Corporate Counsel - Financial Privacy & Emerging Data Use

T-Mobile•Overland Park, KS

21d•Onsite

About The Position

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That’s how we’re UNSTOPPABLE for our employees! Are you looking for a work environment which encourages teamwork and where you are respected, supported, challenged, and can grow and advance your career? If your answer is “yes,” you should join T-Mobile’s All-Star Legal Team! T-Mobile has an exciting opportunity for an attorney with exceptional analytical and communication skills and a talent for creative problem-solving to provide privacy guidance to our dynamic business teams. A successful candidate will be ready to jump into action, working closely with experts across the legal department and business partners to provide practical, strategic legal guidance and design and implement creative, simple solutions to address complex legal and technological challenges. The Corporate Counsel – Financial Privacy & Emerging Data Use serves as a trusted legal advisor supporting T-Mobile's growing financial products, services, and innovative data initiatives. This role provides strategic counsel on financial privacy and consumer protection laws, including GLBA, FCRA, state privacy regulations, and emerging data privacy requirements, while partnering closely with cross-functional business teams to enable compliant, customer-focused innovation. The position is responsible for assessing privacy risks, guiding product development, supporting compliance programs, drafting policies and contractual provisions, monitoring legislative developments, and delivering practical legal solutions that balance business objectives with regulatory obligations in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.

Requirements

3+ years as an in-house, top law firm, or government attorney with relevant experience
JD from an ABA-accredited university with outstanding academic credentials
Current bar membership (in good standing) in at least one U.S. state
Experience with privacy preferred
Strong aptitude and enthusiasm for learning new technology
Demonstrated ability to analyze and advise on highly complex, high-impact matters and navigate ambiguity
Demonstrated ability to establish self as subject matter expert in specialty field(s)
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to interact with a range of personalities and roles across the business with executive maturity
Ability to navigate a complex organization with a focus on delivering results efficiently
Keen, pragmatic business sense and good judgment
Ability to operate independently and effectively in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment
Drive to solve customer pain points and Love Our Customers
Desire and ability to work as part of a team
At least 18 years of age
Legally authorized to work in the United States

Responsibilities

Advise the company on privacy laws, regulations, obligations, and industry standards impacting T-Mobile's growing financial products and services portfolio.
Counsel on Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and state financial privacy laws, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), state omnibus privacy law carveouts for financial data, and emerging consumer financial data privacy laws.
Advise on privacy considerations for emerging data uses at T-Mobile, including new data-driven products and services, as well as wiretap/recording laws related to AI-enabled products/services.
Guide privacy impact assessments and similar analyses of existing and proposed products, services, systems, and processes.
Develop strong business partnerships to help guide the business on privacy considerations for business strategies and products.
Drive a successful compliance program in these areas through, e.g., drafting of internal and public-facing policies, disclosures, and other documentation and compliance training to raise awareness across the enterprise.
Draft and negotiate related provisions in commercial contracts as needed.
Analyze potentially impactful legislation and regulations and provide subject matter expertise to T-Mobile’s Government Affairs team.
Propel other department and team initiatives as assigned.