Overview

Senior Director, Legal - Infrastructure, Trust & Digital Resilience Legal at Salesforce. The Senior Director leads the team responsible for providing strategic guidance and practical counsel on the legal aspects of infrastructure, including cybersecurity / trust and digital resilience / service availability matters, applicable to cloud computing and AI service providers. The role serves as a trusted legal partner to the Chief Infrastructure Officer’s organization, offering proactive counsel on regulatory, policy, and litigation trends, and collaborates with Government Affairs to shape the cybersecurity and digital resilience regulatory landscape. The position supports the AI transformation for legal compliance matters, including automation of incident response and reporting. This is an office-hybrid role (3 days per week) based in Salesforce offices in San Francisco, New York City, Washington, D.C., or Chicago; remote will not be considered.

Responsibilities

• Strategic legal partner to the Chief Infrastructure Officer, Chief Trust Officer, Chief Availability Officer, and their leadership teams on issues related to cloud computing infrastructure, cybersecurity, and digital resilience, including incident response, regulator and customer notifications, and board reporting.
• Develop and implement operational frameworks and processes for legal requirements concerning infrastructure, cybersecurity, and digital resilience.
• Provide hands-on, practical legal support to empower the Infrastructure organization to design and build best-in-class infrastructure and security environments.
• Lead global teams responsible for day-to-day legal counsel and operations related to cybersecurity and digital resilience compliance (contractual and regulatory), including audits, assessments, and reporting.
• Partner with business teams and Government Affairs to set policy priorities and translate developments into actionable operational guidance.
• Collaborate with Global Privacy, Product, and AI Legal teams to ensure cybersecurity and digital resilience requirements are built into product requirements and processes.
• Partner with Corporate Governance Legal on SEC reporting strategy and with Litigation on investigations.
• Serve as resident expert on cybersecurity and digital resilience legal matters, including developing training, guidelines, and real-time advisory support.

Required Skills / Experience

• Significant experience practicing law focused on digital resilience and cybersecurity, including operational solutions for complex legal challenges.
• Expertise in global cybersecurity and digital resilience laws, including SEC disclosure requirements, with ability to translate legal requirements into operational procedures.
• Strong familiarity with global privacy and data protection laws; ability to advise on intersection of privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity.
• Proven ability to lead and manage legal teams in an operational context, delivering efficient legal support.
• Experience interacting with regulators and policy makers.
• Cloud computing and AI subject matter expertise.

Desired Skills / Experience

• Computer Science / Engineering or other technical background.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance legal operations, particularly in incident response and compliance reporting.

Accommodations and Notice

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