VP, Assistant General Counsel, Cybersecurity

Location: Fort Mill/Charlotte, United States

Salary: $172,010–$286,752 base salary annually

Company

hirify.global is a U.S. wealth management firm providing advisory services, investment solutions, fintech tools, and practice management resources to financial advisors and institutions.

What you will do

• Serve as the lead legal advisor on cybersecurity, incident response, data security, and cyber governance matters.
• Advise on materiality assessments, regulatory notifications, disclosures, client communications, and escalation during cyber and data incidents.
• Monitor cybersecurity regulations and assess requirements from NYDFS, SEC, FINRA, state breach laws, privacy laws, and other regulators.
• Draft and maintain cybersecurity policies, incident response procedures, standards, playbooks, and governance models.
• Partner with Information Security, Technology, Compliance, Risk, Data Governance, Communications, and executive leadership on controls, exercises, examinations, and remediation.
• Advise on third-party cybersecurity requirements, vendor oversight, technology integrations, contractual terms, and supervisory expectations.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and a license to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 8–12+ years of legal experience in cybersecurity, data security, privacy, technology law, or incident response.
• Financial-services experience involving broker-dealer or investment-advisory regulatory environments.
• Experience advising on cyber incident response, materiality assessments, regulatory notifications, and supervisory expectations.
• Knowledge of NYDFS Cybersecurity Rules, state breach laws, Reg S-P, SEC/FINRA expectations, and data protection statutes.
• Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, and prioritization skills in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.

Nice to have

• In-house experience in financial services or a regulated technology environment.
• Experience with supervisory examinations, regulatory inquiries, and remediation involving cyber or technology controls.
• Knowledge of logging and monitoring, endpoint security, identity and access management, cloud environments, and threat detection platforms.
• Contract negotiation and drafting, crisis management, and cyber-event communications experience.
• Cybersecurity or privacy certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CIPP/US, CIPT, or CIPM.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, team-oriented environment focused on integrity, continuous improvement, and client success.
• 401(k) matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, and volunteer time off.
• Resources and autonomy to make an impact while supporting financial advisors and institutions.