Assistant General Counsel - Data Governance, Privacy and Cybersecurity

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Job Details

Cencora is seeking an attorney with significant experience advising and providing strategic leadership in the areas of data governance, privacy and cybersecurity. This role will report to the VP, Data Governance and Regulatory within Cencora’s legal team and focus on enterprise-wide data initiatives and risk mitigation strategies. 

 

This role requires a dynamic leader who will proactively collaborate with executives at all levels of the organization and offer pragmatic, solution-driven advice while managing risk within the highly regulated healthcare industry.  A successful candidate has the ability to deliver business-oriented, effective and efficient legal services, project management, and strategic counseling on significant projects or matters relating to enterprise data governance and cybersecurity. 

This role will require at least 2 days onsite in our Conshohocken office

 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Provide data governance, privacy and cybersecurity legal advice, including strategic guidance around global privacy frameworks, data governance, emerging technologies (including AI), cyber incident response/preparedness, third-party risk management, risk assessment, internal and external audit requests, client/regulatory inquiries, new and existing technologies/offerings, business models and transactions (including mergers and acquisitions), and client-facing communications globally. 

• Monitor the cyber, privacy and emerging technology legal and policy landscape for important updates and advise senior legal and business leaders on such legal developments and policy trends. 

• Assist with the development, application, and enforcement of data governance and information security policies, standards, and procedures to comply with regulatory obligations and contractual requirements. 

• Manage the further development of a global privacy legal team that coordinates across businesses and regions and be an effective manager of direct reports. 

• Provide legal advice and strategic counsel on vulnerability management, application security, identity and access management, and other cybersecurity initiatives. 

• Support the preparation of board reports, executive presentations, regulatory filings, and other legal disclosures to ensure accuracy and completeness of cybersecurity and privacy representations. 

• Support the development and delivery of tabletop exercises and other cybersecurity education and awareness efforts. 

• Establish and maintain strong relationships and lines of communication with business partners, legal personnel and other key stakeholders across the organization.  

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EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

A minimum of 9 years of experience as a lawyer combined with expertise in cybersecurity and data governance. Law Degree - must be a graduate of an accredited law school and admitted into the state bar. 

This role is comparable to a counsel, non-equity partner, or service partner in a law firm and is a lawyer who can do sophisticated work and supervise other individual legal professionals or teams of legal professionals to do the work. 

  

MINIMUM SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS: 

 

• Familiar with a variety of cybersecurity and privacy regulations, including SEC regulations, AI regulatory frameworks, NIS2, GDPR and HIPAA. 

• Expertise and background to be comfortable supervising outside lawyers engaged to work on matters for Cencora, including outside lawyers from major law firms used by Cencora. 
• Knowledgeable in Cencora’s business and industry policies, practices and trends and be aware of the competitive landscape. 

• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. 

• strong decision-making capability and should be proficient in being able to make business-oriented yet legally compliant recommendations to his or her clients 

• Solve both straightforward and complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions. 

• Juggle multiple matters and effectively multi-task and prioritize tasks to ensure that work is completed in a timely and efficient matter. 

• Work in the midst of change and is willing to shift priorities and focus. 
• Demonstrate excellent communication and information sharing with all levels of associates. 

• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint 

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong creativity skills
• Excellent judgment and ability to resolve complex issues effectively
• Strong negotiating skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
• Ability to follow and interpret legal trends
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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