Director of Data Privacy and Compliance

Overview

LSAC’s mission is to advance law and justice by promoting access, equity, and fairness in law school admission, to broaden the pathway into legal education, and to support law schools, law students, and the legal education community.

Pay rate: $140,000 to $157,000, depending on experience

This is a remote position.

The Director of Data Privacy and Compliance is a leadership role responsible for implementing and overseeing LSAC’s data privacy and compliance strategies. This role ensures LSAC adheres to global, regional and industry specific data protection regulations, mitigates privacy risks, and fosters a culture of ethical data management practices.
Responsibilities
Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The individual employed in this position will be required to:

- Work in close partnership with LSAC’s Office of General Counsel, and specifically, the Senior Counsel – Privacy and Compliance, to develop data privacy and compliance strategies and initiatives.

- Drives organizational change through privacy initiative and project leadership of cross-functional teams comprised of internal Privacy Team resources, business unit personnel, and technical/IT teams.

- Guide and maintain the LSAC Privacy Roadmap through definition and ownership of its underpinning work program, working in collaboration with key stakeholders, particularly LSAC’s Office of the General Counsel.

- Guide and support privacy management platform implementation in line with Privacy Roadmap priorities.

- Serve as Data Subject Access Rights (DSAR) process owner responsible for accurate and timely fulfillment of DSAR requests submitted by LSAC’s range of customer types.

- Contribute to the formation and ongoing support of Data Governance data protection policies, procedures, and data handling practices.

- Oversee development and maintenance of data inventory to ensure adherence to privacy policies, standards, and regulations.

- Develop and maintain LSAC’s Record of Processing Activities (ROPA) as a log of how LSAC processes personal data.

- Regularly conduct company-wide training campaigns to promote sound privacy practices into technical and business operations.

- Serve as back-end (IT) Records Management/Retention processes owner assuring that customer records are maintained in accordance with LSAC Records Management Policy.

- Identify, assess, and mitigate data protection risks across LSAC data estate.

- Promote and deliver privacy tooling that meets internal and external customer expectations through collaboration with analysts, software developers, engineer leads, product managers, and business stakeholders.

- Periodically prepare and present data privacy program and project status to senior management.

Competencies

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Holds a strong sense of accountability for both individual and team objectives.

- Embraces a forward-thinking mindset, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and creativity.

- Excellent time management, prioritization, attention to detail and organization skills

- Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills.

- Ability to manage cross-functional teams and drive organizational change. Candidate must have strong Project Management Skills

- Continually seek methods and techniques to improve ways of working, particularly to optimize productivity of surrounding teams.

- Excels at leading teams in an agile environment and overcoming professional challenges both personally and for involved teams.

Qualifications
Education and Experience

- B.A. or B.S. degree (M.S. preferred) and 5+ years related experience.

- Minimum 3 years’ experience with records management as it pertains to retention and compliance requirements.

- Exposure to an implemented and operational data classification policy in supp