Director, Privacy & Data (Amer) (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Director, Privacy & Data (Gamedev): Leading the privacy legal team and scaling the global privacy program for hirify.global in the Americas region with an accent on US and global data protection laws, including COPPA and CCPA. Focus on designing, developing, and implementing data privacy policies and standards to protect consumer privacy while enabling strategic data use.

Location: San Mateo, CA (Hybrid), will require onsite work, 2 days per week

Salary: $271,300—$406,900 USD

Company

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work.

What you will do

• Lead a team of privacy legal experts advising the business across the Americas region counseling on data privacy and protection laws.
• Partner with the SIE Global Privacy Team to maintain and scale the SIE global privacy program.
• Partner closely with SIE cross-functional teams to solve exciting privacy and data issues while providing exceptional entertainment experiences to customers.
• Lead SIE’s response to new and evolving data protection and privacy laws, developments, breach notification laws and frameworks.
• Lead on the design, development and implementation of data privacy policies, standards and processes in support of SIE business operations in Americas region.
• Provide creative advice to balance the importance of protecting consumer privacy while enabling businesses to collect data and use it for strategic purposes.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of proven experience in managing US domestic and global privacy and related data protection compliance issues with a mix of private practice and in-house experience, including in a supervisory or managerial role.
• CA bar membership preferred. At a minimum, the candidate must be qualified for and quickly acquire a Registered In-House Counsel status in California and the willingness to maintain that status during employment.
• Experience creating and implementing privacy and related international and domestic data protection policies and compliance efforts and maintaining an agile privacy compliance program that responsibly uses and protects consumer, customer, and employee data.
• Familiarity with social privacy issues, the characteristics of data/information and its lifecycle, data governance and emerging digital technologies, including AI technologies.
• The ability to communicate sophisticated legal, technical and business concepts and requirements to non-legal professionals and interact with clients at all levels of the organization, including senior management.
• Privacy certifications preferred (CIPP/US, CIPP/E).

Culture & Benefits

• PlayStation offers a global hybrid office/remote working model — Flex Modes — which aims to combine the flexibility of remote working with the magic of in-person collaboration.
• Eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products.
• This role also may be eligible for a bonus package.