Senior Counsel, Privacy and Advisory

Hyundai Capital America•Irvine, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Counsel, Privacy and Advisory will provide strategic, practical, and actionable legal guidance across the Company’s business lines—including the core consumer finance business, vehicle voluntary protection products business, and emerging mobility business—and oversees legal compliance for marketing activities, including advertising practices, digital marketing, consumer and dealer communications, and compliance with applicable marketing laws and industry standards. This role advises on federal and state privacy, information security, and advertising/consumer protection laws and requirements applicable to the Company’s operations. The role also designs, implements, maintains, and continuously improves the Company’s enterprise privacy framework, including privacy-related policies, procedures, standards, and governance processes. In addition, the Senior Counsel leads and manages other attorneys and privacy and records management governance professionals. As a key advisor to senior stakeholders, this role provides counsel on privacy risk, regulatory developments, and privacy by design principles, and supports product, technology, and business initiatives through effective privacy governance. Employees in this role should expect to work on site Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays.

Requirements

Minimum 8 years of relevant legal experience in providing legal and strategic guidance on product and process development, with a focus on privacy, information security and advertising/consumer protection.
Minimum 3 years supervisory experience.
Juris Doctor Degree; member in good standing of a state bar (CA preferred).
Broad-based experience and knowledge in privacy and information security laws and experience in providing practical and actional guidance in product development and process changes.
Willingness to undertake substantial and diverse job responsibilities.
Ability to work independently and as part of legal and business teams.
Ability to effectively manage team members to ensure performance and alignment with Company objectives.
Ability to quickly pivot to changing business priorities.
Willingness to explore and identify creative alternative solutions to facilitate business initiatives.
Broad-based knowledge of privacy laws and regulations, both financial services-related and general consumer protection.
Broad-based knowledge of consumer financial services.
Attention to detail and follow through.
Ability to communicate in clear and concise manner; ability to communicate complex legal issues in laymen’s terms to all levels of the organization.
Ability to research in a thorough and effective manner and to analyze and distill complex legal requirements into a usable and practical framework.
Ability to multi-task under tight deadlines and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Ability to successfully manage, train, develop and mentor direct reports.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills to work in a team environment and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

In-house legal experience preferred.
Consumer financial services or automobile finance experience.
CIPP certification a plus.

Responsibilities

Maintain reports to track consumer acquisitions profit performance to plan, highlighting trends and Act as the Company’s primary privacy SME, providing legal and strategic guidance to business, technology, product, and operations teams to ensure compliance with applicable privacy, data protection, information security and consumer protection/advertising laws. Oversee legal review of all external communications to consumers, customers and dealers.
Own, implement, and maintain the Company’s enterprise privacy framework, including privacy policies, standards, procedures, governance models, and internal guidance. Lead updates to the privacy framework in response to regulatory developments, enforcement trends, and evolving business practices. Oversee privacy related documentation, recordkeeping, and reporting.
Act as primary liaison with Company’s affiliates in various data sharing, privacy, and marketing-related initiatives. Support new and existing third-party contract negotiations to identify and address privacy, data protection, information security and records management requirements.
Lead, mentor, and develop team members by providing direction, performance feedback, and support to ensure effective collaboration, professional growth, and achievement of organizational and personal goals.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans with no-cost and low-cost options
Annual employer HSA contribution
401(k) matching and immediate vesting
Vehicle purchase and lease discounts, plus monthly vehicle allowances by job level:
Associate / Sr. Associate: $350
Manager / Sr. Manager: $600
Director: $800
Executive Director: $900
VP or Above: $1,000
100%25 employer-paid life and disability insurance
No-cost health and wellbeing programs, including a gym benefit
Six weeks of paid parental leave
Paid Volunteer Time Off, plus a company donation to a charity of your choice