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EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.

With rapidly changing global privacy regulations, clients from all industries look to us for trusted solutions for increasingly complex risks. As a member of our Privacy team you’ll have the opportunity help clients gain insights into their privacy programs and capabilities to maintain compliance to global privacy regulations. You’ll have access to our robust, global solutions and methodologies to advise clients on managing their privacy programs to mitigate their business risks. You’ll belong to an international connected team of specialists helping our clients with their most complex cybersecurity and privacy needs and contributing toward their business resilience.

The opportunity

You’ll work alongside respected professionals, learning about and applying leading practices to manage privacy program capabilities, which includes the processes, people, and technologies. You’ll gain insights into the design and operations of privacy programs and strategies in a variety of industries and learn how to design measurable, sustainable programs to keep up with the ever changing regulatory landscape.

Your key responsibilities

You’ll work with a National practice to assess privacy programs and strategies using our proprietary framework, design solutions to remediate gaps or enhance maturity of specific privacy capabilities, improve measurements and monitoring, and develop sustainable processes to enable our clients to achieve business goals and mitigate their risks. You’ll gain experience applying risk management principles to a cybersecurity environment and leveraging cybersecurity frameworks / standards like ISO/IEC 27001:2013, NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, etc. as well as better understanding privacy regulations -General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679).

Skills and attributes for success

• Work closely with executives to co-lead, motivate teams and provide leadership in client engagements

• Foster relationships with client personnel to analyze, evaluate, and enhance information systems to develop and improve privacy at procedural and governance levels

• Lead pursuits and sales processes. Provide support for selling engagements and expanding current engagements. Generate new business opportunities and foster relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and approximately 7 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 6 years of related work experience

• Approximately 5+ years of working in a Privacy environment assessing client risk and compliance to Global privacy regulations.

• Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, OSI model), operating system fundamentals (Windows, UNIX, mainframe), security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, etc.) and application programming/scripting languages (C, Java, Perl, Shell).

• Demonstrated experience in the following areas:

1. Secure messaging/email encryption

2. Mobile device security

3. Disk, file, device, and database encryption

4. Data classification and privacy policies

5. Digital Rights Management (DRM)

6. Logging, monitoring, and security event management

7. Secure information storage

• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance issues affecting clients related to privacy and data protection, such as PCI DSS, GLBA, Basel II, EU Data Protection Directive, International Cross Border, and U.S. State Data Privacy Laws.

• A willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 60-80%; a valid driver’s license in the US

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Strong presentation and communication skills; ability to speak with director and VP levels

• CISSP, CISM, CISA, CIPT, CIPM, CRISC or other relevant certification desired; non-certified hires are required to become certified within 1 year from the date of hire

What we look for

We’re interested in intellectually curious people with a genuine passion for cyber security. With your broad exposure across Privacy, we’ll turn to you to speak up with innovative new ideas that could make a lasting difference not only to us – but also to the industry as a whole.

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $168,900 to $386,100. The salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $202,800 to $438,800. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis. If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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