Chief Privacy Officer

Cloud Software Group•San Ramon, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Cloud Software Group is seeking a Chief Privacy Officer (“CPO”) to lead and provide vision for its global privacy strategy. The CPO oversees the company’s global privacy program, working with a broad range of stakeholders, including senior executives, product teams, engineers, and business leaders. This person will lead a team dedicated to supporting the company’s changing business needs, ensuring compliance with a dynamic landscape of privacy, AI, and data protection laws. The CPO is a lawyer with strategic and operational privacy expertise. The successful candidate will be capable of identifying gaps in existing programs and building new processes to ensure effective compliance with a rapidly evolving regulatory environment. The CPO is expected to establish themselves as a proactive privacy leader with a vision and must have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization. The successful candidate will have a proven capability to understand business needs while effectively managing risk for the company. The CPO at Cloud Software Group reports to the Company's Vice President, Legal, and leads global data privacy, AI governance, and data protection strategies, acting as a key advisor to executives.

Requirements

Law degree
At least 10 years of relevant privacy experience, including time in house
Global privacy expertise with specific knowledge of privacy regulations and industry standards in all major markets/jurisdictions
Experience with overseeing compliance with privacy and security certifications and standards, such as ISO and FedRAMP
Deep technical competence, including the ability to understand and analyze the company’s products and offerings, particularly privacy, AI, and data security-related features and functionalities
Strong communication skills, including the ability to effectively engage with all levels of the organization
Outstanding relationship management skills, including the ability to develop partnerships and relationships throughout the organization
A strategic problem solver with excellent legal and business judgement
A collaborative leadership style that empowers the privacy team as well as fostering cross-functional cooperation from internal stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Over five years of experience in the SaaS B2B industry
Proficiency with product and system security, sufficient to ensure privacy compliance, including review of vendor security statements, security standards, and internal product and system assessments
Experience with legal and regulatory oversight of product and system security incidents
Ability to be based in our San Ramon, California office

Responsibilities

Lead and provide vision for its global privacy strategy
Oversee the company’s global privacy program
Lead a team dedicated to supporting the company’s changing business needs, ensuring compliance with a dynamic landscape of privacy, AI, and data protection laws
Identify gaps in existing programs and build new processes to ensure effective compliance with a rapidly evolving regulatory environment
Establish themselves as a proactive privacy leader with a vision
Communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
Understand business needs while effectively managing risk for the company
Lead global data privacy, AI governance, and data protection strategies
Act as a key advisor to executives
Oversee regulatory compliance for privacy, data, and AI governance
Lead a team responsible for handling data privacy impact assessments (DPIAs) and data subject rights (DSR) requests