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An American Multinational Energy Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies, with approximately 40,000 employees working in countries around the world. We believe affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy is essential to enabling human progress. An American Multinational Energy Corporation produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives; and develops technologies that enhance our business and the industry. We aim to grow our traditional oil and gas business, lower the carbon intensity of our operations and grow new lower carbon business in renewable fuels, hydrogen, carbon capture, offsets and other emerging technologies.

This is a Senior Counsel position in the Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Team and will report to the Supervising Counsel, Privacy and Cybersecurity. The Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Team houses both An American Multinational Energy Corporation's legal team supporting privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence issues worldwide and An American Multinational Energy Corporation's Global Privacy Office (GPO), which is responsible for An American Multinational Energy Corporation's enterprise data privacy program.

Responsibilities for this position:
Cyber Organization Support

Provide day-to-day legal advice to cybersecurity organization and operating units globally on all aspects of cybersecurity risk management and governance, cybersecurity contracting, and cybersecurity regulation.
Support cybersecurity incident response activities, including investigations, notifications, compliance, and remediation.
Advise on legal compliance in connection with internal investigations.
Assist cybersecurity organization in developing training for company personnel.
Advise on tabletop exercises.
Serve as legal advisor for internal audits for data security and information governance programs.

Regulatory Compliance Support

Monitor and maintain current knowledge of developments in foreign, federal, and state cybersecurity regulations and laws as well as applicable government and industry standards.
Support implementation of cybersecurity controls within An American Multinational Energy Corporation business units, as required by regulation, and interface with regulators as necessary to advocate for An American Multinational Energy Corporation's position and seek alignment.
Support government affairs around efforts to advocate for An American Multinational Energy Corporation / industry with regard to new cyber regulations.
Advise on regulatory filings in relation to cyber issues.

Transactional Support

Provide legal advice on third-party cybersecurity risk.
Provide subject matter transactional support in negotiating and drafting company contracts and agreements, as necessary.
Provide M&A cyber due diligence support.
Law Function Support
Lead special cybersecurity-related projects within the Law Function.
Support other members of Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Team as needs arise.

Required Qualifications:

Licensed to practice law in a United States jurisdiction, preferably Texas or California
Juris Doctor or equivalent
Minimum of 5 years of experience
Familiarity with information security concepts, technologies, and practices
Proven client counseling skills in providing pragmatic, day-to-day advice, informing clients of important legal developments, and warning clients of potential legal risks

Preferred Qualifications:

Privacy, cybersecurity, or AI-related certification (e.g., CIPP/E, AIGP)
Transactional experience in negotiating and drafting technology contracts
Experience in litigating complex or cutting-edge disputes or advising on litigation risk
Experience managing incident response
Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations in other legal compliance areas; knowledgeable about effective compliance programs