Legal Assistant, Privacy

What You'll Do

• Manage global legal projects in collaboration with team of privacy lawyers and other professionals from launch to conclusion.
• Drive strategic efficiency and modernization of data and privacy legal operations by leading technology, automation, artificial intelligence tools, and process improvements that transform how the data and privacy legal team works.
• Support client and team meetings, preparing agendas, PowerPoints, and other content for attorneys, documenting action items or important decisions, and advancing strategic initiatives alongside clients and business partners.
• Conduct research, prepare documents, and deliver presentations for attorneys or other stakeholders on operations, privacy issues, or other data-related topics.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience, including experience in data privacy, artificial intelligence, compliance, or legal operations.
• Proven ability to lead and manage complex, cross-functional legal and operational initiatives including working with stakeholders to establish milestones and delivering projects in a timely manner.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels of an organization.
• Track record of driving "strategic efficiency."
• Experience identifying, implementing, and managing legal technology and building structures, systems, and workflows (e.g., workflow automation tools, large language models, or other AI-driven tools) to modernize legal workflows and make teams more efficient.
• Comfortable learning new tools and technologies quickly, and a fundamental knowledge of AI including the abilities of Large Language Models and other AI tools to support legal work.
• Synthesize complex legal discussions into actionable meeting minutes, executive summaries, action items, and memos for leaders and business partners.
• Strong legal research skills (using LexisNexis, Westlaw, or regulatory databases) with the ability to distill findings into concise, business-friendly materials.
• Exceptional judgment in handling sensitive matters and information while maintaining the highest ethical and professional standards.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more.
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Established and active employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Pay

• Salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.
• Salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200.

Schedule

• This position is hybrid.
• Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.