Chief Counsel, IP, Trust & Cyber

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence. If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

OVERVIEW The Chief Counsel, IP, Trust & Cyber serves as Moody’s enterprise-level legal leader across intellectual property, data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI governance — the critical legal infrastructure underlying the company’s technology-driven strategy. This role also supports the firm’s strategic sourcing function, focused primarily on in-bound licensing of critical third party IP and data assets. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer of Moody’s Corporation, this senior executive sits on the Senior Leadership Team of the Legal and Compliance Organization and leads a global team of specialists across IP, privacy, cybersecurity, technology law and strategic sourcing. This role serves as a center of excellence for technology-related legal matters across Moody’s Investors Service and Moody’s Analytics, partnering closely with the General Counsel of Moody’s Analytics, the Chief Procurement Officer and other business-aligned legal leaders to protect the firm’s significant IP and data assets, shape product strategy, and advance responsible and compliant deployment of AI and technology. The ideal candidate brings formidable intellectual property expertise — particularly in patent, copyright, and AI / data rights strategy — combined with experience in privacy, cybersecurity and incident response, and the leadership capability to build and direct a world-class global function.

IP Strategy & Portfolio Management Lead enterprise-wide intellectual property strategy, including the development, protection, monetization, and enforcement of Moody’s IP estate across patents, trademarks, copyrights, database rights, and trade secrets Advise on the governance, exploitation, and protection of Moody’s significant proprietary data assets — including financial data, credit analytics, AI datasets, and the company’s knowledge graph — as core enterprise value drivers Oversee IP portfolio management, including prosecution strategy, portfolio maintenance, licensing, and cross-licensing arrangements Lead the defense of third-party IP claims, including patent assertion entity matters, copyright infringement claims, and trade secret disputes — directing both in-house resources and external IP litigation counsel Advise on IP aspects of product development, licensing structures, and M&A transactions, partnering with product counsel and transactional legal teams to identify, protect, and leverage IP value Privacy, Cybersecurity & Data Governance Serve as senior legal advisor on privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity laws and regulations across all jurisdictions in which Moody’s operates — including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, EU AI Act, data localization requirements, and emerging global frameworks Guide the development and maintenance of Moody’s global privacy program, including privacy-by-design principles, data subject rights frameworks, vendor data processing agreements,