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Job Overview

Position Schedule: Full-Time

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 03-Apr-2025. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

The Legal Division is evolving its capabilities to support the ongoing efforts of our firm to meet our 2030 Ambition. In doing so, we are looking for an attorney who will be responsible for developing and leading certain strategic initiatives, including efforts aimed at reducing and mitigating cybersecurity, data, and technology risks, as well as maturing the privacy program to provide best-in-class support to our technology and business partners.

A successful candidate will seamlessly interface with the wider legal team and have a strong partnership with our data, technology, and business partners to provide practical, strategic legal guidance and design and implement creative solutions to complex enterprise challenges. The position requires the ability to influence other firm leaders, as well as have an aptitude for developing and implementing risk-aware business solutions.

This role will drive collaboration between legal, information security, technology, data, and product teams to enhance consumer trust, mitigate privacy risks, and align privacy practices with business objectives while serving as a key advisor to senior leadership on ethical data use and regulatory trends. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate forward-thinking, collaborative leadership and drive privacy excellence across the firm while balancing innovation, business growth, and regulatory compliance.

Candidates should be highly motivated and extremely knowledgeable about cybersecurity, data, and privacy laws and regulations, emerging technologies, and information governance program management. Prior experience in cybersecurity law, especially in a highly regulated environment is preferred.

This position will report directly to the firm's Chief Privacy Officer, who leads our organization's Legal-Information & Data Protection team, consisting of both privacy and records and information management professionals.

What You'll Do

• Providing day-to-day thought leadership, legal guidance, and business support for key firm initiatives and strategic imperatives, in particular to support the firm's cybersecurity, information governance, and digital and data functions.
• Identifying and evaluating cybersecurity, information governance, emerging technology, and privacy risks, generally, and design and implement best-in-class, risk-aware strategies and processes to eliminate, mitigate, and control such risks.
• Assisting in the development and management of enterprise-wide procedures to remove or mitigate constraints related to the development of new products and services and to ensure such products and services are developed consistent with firm privacy policies and legal obligations imposed by federal and state laws and regulations.
• Co-creating relevant data and information security strategies to support the firm's business ambitions and influence and lead horizontally (i.e., without direct authority) those strategic initiatives both within and outside the legal division.
• Working closely with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and security teams on data breach preparedness and response.
• Fostering a culture of accountability and transparency, ensuring that privacy remains a core pillar of the firm's innovation and growth strategy.

Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.

Hiring Minimum: $168500

Hiring Maximum: $286900

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3(a)(39) and 15(b)(4) and Rule 17a-3(a)(12) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110(e). A copy of a notice regarding the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance is available at: dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf.

Skills/Requirements

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What You'll Need

• Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) and state bar admission (in good standing).
• Minimum 12 years progressive responsibility in an in-house, regulatory, or law firm environment, with a focus on privacy, and information security, or information governance required, with people leadership preferred.
• Preference for a strong technical background with command of information technology and software utilized data governance and information security functions.
• Aptitude for influencing business leadership and deep knowledge of cybersecurity, data, and privacy principles, industry standards, and best practices.
• Capacity to represent legal perspectives in a large, cross-functional, collaborative environment.
• Strong cross-function collaboration skills and the ability to oversee a large number of ongoing projects.
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to influence decisions at senior executive levels of organizations.
• Capacity to work independently, as needed, and collaboratively in a team environment.

What Will Set You Apart

• One or more of the following certifications:
  • Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation from ISC2.
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designation from ISACA.
  • Information Governance Professional (IGP) from ARMA; or a similar privacy, information security, or information governance certification.

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Awards & Accolades

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About Us

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

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