Senior Counsel, Cyber and Global Security

Job Description Summary

The Senior Counsel, Cyber and Global Security provides ongoing legal advice and support to business leaders across GE Aerospace. The Legal and Compliance team, of which you would be a part, is a dynamic experienced group of commercial and legal professionals who serve as GE Aerospace's internal subject matter authorities on all legal matters. The senior counsel hired for this role will be a sophisticated, business-oriented attorney who can work effectively across all levels of the organization. Within this role you will report to the General Counsel, Global Security & Digital Technology and Chief Privacy Officer for the Aerospace business. Your primary focus will be supporting business leaders focused on security and cyber incidents.

• Provides legal guidance and advice on a variety of issues, including data security, incident response, risk mitigation, and relevant cybersecurity, national security, and data protection laws, regulations, and requirements.
• Lead the legal response of the investigation of physical security and cybersecurity incidents and vulnerabilities, including identifying any legal or regulatory obligations, drafting and reviewing relevant communications and notifications, and providing counsel on response, remediation, and mitigation efforts.
• Partner with the Global Security and Cyber teams on the development and implementation of various physical security and cybersecurity programs, initiatives, training, and exercise, including security awareness programs, penetration testing, phishing simulations, tabletops, and red-team exercises.
• Maintain and improve security and cybersecurity legal processes and procedures, including incident response plans, and advise on other relevant policies, procedures, playbooks, and standards.
• Collaborate with internal teams on cross-functional projects related to a wide range of physical security and cybersecurity issues that touch upon privacy, data security, product development, intellectual property, public policy, and compliance.
• Partners with Government Affairs and Cyber teams on legislative issues and emerging regulations to provide advocacy within industry groups and before government entities.
• Reviews and negotiates physical security and cybersecurity requirements related to customer and third-party contracts.
• Partners closely with Global Security and Cyber teams to ensure compliance with applicable law and regulations.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with external legal partners and customers.
• Monitor compliance with relevant internal business and legal processes and policies.

• Acts with humility, leads with transparency, and delivers with focus.

• Juris Doctorate or equivalent degree from accredited university
• Minimum 10 years as a practicing attorney, including 8+ years of cybersecurity experience at a national law firm, government agency, or in-house
• Member in good standing with the State Bar
• Eligible for a US security clearance
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

• Experience in-house or law firm strongly preferred.
• Domain expertise in cybersecurity laws, regulations, and best practices.
• Experience in incident response and crisis management.
• Experience advising on matters involving engagement with law enforcement agencies.
• Proactive and defined self-starter with superior communication skills.
• Innovative, forward-thinking, and results-oriented with a passion to solve complex problems in a creative and pragmatic way and to translate laws and regulations into actionable policies and procedures that enable business objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and drive internal and external stakeholders to a decision in a matrix corporate environment.

• Strong collaboration skills across all levels of the organization.
• Ability to make decisions that have deep impact.
• Actively embraces new ways of thinking and practices that increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ability to handle multiple inquiries and assignments in a time pressured environment, and composure to satisfy multiple, and sometimes competing objectives.
• Communicates and demonstrates a shared sense of purpose. Learns from failure.

• Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen