The Role
General Motors is seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking attorney to serve as Counsel – Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data , providing legal guidance and strategic counsel across GM’s global operations. This role is pivotal in ensuring GM’s compliance with global privacy and cybersecurity laws, regulatory obligations, and customer commitments, while enabling responsible innovation across products, services, and technologies.
The successful candidate will serve as a trusted legal partner to GM’s Privacy Operations, Software Product & Engineering, IT, Cybersecurity, and Public Policy teams. You will work cross-functionally to embed privacy-by-design and security-by-default principles into GM’s product development lifecycle and operational processes.
In this role you will:
- Interpret and advise on global privacy, cybersecurity, and data laws and frameworks.
- Support the ongoing operation and governance of GM’s global privacy program, including policies, standards, assurance, and audit readiness, to ensure best in class practices.
- Respond to business inquiries and support enterprise change management in a dynamic regulatory environment.
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and collaborate with Public Policy to align advocacy and product strategy.
- Assess and provide strategic advice to operationalize new laws and regulations.
- Build trusted relationships with executives and cross‑functional partners; communicate proactively.
- Advise on consent orders and regulator interactions, including interpreting obligations and guiding submissions.
- Provide legal oversight for privacy impact assessments, records of processing, and risk escalation.
- Counsel on cross-border data transfers, data retention, minimization, and de-identification practices.
- Advise product and software teams on privacy considerations in connected vehicle technologies and digital services, ensuring GM’s privacy principles are carried into design and deployment.
- Draft, review, and negotiate data protection agreements (DPAs), standard contractual clauses (SCCs), and other data-sharing terms.
Additional Job Description:
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- J.D. from an accredited law school; licensed to practice in the U.S.
- 5+ years of legal experience, with significant exposure to privacy, including technology law or regulatory compliance.
- Experience working in a software or technology-driven environment.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
What will give you a competitive edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Familiarity with connected devices, cameras, location services, or mobile applications.
- Certifications such as CIPP/US or CIPT.
- Experience in automotive, mobility, or regulated industries.
Why Join Us
At GM, privacy is not just a legal obligation—it’s a core part of our commitment to customer trust and responsible innovation. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking legal team that’s shaping the future of mobility, connected technologies, and ethical AI.
Location: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of (Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford or Mountain View), you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.
Compensation:
The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws.
The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.
- The salary range for this role is 110,000 - $172,100. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
- Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
- Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
Relocation: This role is May eligible for relocation benefits
Immigration:
GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)
