Counsel – Privacy, Cybersecurity, AI & Product Technology

Remote, Based in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, or Washington DC area.

Come build something that matters.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:

The Counsel will provide practical, business-oriented legal advice for Stanley Black & Decker’s privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, technology, consumer privacy, and product compliance initiatives. Reporting to the VP, Global Privacy and Technology Governance Counsel, this role will serve as an embedded legal partner to teams across the Americas while contributing to global governance programs. The Counsel will independently manage appropriately scoped matters, collaborate with senior counsel on complex or enterprise-significant issues, and help identify and address legal risk early in the lifecycle of technology procurement, product development, commercialization, and customer engagement, with particular emphasis on technology-enabled and connected products.

Privacy, Cybersecurity & AI Advisory

• Provide day-to-day legal guidance on privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, data governance, digital compliance, and responsible AI matters, independently managing routine and moderately complex issues and partnering with senior counsel on novel or high-risk matters.
• Support SBD’s Consumer Privacy program, including advising on consumer-facing privacy requirements, notices, consent and preference management, data subject and consumer rights processes, retention, marketing practices, and other operational privacy matters across the Americas.
• Prepare, review, and maintain Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for new or changing technologies, products, services, processing activities, and business initiatives; recommend mitigation measures and track required follow-up.
• Use OneTrust to manage privacy intake, assessment workflows, records, approvals, reporting, and evidence of compliance.
• Conduct privacy, security, and AI risk assessments and provide practical recommendations to business and functional stakeholders.
• Translate legal and regulatory requirements into practical controls, playbooks, contract positions, product requirements, and business guidance.
• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments across the Americas and support impact assessments, readiness planning, policies, standards, and training.
• Support incident preparedness and response, including legal research, fact development, documentation, notification analysis, and coordination with Cybersecurity, IT, Privacy, Communications, and outside counsel.
• Manage AI governance intake, risk review, approvals, documentation, acceptable-use guardrails, and ongoing monitoring for appropriately scoped matters.

Technology Procurement & Contracting

• Partner with Global Supply Management and its counsel, IT, Cybersecurity, Privacy, and business stakeholders throughout vendor intake, diligence, sourcing, negotiation, onboarding, and lifecycle management.
• Independently review, draft, and negotiate routine and moderately complex technology-related agreements and exhibits, including SaaS, cloud, software, professional services, data processing and transfer terms, cybersecurity requirements, AI terms, statements of work, technology licensing terms, and confidentiality agreements.
• Support and, where appropriate, lead customer-facing commercial negotiations involving technology products, digital services, connected products, data use, cybersecurity, privacy, AI, audit rights, regulatory commitments, and allocation of risk.
• Apply established contracting playbooks and escalation criteria, identify nonstandard or higher-risk positions, develop practical alternatives, and present concise recommendations to senior counsel and business partners.
• Develop and maintain reusable clauses, guidance, checklists, and training that improve consistency and speed across procurement and commercial sales channels.

Product & Connected Product Compliance

• Advise product, engineering, digital, cybersecurity, marketing, sales, quality, and regulatory teams on legal requirements affecting technology-enabled and connected products.
• Support and independently manage appropriately scoped product development and go-to-market reviews involving privacy by design, secure by design, AI-enabled features, consumer transparency, data collection and use, connectivity, software, digital services, and product claims.
• Assess product compliance obligations across relevant Americas markets and coordinate with senior, local, and subject-matter counsel where specialized advice is required.
• Review product documentation, disclosures, notices, terms, instructions, internal approvals, and evidence of compliance.
• Support issue escalation and remediation when product, cybersecurity, privacy, AI, regulatory, or customer requirements intersect, presenting clear facts, options, and recommendations.

Americas Business Partnership

• Serve as a responsive legal partner to business teams across the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean, with particular focus on Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking markets.
• Build trusted relationships with regional legal, commercial, procurement, digital, product, IT, cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance stakeholders.
• Deliver practical education and localized guidance that reflects regional law, language, business context, and global SBD standards.
• Prioritize and manage regional matters within the role’s scope, escalating complex, novel, or high-risk issues with clear facts, analysis, and recommended next steps.

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Juris Doctor or equivalent law degree and authorization to practice law in at least one relevant jurisdiction.
• Approximately 5–10 years of progressively responsible legal experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, government, or comparable setting.
• Demonstrated experience in several of the following areas: privacy and data protection, cybersecurity, technology transactions, AI governance, commercial law, consumer privacy, product compliance, or connected products, with the ability and interest to develop across the remaining domains.
• Demonstrated experience preparing, reviewing, and documenting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), including identifying and tracking appropriate mitigation measures.
• Hands-on experience using OneTrust to support privacy assessments, workflows, records, reporting, and related privacy program activities.
• Ability to independently analyze complex legal and technical information, identify material issues, and convert findings into clear, commercially practical advice.
• Strong legal research, drafting, negotiation, project management, organization, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound judgment, ownership, responsiveness, and the ability to recognize when escalation or additional subject-matter support is appropriate.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions, cultures, time zones, and levels of seniority in a fast-moving global organization.
• Professional fluency in English and Spanish and/or Portuguese.

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

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The Salary range for this position is $118,300.00 - $181,366.66

• This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker.
• The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.
• The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases.
• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

Learning & Development:

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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