Chief Privacy Officer

Jersey City, NJ, United States

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Verisk

The world's most effective and responsible data analytics company in pursuit of our customers' most strategic opportunities.

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Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

This senior level role will manage Verisk’s privacy program, with a heavy emphasis on developing and implementing policies, and guiding business teams to ensure compliance with privacy laws.  This leader will be able to successfully interface with internal and external stakeholders, and work closely with business, operations and risk teams.     

The ideal candidate will be a collaborative legal advisor and business partner, with an innovative, process-oriented and practical mindset, holding deep data privacy and protection expertise who is undaunted by complexity and thrives on tackling the challenges inherent in a lean, fast-paced, high-growth tech environment. They must be knowledgeable in all matters related to information privacy including jurisdictional laws, regulations, enforcement models, compliance, terminology, policies, and privacy program development.

The role will oversee both legal and compliance privacy related issues and work closely with the Head of Compliance, Chief Risk Officer, and senior business leaders. The role reports directly to the Chief Legal Officer.

Responsibilities include :

  • Oversee, manage and continuously develop Verisk’s privacy program and team.
  • Lead a global team of legal and compliance privacy professionals. 
  • Develop an overarching regulatory strategy in collaboration with Legal and with cross-functional leaders.
  • Develop and enhance our existing privacy programs, policies, and procedures, and embed privacy and data ethics into Verisk’s culture, addressing all aspects necessary for a best practices compliance program, including training, communication and monitoring/auditing.
  • Guide business leaders, and manage teams responsible for identifying, evaluating, and developing innovative solutions related to data privacy issues involving the design, marketing, development, and delivery of Verisk’s solutions.
  • Oversee compliance with our incident response protocol, which includes scoping and performing data privacy and security risk assessments, mitigation, remediation, and reporting of data incidents.
  • Advise on and manage your team in supporting strategic growth projects, including M&A, the creation of new products, and other impactful initiatives or transactions.
  • Be a thought leader for the Legal, Compliance and Audit leadership team, contributing to legal strategy, company priorities, and team development.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of privacy specific experience in law firms, governmental agencies, or in-house legal departments /or  a minimum of 5 years leading an enterprise risk management or  global privacy program at a technology company and/or financial institution. 
  • Extensive knowledge of US and EU privacy laws, including experience serving as an EU data protection officer in accordance with GDPR.
  • JD  required, with a license and active membership to practice in at least one U.S. state.
  • lAPP Certifications including CIPP/US or CIPP/E. CIPT or CIPM a plus.
  • Strong technical knowledge and extensive experience in the technology industry, with experience in financial technology preferred. 
  • Experience managing a global team, including strategic planning, career development, and resource allocation.
  • Experience and skill at drafting and implementing policies and guidance documents, conducting investigations, and developing scalable processes.
  • Experience engaging with regulators (including EU data protection authorities), law makers, and external organizations on complex privacy matters.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, learn quickly, prioritize multiple urgent tasks, take action, and provide clear direction in the face of ambiguity.
  • Ability to simplify complex issues and provide pragmatic advice and practical solutions that can be operationalized.
  • Team mindset, with ability to build strong relationships, and work collaboratively within a growing legal team and cross-functionally with members at all levels of the organization.

Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.

Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

Verisk Businesses

Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences

Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient

Extreme Event Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.

Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance

Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing, relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement

Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the 7th consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce.  Verisk’s Statement on Racial Equity and Diversity supports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.

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Tags: Analytics Audits Automation Big Data CCPA CIPP Compliance GDPR Governance Incident response Monitoring Privacy Risk assessment Risk management Strategy

Perks/benefits: Career development Equity Flex vacation Insurance Startup environment Team events

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Country: United States
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