Senior Counsel, Tech and Data Americas

 

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About Team: Technology & Data-Regulatory Team
Join the Technology & Data-Regulatory Team within Digital Citizenship as a Senior Counsel, Tech and Data Americas. In this role, you will provide advice and counsel to teams within Walmart’s technology and product organizations, specifically you will partner cross-functionally with key business and engineering stakeholders as well as subject matter experts throughout Walmart’s legal and compliance organizations.

 

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert’s and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work:
We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

What you’ll do:

  • Keep the ethical use of data and responsible use of technology at the forefront of your legal work, with an eye toward promoting fairness, privacy, and  information security.  At Walmart, the customer is #1!
  • Provide legal advice to the company clients that emphasizes the client’s legal rights, obligations, and risks and promotes informed decisions affecting global customers and suppliers
  • Collaborate with senior executives on significant risks; seeking authority and obtaining informed consent to proceed with legal matters
  • Proactively collaborate with technical engineers, developers, and product managers to build creative solutions to challenges impacting the privacy and security of services
  • Partner with Compliance and Business leaders to define best practices and policies to ensure compliance with global laws and regulations and cross border data transfer matters to mitigate corporate risk
  • Direct highly sensitive investigations and assessments
  • Identify the need for, and effectively overseeing, outside legal support for business transactions and projects
  • Consult with outside resources and experts to facilitate the responsible and effective implementation of high priority business initiatives around the world
  • Maintain expertise in the rapidly changing policy positions and legal requirements impacting data privacy and security; providing legal support to associates on matters related to privacy and information security
  • Leverage technology to streamline processes, communication, and workflows

What you’ll bring:

  • Experience providing transactional support and counseling to leading-edge start-ups and disruptive businesses
  • Subject matter expertise in the fields of global data privacy and information security, including GDPR, UK GDPR and China PIPL
  • Substantial, diverse legal experience (ex. combination of in-house, government, leading law firm, etc.)
  • Empower your business partners while working collaboratively to achieve cross-functional goals
  • Work proactively and leverage preventative measures in the spirit of protecting stakeholders, customers, and employees
  • Proven track record of risk identification, assessment, and mitigation
  • Strong communication skills to interact with senior leadership and stakeholders

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