Senior Compliance Officer - Data Privacy - Legal & Compliance

About the position

The energy of a newsroom, the pace of a trading floor, the buzz of a recent tech breakthrough; we work hard, and we work fast - while keeping up the quality and accuracy we're known for. It's what keeps us inventing and reinventing, all the time. Our culture is wide open, just like our spaces. We bring out the best in each other through collaboration. Through our countless volunteer projects, we also help network with the communities around us, too. You can do amazing work here. Work you couldn't do anywhere else. It's up to you to make it happen. Bloomberg's Legal & Compliance Department plays a critical role in supporting our businesses and operations around the world. We move quickly and thoughtfully to help address a variety of complex issues that come with being the world's leading financial news and information company. Our team is made up of talented and hardworking legal and compliance professionals who think creatively and work collaboratively in an open environment to deliver results, drive innovation, and solve difficult problems. We are committed to a workplace where all of our employees can thrive regardless of background, and where everyone feels empowered to make an impact. We also recognize the importance of giving back to our communities as evidenced by our award-winning pro bono program! The Data Privacy Compliance team works closely with our Legal counterparts, business and engineering stakeholders to ensure compliance with current/developing rules and regulations, implement global training and communication programs and monitor privacy risk across the business. Our team also leads privacy product reviews and Data Privacy Impact Assessments, manages responses to data subject rights requests, drafts internal policies and coordinates regional privacy-related regulatory filings.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the Privacy Program, ensuring Bloomberg meets its legal, regulatory, and reputational responsibilities
• Support, and at times lead the team, on specific regulatory Compliance projects /initiatives for privacy
• Provide strong subject matter expertise to the privacy program, including being the lead for certain program pillars
• Support the team in partnering with the business and support functions to conduct analyses of the key personal data processing of their areas
• Provide expert knowledge on identification of risks and controls to address privacy requirements and translate them into guidelines to improve business compliance
• Collaborate with the Privacy Legal team to translate legal requirements into privacy program deliverables and processes
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for privacy compliance processes in support of our privacy strategy
• Develop and leverage key performance indicators to track, manage, measure and report on metrics across the organization related to key privacy and compliance trends
• Implement appropriate data privacy compliance controls and tools

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of data privacy Compliance and/or legal experience in-house, at a privacy regulator, a law firm, and/or in the government
• Substantial subject matter expertise in data privacy laws, rules, regulations, and industry standards, including sound working knowledge of EU GDPR and US state privacy laws
• Ability to work independently and effectively manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience in identifying, assessing and calling out risk across different functions and levels of the business
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment in cross-functional teams, prioritize and meet deadlines
• An ability to advise and influence senior business people on data privacy matters
• Strong stakeholder management experience and skills to collaborate effectively with security and risk professionals, engineers, software developers, product development, Human Resources, and other teams
• Strong communication skills and belief in the effective management of privacy as a key business differentiator and core value
• Excellent presentation and negotiation skills and the ability to thrive in an open office environment and as part of a fast-paced team
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with and/or within regulated financial institutions, software and other technology companies, media corporations, or large global organisations
• A real passion for being part of a global in-house team and contributing to team knowledge and development
• A track record of operating successfully and contributing to the development of others
• Law degree preferred, but not required

Benefits

• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• Short and long term disability benefits
• 401(k) + match
• Life insurance
• Various wellness programs