Sr Commercial Counsel- Data Privacy

🚨 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COUNSEL – DATA PRIVACY & AI GOVERNANCE

Charlotte, NC | Hybrid – 1 Day Remote

💰 $170,000–$200,000 Base + Bonus

A leading retail organization is seeking a Senior Commercial Counsel with high-level expertise in Data Privacy, AI Governance, and technology transactions to serve as a strategic legal partner across Marketing, Technology, Digital, eCommerce, Supply Chain, and Corporate teams.

This is an opportunity for an attorney who has built and scaled a data privacy infrastructure, not simply advised on individual privacy matters. The ideal candidate will have experience developing privacy programs, governance frameworks, policies, processes, controls, and organizational structures that support a complex, consumer-facing business.

🔑 KEY QUALIFICATIONS

✅ 7+ years of legal experience, with significant in-house experience preferred

✅ High-level Data Privacy experience REQUIRED, including experience building, implementing, and scaling a privacy infrastructure/program

• Developing enterprise-wide privacy programs and governance frameworks
• Establishing privacy policies, procedures, controls, and approval processes
• Building scalable processes for data collection, use, retention, sharing, and protection
• Advising on CCPA/CPRA and evolving U.S. state privacy laws
• Data mapping, privacy assessments, and data governance
• Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and vendor privacy reviews
• Privacy-by-design initiatives
• Cybersecurity, incident response, and regulatory readiness
• Partnering cross-functionally to embed privacy into business operations

✅ AI Governance experience, including developing policies, risk frameworks, controls, and processes surrounding the use of AI and emerging technologies

✅ CIPP/US and/or CIPM certification strongly preferred

✅ Strong commercial contracting experience, including SaaS, cloud, software licensing, technology services, data, marketing, vendor, and strategic partnership agreements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build, mature, and oversee enterprise data privacy infrastructure
• Develop and implement scalable privacy policies, governance frameworks, processes, and controls
• Serve as senior legal advisor on privacy, AI governance, cybersecurity, and emerging technology
• Advise leadership on CCPA/CPRA and evolving U.S. privacy requirements
• Establish practical privacy processes across Technology, Marketing, Digital, eCommerce, and business operations
• Lead privacy reviews, DPAs, data-sharing arrangements, vendor assessments, and privacy impact assessments
• Develop and implement AI governance frameworks and responsible-use policies
• Negotiate complex technology, SaaS, data, marketing, and commercial agreements
• Partner with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to integrate privacy into business strategy and operations
• Manage outside counsel and support regulatory inquiries, investigations, and litigation as needed

The ideal candidate is a strategic privacy leader who has actually built the infrastructure behind a mature privacy program—while also bringing strong commercial contracting and AI governance experience.