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Legal Specialist

Heredia, Costa Rica

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Posted
08/07/2026
Job reference
14520
Experience level
Experienced Hire
Job category
Corporate Services
Line of business
Legal

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. 


Skills and Competencies

  • Experience working in a legal or compliance privacy role within a global organization required

  • Strong experience researching and interpreting laws and regulations

  • Exceptional accuracy, attention to detail, and organizational skills

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and SharePoint, including content management and site maintenance

  • Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and operate proactively in a fast-paced environment

  • Experience using privacy compliance platforms such as OneTrust preferred

  • Demonstrated proficiency in artificial intelligence concepts, with hands-on experience using AI tools to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency. Proven ability to implement AI-powered solutions to solve business challenges. Demonstrates a growing awareness of AI risk management and a commitment to responsible and ethical AI use.

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in law, Legal Studies, Business, Compliance, or a related field required, or at least 3 years’ experience working in a related field

Responsibilities

Support Moody’s global data privacy program by managing legal compliance activities, privacy operations, reporting, and process improvements across multiple jurisdictions. 

  • Conduct legal research to:

    •  Maintain and update Moody’s internal global privacy, cyber, data breach, and data broker law know-how charts

    • Conduct gap analyses of requirements of new laws

    • Draft Moody’s internal monthly global privacy, which provides latest legal news and updates to the business regarding recent privacy laws, enforcement and court cases.

  • Incident management triaging and assessing potential personal data incidents, and logging and escalating incidents.

  • Support day-to-day global privacy operations and compliance initiatives in a proactive manner

  • Leverage artificial intelligence and workflow tools to automate processes such as intake, logging, tracking, and reporting of privacy reviews and data incidents

About the Team

Our Global Privacy Team supports Moody’s enterprise-wide privacy compliance framework across a complex and evolving global data landscape. The team partners with stakeholders across the business to manage privacy risks, maintain compliance with global regulations, support innovative data and technology solutions, and enable responsible use of emerging technologies including GenAI and Agentic AI. By joining the team, you will contribute to the development of scalable privacy practices that support Moody’s data, analytics, software, and risk intelligence businesses worldwide.


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Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.
For more information on the Securities Trading Program, please refer to the Securities Trading Policy on Moody’s Compliance Expo page

Please note: STP categories are assigned by the hiring teams and are subject to change over the course of an employee’s tenure with Moody’s.

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