Assistant General Counsel, VP : Cybersecurity

Wells Fargo•Boston, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking an Assistant General Counsel, Vice President, as part of the Cybersecurity Legal Team within the Technology Law Division with tangible expertise and experience in U.S. and global cybersecurity and privacy laws, rules, and regulations. For additional information on this line of business, refer to the external Careers Site at Wellsfargo.com/career. Assistant General Counsel, Vice President will provide legal support and advice to the Chief Information Security Office and the Enterprise Business Resiliency Office, including the Enterprise Incident Management team. This individual will serve as a trusted legal advisor and strategic partner in the supported functions. In this role, you will: Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as a key participant in large scale planning Handle matters that have a significant impact on the Company's operations, strategies, or profitability Provide legal advice on matters for management of the Corporation and its subsidiaries Serve as a legal advisor to the businesses within Wells Fargo Review and analyze complex large scale or long-term challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors Represent of the Company in highly complex litigation, negotiations, settlement discussions, and claims related legal issues Manage highly complex claims and litigation Draft complex legal documents, review and negotiate documents prepared by outside counsel Identify and analyze complex legal issues, develop conclusions, and make recommendations for issue resolution Provide substantive legal advice on matters for more experienced management of the Corporation Develop and lead implementation of strategic business initiatives, and lead work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives Educate, train, and supervise less experienced attorneys within the Legal department Collaborate strategically with peers, colleagues, and mid-level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goals Lead projects, teams or serve as a peer mentor Develop relationships with and provide guidance to more experienced leadership, including executive officers, on issues that may present legal, regulatory, compliance, or reputational risk to the Company Partner with business leaders and management of other corporate departments to develop and implement risk management programs

Requirements

5+ years of Law experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Active State Bar membership or the equivalent in a country outside the United States

Nice To Haves

Experience as a practicing attorney in global financial services cybersecurity laws, regulations, and best practices, and in particular an understanding of the FFIEC, CFTC, NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation, NIST 800-53, NIST Cyber Framework, ISO, and PCI compliance as it relates to banks.
Experience with data breach and incident response investigations
Experience working on policy issues related to cybersecurity, investigations, threat sharing, and privacy as it intersects with cybersecurity
Experience working with law enforcement and national security authorities

Responsibilities

Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as a key participant in large scale planning
Handle matters that have a significant impact on the Company's operations, strategies, or profitability
Provide legal advice on matters for management of the Corporation and its subsidiaries
Serve as a legal advisor to the businesses within Wells Fargo
Review and analyze complex large scale or long-term challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
Represent of the Company in highly complex litigation, negotiations, settlement discussions, and claims related legal issues
Manage highly complex claims and litigation
Draft complex legal documents, review and negotiate documents prepared by outside counsel
Identify and analyze complex legal issues, develop conclusions, and make recommendations for issue resolution
Provide substantive legal advice on matters for more experienced management of the Corporation
Develop and lead implementation of strategic business initiatives, and lead work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
Educate, train, and supervise less experienced attorneys within the Legal department
Collaborate strategically with peers, colleagues, and mid-level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
Lead projects, teams or serve as a peer mentor
Develop relationships with and provide guidance to more experienced leadership, including executive officers, on issues that may present legal, regulatory, compliance, or reputational risk to the Company
Partner with business leaders and management of other corporate departments to develop and implement risk management programs