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Senior Director, Law, Privacy and Cyber

Spectrum

Senior Director, Law, Privacy and Cyber

Posted 12 Days Ago

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Stamford, CT, USA

In-Office

Senior level

Information Technology • Internet of Things • Mobile • On-Demand • Software

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The Role

Provide strategic legal counsel on data privacy, cybersecurity, and telecommunications law. Advise on incident response, cross-border transfers, privacy-by-design, compliance frameworks, contracts, AI/analytics initiatives, regulatory monitoring, and engagement with law enforcement and stakeholders.

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This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.
JOB SUMMARY
The Sr Dir, Law-Privacy and Cyber will focus on both privacy law and cybersecurity law. Provides strategic legal counsel to business partners on the full range of data privacy, cybersecurity, and telecommunications privacy matters. Ensures the organization maintains appropriate privacy, information security, and telecommunications compliance policies, and other practices and processes cross-functionally. Support the company's privacy and cybersecurity governance framework.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide legal counsel to the company on incident response actions, internal investigations, emerging risks, and compliance with mandatory cyber incident reporting obligations
Provide legal support for the company's data strategy efforts as well as analytics and AI/machine learning initiatives, to ensure compliance with applicable privacy and telecommunications laws
Counsel business teams on consumer consent frameworks, permissible data practices, and the legal implications of new data products or services that involve consumer personal information
Advise on consumer and employee privacy rights, data subject requests, cross-border data transfers, privacy-by-design principles, and telecommunications subscriber privacy protections under federal and state law
Ensure the organization maintains appropriate privacy, information security, and telecommunications compliance policies (i.e. privacy impact assessments, data processing agreements, records of processing activities, CPNI safeguarding procedures, and Cable Act subscriber notice and consent protocols)
Work with senior in-house attorneys to proactively identify and address key legal issues for management to ensure that appropriate risk management strategies are in place
Assist with drafting and participating in the company's privacy impact assessments and cybersecurity risk assessments
Partner with other legal functions to develop approved data privacy and cybersecurity-related contract clauses and track any deviations from these established provisions
Translate complex technical and legal privacy and cybersecurity concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-technical stakeholders
Engage law enforcement and information sharing organizations
Monitor the evolving privacy, cybersecurity, and telecommunications regulatory landscape at the federal, state, and international levels
Partner effectively and coordinate across the business to identify creative solutions and compliance practices for information, products, and internal operations
Perform other duties and projects as required

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Required Skills/Abilities and Knowledge

Active license to practice law in at least one of the fifty states
Legally authorized to be employed in the United States
Expertise in privacy law - including telecommunications-specific (CPNI and the Cable Act)
Expertise in cybersecurity law
Knowledge of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Knowledge of the critical infrastructure provisions of the Homeland Security Act
Knowledge of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
Knowledge of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act
Knowledge of the Federal Trade Commission Act, data breach notification laws, and applicable sector-specific state and federal laws
Knowledge state comprehensive privacy laws
Knowledge of the SEC's cybersecurity disclosure rules
Knowledge of international frameworks (EU General Data Protection Regulation, ePrivacy Directive, and the NIS2 Directive)
Knowledge of emerging privacy and cybersecurity legal issues
Ability to provide guidance to technical security, data governance, and data strategy teams

Required Education

Bachelor's and Juris Doctor degrees from accredited institutions

Required Related Work Experience and Number of Years

5+ years of experience as a practicing attorney, with meaningful exposure to both data privacy and cybersecurity

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred Skills/Abilities and Knowledge

Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and standards

Preferred Education

Certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or CISSP
Preferred Related Work Experience and Number of Years
7+ years of combined law firm and in-house experience (focus on data privacy, cybersecurity, and telecommunications law)

WORKING CONDITIONS

Office environment
Occasional travel may be required

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Skills Required

Active license to practice law in at least one of the fifty states
Legally authorized to be employed in the United States (no sponsorship)
Expertise in privacy law including telecommunications-specific (CPNI and the Cable Act)
Expertise in cybersecurity law
Knowledge of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Knowledge of critical infrastructure provisions of the Homeland Security Act
Knowledge of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
Knowledge of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act
Knowledge of the Federal Trade Commission Act, data breach notification laws, and applicable sector-specific state and federal laws
Knowledge of state comprehensive privacy laws
Knowledge of the SEC's cybersecurity disclosure rules
Knowledge of international frameworks (GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, NIS2 Directive)
Knowledge of emerging privacy and cybersecurity legal issues
Ability to provide guidance to technical security, data governance, and data strategy teams
Bachelor's degree
Juris Doctor degree
5+ years of experience as a practicing attorney with meaningful exposure to data privacy and cybersecurity
Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and standards
Certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or CISSP
7+ years of combined law firm and in-house experience (privacy, cybersecurity, telecommunications)

What the Team is Saying

Spectrum Compensation & Benefits Highlights

Retirement Support — 401(k) match is dollar-for-dollar up to 6% of pay, plus an additional 3% company contribution for most employees, creating up to 9% in annual employer retirement funding. This structure provides meaningful, predictable long-term savings support.
Affordable Benefits — Medical, dental, and vision options are positioned as affordable, with the company absorbing annual cost increases for the past 12 years to keep employee premiums lower. 24/7 EAP counseling expands access to no-cost mental health support.
Parental & Family Support — Six weeks paid parental leave (14 weeks for birth mothers), fertility benefits, and up to $15,000 for adoption and surrogacy indicate strong family-building support. These benefits complement standard PTO and paid holidays that increase with tenure.

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What We Do

Our Product and Technology team creates, develops, and operates the nation’s fastest mobile service, most reliable internet service, most viewed live TV app, and the most advanced WiFi, serving nearly 100 million users and 500 million devices. We are transforming the next era of connectivity and entertainment experiences together. The experience within Spectrum’s Product and Technology team is unmatched and there are opportunities to grow your career as a designer, architect, engineer, developer, operator, or data scientist. We are creative, disciplined, hard-working, complex-problem solvers that believe in collaborating to deliver the highest quality customer experience.

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At Spectrum, we continually refine technology, process, and structure. We are committed to delivering a superior network infrastructure, the most competitive products, and highly rated customer experiences. Our talented team of experts deploys technology solutions and builds systems and tools for our employees to provide exceptional operations.