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Deputy General Counsel, Global Chief Privacy Officer, Global Head of Innovation & Resilience
PRIMARY PURPOSE : The Deputy General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, Global Chief Privacy Officer, Global Head of Innovation & Resilience leads Innovation & Resilience, with a dual mandate. The Innovation side provides legal counsel on technology, regulatory, intellectual property, privacy, data, and artificial intelligence matters that support Sedgwick's product and technology growth. The Resilience side provides legal counsel on cyber, crisis, compliance, fraud, risk, and investigative matters that protect and strengthen the enterprise. Also serves as Sedgwick's Global Chief Privacy Officer, with enterprise-wide accountability for the strategy, governance, and regulatory compliance of the global privacy program, in partnership with the Global Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. Serves as a trusted advisor to technology, product, and risk leaders across Sedgwick's claims and risk administration operations, translating complex technology, privacy, and security matters into practical guidance. Partners closely with the Global Chief Legal Officer to advance the legal and compliance department as an enterprise intelligence center, serving as a function that anticipates.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES
Innovation Legal Counseling
· Serves as lead legal counsel on technology, data, privacy, and artificial intelligence matters, including AI governance, model risk, and responsible AI deployment across the enterprise.
· Advises product and technology leaders on the legal and regulatory implications of new technology, data, and AI enabled products and services.
· Oversees the company's intellectual property (IP) portfolio and strategy, including protection, licensing, and enforcement of patents, trademarks, and other IP assets.
· Monitors the evolving technology, privacy, and AI regulatory landscape and translates new legal requirements into practical guidance and business processes.
· Partners with business leaders to identify legal and structural opportunities to create value through responsible innovation.
· Partners with commercial lawyers and the business to accelerate commercial contracting processes and product development.
Resilience Legal Counseling
· Serves as lead legal counsel on cybersecurity, crisis management, compliance, fraud, and enterprise risk matters, including incident response and breach management.
· Partners with Information Security, Risk, and Compliance to build and strengthen the enterprise's cyber and operational resilience programs.
· Leads or supports internal investigations related to fraud, security incidents, and other risk or crisis events.
· Advises executive leadership and the Board during crisis and incident response, coordinating legal strategy with business continuity, communications, and regulatory notification obligations.
· Anticipates legal and regulatory risk in emerging threat and risk areas and proposes creative, business-minded solutions.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES
· Performs other duties as assigned.
· Travels as required
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides support, guidance, leadership and motivation to promote maximum performance.
Administers company personnel policies in all areas and follows company staffing standards and training recommendations.
Interviews, hires and…