Assistant General Counsel, Global Data, Privacy & AI - CoStar Group - Arlington, VA
Job Description
Assistant General Counsel, Global Data, Privacy & AI - CoStar Group - Arlington, VA Company OverviewCoStar Group is a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces and 3D digital twin technology. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world's real estate-empowering people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives.
With leading brands across commercial and residential real estate - including CoStar, LoopNet, Apartments.com, Homes.com, STR, Matterport and other global online marketplaces - CoStar Group delivers trusted data, powerful analytics, and high-traffic online marketplaces that shape the future of the industry.
Role SummaryWe are seeking a commercially savvy Assistant General Counsel, Global Data, Privacy & AI to lead and scale CoStar Group's global privacy program across one of the world's largest proprietary real estate data and marketplace platforms. This role will serve as a strategic partner to product, technology, and commercial teams-shaping privacy and AI governance, ensuring global regulatory compliance, and enabling responsible, high-impact use of data that fuels our market-leading analytics and online marketplaces. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic and forward-thinking privacy leader who brings deep regulatory expertise, strong business judgment, and a proven ability to operationalize global privacy programs at scale within a fast-moving, data-intensive, technology-driven organization.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the company's global privacy program
- Serve as the primary legal advisor on privacy, data protection, AI and information governance matters
- Provide strategic, practical, and commercially focused counsel to business leaders on data use, product development, and risk mitigation
- Ensure compliance with global data protection, AI and privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other applicable frameworks
- Partner cross-functionally with product, engineering, security, compliance, and business teams to embed privacy/AI-by-design principles
- Oversee data governance frameworks, policies, and procedures across the organization
- Manage regulatory inquiries, investigations, and interactions with data protection authorities
- Monitor and interpret evolving AI and privacy laws and translate them into actionable business requirements
- Lead privacy impact assessments (PIAs/DPIAs) and data mapping initiatives
- Develop and deliver privacy and AI training and awareness programs
- Manage outside counsel and external advisors as needed
- Build and mentor a high-performing privacy team
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree from an accredited not-for-profit in person University or College required
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing with ability to practice in the state of Virginia
- 8-10 years of relevant legal experience, including a combination of top-tier law firm and in-house roles
- Demonstrated experience leading and implementing global privacy programs within a data-driven or technology-enabled organization
- Strong knowledge of global privacy and data protection laws and frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other international regimes)
- Required certifications: CIPP/US
- Proven ability to operate as a strategic business partner with a commercial mindset
- Experience embedding privacy and data considerations into the product lifecycle
- Proven experience partnering with product development teams to enable compliant data use in product development
- Experience advising on legal and regulatory issues related to AI/ML, including model training, data provenance, and responsible AI use
- Familiarity with emerging AI governance frameworks and global regulatory developments (e.g., EU AI Act, U.S. AI guidance)
- Experience advising on data strategy, including the legal and regulatory considerations associated with leveraging data as an asset
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing teams
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
- High level of judgment, integrity, and accountability
Preferred Experience - AIGP (Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional) certification
- CIPP/EU
- Experience in an information services, data analytics, or technology company
- Familiarity with global data transfer mechanisms and cross-border data strategies
- Experience working in a publicly traded company
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, including data classification, retention, and usage policies beyond personal data
- Ability to advise on legal risks related to the use of non-personal, aggregated, or de-identified data
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? When you join CoStar Group, you'll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.
We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, and tuition reimbursement.
Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
- Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
- Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
- Commuter and parking benefits
- 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
- Access to CoStar Group's Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
- Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing
CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing