Corporate Counsel Lead at Fidelity National Information Services: Apply Now!

FIS is a Fortune 500 financial-technology company that provides core banking, merchant solutions, and capital-market services globally.

About the role

The Corporate Counsel Lead will serve as Privacy, Cybersecurity, & Data Protection Counsel, providing strategic legal advice on global privacy, cybersecurity, data protection, and artificial-intelligence regulations while supporting compliance initiatives and business objectives across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Advise stakeholders on global privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data-protection laws and regulations.
• Serve as the privacy lead for India and support regional compliance initiatives.
• Drive the implementation and enhancement of privacy and data-protection compliance programmes.
• Develop, update, and maintain privacy procedures, guidelines, and best practices.
• Monitor regulatory developments and provide practical business guidance.
• Lead privacy-awareness and training initiatives.
• Support regulatory audits, investigations, complaints, and interactions with supervisory authorities.
• Manage privacy incidents and personal-data breaches, including notification assessments and response activities.
• Advise on data-protection impact assessments, transfer-impact assessments, records of processing, and legitimate-interest assessments.
• Support contract drafting and negotiation relating to privacy, cybersecurity, and data-protection requirements.

Requirements

• Law degree or equivalent legal qualification from an accredited institution.
• Juris Doctor or equivalent legal credential.
• Significant experience practising law in a law firm or in-house legal environment.
• Advanced knowledge of global privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data-protection regulations.
• Strong legal analysis, risk-assessment, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience advising business stakeholders on complex regulatory and compliance matters.
• Strong contract drafting, negotiation, and legal-communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while collaborating with legal, compliance, technology, and business teams.

Location

Gurugram, Haryana (onsite).