Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer

Thomson Reuters is seeking an experienced Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer to lead our organization's comprehensive privacy strategy and program. This role will oversee the development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of our privacy framework to ensure compliance with global regulations while enabling business growth and innovation.

Reporting to the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, the Chief Privacy Officer will evolve our privacy program into a world-class operation that protects personal information, mitigates privacy risk, and maintains stakeholder trust. This role requires a strategic leader who can navigate complex regulatory landscapes while partnering effectively across all levels of the organization.

About the Role

As Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer, you will be responsible for:

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute the organization's privacy vision, strategy, and roadmap

• Lead and mentor a team of privacy professionals and attorneys

• Partner with executive leadership to integrate privacy considerations into business strategy

• Serve as the organization's primary privacy spokesperson to regulators, customers, and stakeholders

Program Management & Compliance

• Oversee global privacy compliance across all jurisdictions where the company operates

• Conduct comprehensive privacy risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies

• Monitor evolving privacy laws and regulations, assessing and adjusting policies and processes to address organizational impact

• Establish privacy governance frameworks and accountability structures

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Information Security, General Counsel’s Office, Data & Analytics, business segments, and other internal functions

• Provide privacy guidance for new products, services, and business initiatives

• Lead and/or serve as subject matter expert with privacy due diligence and integration activities as part of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures

• Develop and manage procedures for vetting and auditing vendors and third parties on privacy compliance requirements

Incident Response & Rights Management

• Direct privacy incident investigations and breach response in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders

• Enhance and oversee consumer/data subject rights (DSR) request processes, including consent processes and honoring of DSR requests in accordance with legal requirements

• Manage relationships with regulatory authorities during investigations or inquiries

Innovation & Emerging Technologies

• Stay current with technological advances that impact privacy practices, including assessing privacy implications of AI, machine learning, and other emerging technologies

• Develop privacy-by-design principles for technology implementations

About You

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, or related field

• Juris Doctor from accredited law school preferred and an active bar admission in at least one U.S. state (if attorney

Experience

• 10-15 years of progressive privacy and data protection experience

• International privacy experience

• Proven track record of implementing enterprise-wide privacy programs

• Experience in fast-paced, technology-driven organizations

• Demonstrated success managing privacy programs globally

• Experience with incident response and regulatory interactions

Leadership & Skills

• Strong people leadership experience with ability to build and develop teams

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills for diverse audiences

• Strategic thinking with ability to translate vision and legal requirements into operational execution

• Deep understanding of global privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, etc.)

• Knowledge of information security principles and data processing operations

• Experience with privacy management tools (OneTrust, GRC platforms)

• Ethical, with the ability to handle confidential information, remain impartial and report noncompliance

• Strong sense of urgency and results-orientation

• Proven ability to lead, motivate, influence and guide cross functional teams and direct reports

• Strong interpersonal skills, and fosters a culture of belonging that enables everyone to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives

• Demonstrates a commitment to the company’s vision, mission and values

Preferred qualifications

• Professional privacy certification (CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, or equivalent)

• Experience advising content-driven AI companies

• Experience in managing privacy requirements as a service provider to various regulated entities, such as healthcare entities (e.g., HIPAA-regulated entities), banking (e.g., GLBA-regulated entities), etc.

• Background in management consulting or law firm advisory services

• Technical background in data architecture or cybersecurity

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What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.

Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $213,710 - $396,890.
For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $185,500 - $344,500.

This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.
Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.


About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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