Senior Counsel, Data Privacy & Protection

OverviewFujiFilm Holdings America Corporation is seeking a senior counsel to support the company’s privacy program goals and compliance obligations across a number of business functions. In this role, you will report to the company's Chief Litigation, Employment & Privacy Counsel, and will work closely with the Privacy Officer, Security Officer and legal team to support the FujiFilm privacy and cybersecurity programs. You will serve as a subject-matter expert for state, federal and international privacy laws impacting FujiFilm, and be responsible for providing legal advice and counsel on such laws and regulations affecting its businesses in the North America, South America, and European regions.The businesses in the FujiFilm family range from manufacturing to healthcare and life sciences. You will provide legal support in the development and implementation of privacy and security-related policies, practices, and training programs, and help business stakeholders to understand and address data protection and privacy issues as they emerge in the development of new products and technologies. You will also provide counsel to the law department attorneys on privacy and security matters impacting the businesses they support and relevant contract provisions. You will be expected to stay abreast of developments and trends in data protection and privacy laws and regulations and enforcement.The position is fully remote.FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation is the holding company for North American based FUJIFILM companies operating in many states across the US, as well as in Canada, Brazil and Colombia and engaged in the research, development, manufacture, sale and service of FUJIFILM products. The company serves a broad spectrum of industries in the U.S. including medical and life sciences, electronic, chemical, graphic arts, information systems, broadcast, and photography.External USResponsibilities• Act as a key subject matter expert and advisor to FujiFilm lawyers and business teams on all matters relating to data privacy and protection law, including providing practical, timely, strategic, and high-quality legal advice on data privacy and security matters.• Advise members of the legal and business teams on best practices and compliance with U.S. and global data protection laws, including legal and regulatory aspects of data collection and use, privacy disclosures and transparency, consent forms, and related issues.• Collaborate with privacy and security colleagues to support and enhance the company’s privacy program to enable consistent, effective data privacy practices and minimize privacy risk.• Provide legal support for the strategic reviewing, drafting, and negotiating of privacy and data security terms in contracts with business partners and vendors, including data processing agreements and data protection terms in agreements.• Provide legal support for the drafting, reviewing and negotiating of privacy and security related agreements, including Business Associate Agreements, Data Processing Agreements, Data Protection Agreements and Security Agreements.• Provide advice and legal direction on data protection laws impacting business operations and contractual relationships.• Strategically advise on emerging products and technologies while anticipating and successfully navigating privacy considerations.• Provide legal counsel on investigations involving reports of inappropriate or unauthorized access, loss or disclosure of personal data, including advising on potential liability, identifying legal obligations, and supporting incident response efforts.• Contributing to develop enterprise-wide best practices for incident response readiness and advising on all aspects of incident response, whether privacy and/or cybersecurity related.• Identify and advise on key legal issues requiring attention from the privacy compliance team and anticipate potential privacy legal issues within the organization.• Provide legal counsel to IT Security, Compliance, and other individuals with privacy and data handling responsibilities in the organization to help set strategy and manage complex privacy matters involving systems and data processing activities.Required Skills/Education• A JD degree and U.S. state bar membership in good standing are required.• At least 8-12 years of experience as a practicing attorney, in-house and/or at a law firm, including at least 5-10 years of direct, hands-on experience providing legal counseling on data privacy and security matters.• Understanding of relevant privacy statutes, regulations and guidance, such as comprehensive state privacy laws (e.g., CPRA, VDCPA), California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), state breach notification laws, HIPAA, EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), TCPA, and CAN-SPAM.• Substantial experience assessing legal risks relating to data protection and privacy, and identifying and advising on practical, compliant ways to mitigate those risks.• Experience drafting and negotiating privacy and security-related contracts and contract provisions.• Experience with data loss prevention and cybersecurity events, including forensic investigations, breach notifications, and cybersecurity preparedness.• Experience managing privacy and/or cybersecurity incident response• Experience with privacy litigation and enforcement is a plus.• Excellent negotiation and communication skills (both oral and written) are a must.Desired Skills• Privacy certifications a plus, such as CIPP-US, CIPP-C, CIPP-E, CIPM, CHPC and other healthcare industry related credentials• Experience and interest in new and emerging technologies, including in the areas of healthcare and life sciences.• Strong organization and teamwork skills, a strong work ethic, and the ability to multitask and prioritize well, take initiative, lead projects, and work effectively both independently and in collaboration with others.• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to motivate others.• A strong commitment to integrity and professionalism and demonstrated passion for excellence.Salary and Benefits:• $180,000 - $190,000 depending on experienceMedical, Dental, Vision• Life Insurance• 401k• Paid Time OffEEOAGENCY NOTESFujifilm is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation, and any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Fujifilm about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Fujifilm via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Fujifilm, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Fujifilm for this requisition and a valid agreement with Fujifilm is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the Fujifilm agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.• #LI-REMOTE