In-House

Boston, MA, United States

Director, Privacy & Data Protection

Attorney

Full-time

No

H1: Director, Privacy & Data Protection H2: Join BDO's Thriving PDP Practice as a Director H2: Excellent Salary and Benefits Offered BDO is seeking a Director to join our thriving Privacy & Data Protection Practice as a subject matter expert and engagement leader. This is a great opportunity for a professional looking to work with both domestic and international clients and professionals. As a Director, you will be responsible for developing and delivering global data protection and privacy strategies, managing project teams, and ensuring timely and quality delivery of work product for clients. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for advancement and personal growth. Key Responsibilities: - Develop and deliver global data protection and privacy strategies to client C-suite/board - Manage project teams and ensure timely delivery of quality work product for clients - Build cross-culture functionality for clients to operationalize global privacy programs - Develop and deliver privacy operations program plans for global corporate clients - Provide detailed information to clients on various domestic and global privacy laws - Establish new relationships to drive new opportunities for BDO - Comply with BDO’s Quality Risk Management, Data Protection, and other Frameworks - Manage and maintain relationships with client professionals - Ensure clients receive timely and thoughtful responses to inquiries - Build relationships with other BDO professionals and participate in industry events - Update customer relationship management to ensure appropriate pipeline reporting - Develop proposals and respond to RFP/RFIs - Utilize knowledge of client needs to develop project and resource plans - Participate in business unit, legal, IT, privacy, and governance meetings - Manage project budgets and review invoices - Mentor team members to ensure consistent work product and adherence to BDO standards - Manage multiple large, complex engagements and clients - Support the Data Protection Officer for clients, as needed - Act as a leader and maintain a professional attitude towards clients and firm personnel - Manage a team of professionals on a project or regional basis Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s or other advanced degree preferred - 10+ years of consulting experience required - 3+ years of data protection or privacy experience required - Experience working with Fortune 500 clients preferred - 5+ years of experience managing large, complex privacy projects required - One or more privacy certifications required - Knowledge of privacy enabled technology solutions preferred - Strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills required - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Visio, required - Multilingual capabilities preferred At BDO, we value our people and their unique perspectives. We offer flexibility, opportunities for advancement, and a culture centered around making meaningful connections and being true to yourself. Our purpose of helping people thrive every day is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to delivering exceptional experiences to our clients and communities and are proud to be an ESOP company, sharing our growth in value with our . team. Join us at BDO and make a positive difference in the world.

job duties: develops and delivers global data protection and privacy strategies to client c-suite/board builds cross-culture functionality for clients to operationalize global privacy programs develops and delivers privacy operations program plans for global corporate clients manages bdo usa team members and collaborates with bdo member firms and offshore team members provides detailed level information to clients around ccpa, cpra, pipl, gdpr, lgpd, pipeda among other domestic and global privacy laws guides and advises team members around project budget and scheduling establishes new relationships to drive new opportunities to bdo complies with bdo’s quality risk management, data protection, and other frameworks to ensure consistency across service delivery manages and maintains relationships with client professionals, and introduces other bdo professionals to expand on existing relationships manages the day-to-day project requirements, as well as the on-site and/or remote team ensures clients receive timely, actionable and thoughtful responses to questions, data subject requests, or supervisory authority inquiries builds relationships with other bdo professionals, cross-sells into different industries and services, and participates in bdo and industry events where subject matter expertise is requested ensures corporate clients are provided quality level services updates appropriate customer relationship management to ensure appropriate pipeline reporting reviews client executive reports, and provides feedback to team members develops proposals, responds to rfp/rfi’s and ensures master service agreements and engagement letters are managed according to bdo standards utilizes knowledge of client needs to develop project and resource plans, establish reporting and metrics, and provide client with regular updates participates in and conducts business unit, legal, it, privacy, and governance interviews and meetings, as needed proofreads and edits executive reports, prior to presenting to prospects and existing clients manages bdo client and bdo partner expectations at all levels mentors team members to ensure quality of work product is consistent throughout client engagements, and bdo standards are applied for every engagement manages multiple large, complex and potentially long-term engagements and clients manages client expectations at all levels of the organization, including supporting in-person presentations to senior level executives support the data protection officer for clients, as required develops and manages project budgets, reviews invoices for consistency, and ensures that invoices are delivered in a timely manner acts as a leader, and projects a professional, positive attitude toward client and firm personnel manages a team of professionals on a project or regional basis other duties as required supervises the workload of sr. managers, managers, senior associates, and associates, as appropriate qualifications, knowledge, skills and abilities: education: bachelor’s degree, required master’s, juris doctorate, or mba, preferred experience: ten (10) or more years of consulting experience, required three (3) or more years of data protection or privacy experience, required experience working with fortune 500 clients, preferred five (5) or more years of experience managing large, complex privacy projects, required license(s)/certification(s): one (1) or more of the following privacy certifications, required: cipp/e, cipp/us, cipm, cipt, cdpse or other privacy certifications onetrust, trustarc, or other privacy enabled technology solutions, preferred software: onetrust, bigid, and other privacy and grc software strong microsoft powerpoint skills, required proficient in the use of microsoft office suite, especially visio, required, including office 365, onedrive, and sharepoint, preferred knowledge of database systems, software development lifecycle, and technology company operations, preferred language(s): multilingual capabilities (read, speak, and/or write), preferred other knowledge, skills, & abilities: executive presence, with the ability to act as primary contact on assigned engagements ability to up-sell after the first engagement excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as presentation skills strong analytical and advanced research skills related to industry trends, market competition and technology solid organizational skills, especially the ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment ability to work in a deadline-driven environment, and handle multiple projects simultaneously ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm and with clients ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and client personnel ability to encourage a team environment on engagements, and contribute to the professional development of assigned personnel individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography

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