Company’s primary privacy SME, providing legal and strategic guidance to business, technology, product, and operations teams to ensure compliance with applicable privacy, data protection, information security and consumer protection/advertising laws.  Oversee legal review of all external communications to consumers, customers and dealers.

2.     Own, implement, and maintain the Company’s enterprise privacy framework, including privacy policies, standards, procedures, governance models, and internal guidance.  Lead updates to the privacy framework in response to regulatory developments, enforcement trends, and evolving business practices.  Oversee privacy related documentation, recordkeeping, and reporting.

3.     Act as primary liaison with Company’s affiliates in various data sharing, privacy, and marketing-related initiatives.  Support new and existing third-party contract negotiations to identify and address privacy, data protection, information security and records management requirements.

4.     Lead, mentor, and develop team members by providing direction, performance feedback, and support to ensure effective collaboration, professional growth, and achievement of organizational and personal goals.

What You Will Bring

·       Minimum 8 years of relevant legal experience in providing legal and strategic guidance on product and process development, with a focus on privacy, information security and advertising/consumer protection.

·       Minimum 3 years supervisory experience.

·       In-house legal experience preferred. 

·       Consumer financial services or automobile finance experience.

·       Juris Doctor Degree; member in good standing of a state bar (CA preferred).

·       CIPP certification a plus.

·     Broad-based experience and knowledge in privacy and information security laws and experience in providing practical and actional guidance in product development and process changes.

·       Willingness to undertake substantial and diverse job responsibilities.

·       Ability to work independently and as part of legal and business teams.

·       Ability to effectively manage team members to ensure performance and alignment with Company objectives.

·       Ability to quickly pivot to changing business priorities. 

·       Willingness to explore and identify creative alternative solutions to facilitate business initiatives.

·       Broad-based knowledge of privacy laws and regulations, both financial services-related and general consumer protection. 

·       Broad-based knowledge of consumer financial services.

·       Attention to detail and follow through.

·       Ability to communicate in clear and concise manner; ability to communicate complex legal issues in laymen’s terms to all levels of the organization. 

·       Ability to research in a thorough and effective manner and to analyze and distill complex legal requirements into a usable and practical framework.

·       Ability to multi-task under tight deadlines and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

·       Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

·       Ability to successfully manage, train, develop and mentor direct reports.

·       Strong written and verbal communication skills.

·       Strong interpersonal skills to work in a team environment and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

 

Work Environment

Employees in this class are subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, and walking, vision to monitor and moderate noise levels. Work is performed in an at home and office environment.

 

The posted salary range for this job takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. Successful candidates may be hired anywhere in the salary range based on these factors. It is uncommon to hire candidates at or near the top of the range.

 

California Privacy Notice

This notice only applies to our applicants who reside in the State of California.

The latest version of our Privacy Policy can be found here. This Privacy Policy provides you with notice, at or before the point of collection, about the categories of personal information to be collected from you, the purposes for which your personal information is collected or used, and whether that information is sold or shared, so that you can exercise meaningful control over our use of your personal information. We are providing this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CCPA”). 

If you have any questions about CCPA regarding California residents or HCA team members, please contact the Privacy Team at Privacy2@hcs.com.



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