Consultant, Cybersecurity Privacy Generalist

About The Role

FTI Consulting provides clients with comprehensive cybersecurity and privacy consulting, including privacy program development, regulatory compliance, data protection assessments, incident response, and cyber risk management. We are seeking a Consultant to join our Privacy team within the Cybersecurity practice. This role supports client teams in executing privacy and cybersecurity engagements, covering privacy risk assessments, regulatory compliance, data governance, policy development, and the configuration and implementation of privacy management platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Support client teams in the execution of various privacy and cybersecurity consulting engagements simultaneously, across service areas including privacy risk assessments, regulatory compliance, data governance, and policy development.
• Assist in the configuration and implementation of privacy management platforms (e.g., OneTrust, TrustArc, Ketch) to support client-facing privacy program solutions, including Data Inventory and Data Mapping, Consent Management Platforms (CMP), Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) workflows, vendor and third-party risk management portals, and privacy notice and policy management tools.
• Assist in the configuration and implementation of data integrations between third-party systems and centralized cloud data platforms such as Snowflake and Databricks.
• Support the preparation of client materials, including strategic memos, privacy assessments, presentations, policy and procedure documents, gap analysis reports, regulatory or compliance updates, and internal communications content.
• Follow market and regulatory trends across federal and state privacy law, including developments related to GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and other applicable frameworks.
• Organize administrative and client materials.
• Assist with ongoing program measurement and progress report development.
• Deliver high-quality work focused on client needs.
• Demonstrate integrity and manage firm and client data responsibly.
• Support administrative tasks such as updating presentation decks and organizing client documents.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Flexibility, a go-getter mentality, and a willingness to learn and work across different subjects, offerings, and industries.
• Technical curiosity and a high level of organization.
• Understanding of emerging privacy technologies and tools such as Data Inventory and Mapping solutions, Consent Management Platforms, and DSAR systems.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer or Privacy Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• Research, writing, and editing skills.
• A strong work ethic.
• Ability to work collaboratively as a team player and independently, take initiative, and set priorities.
• This role requires travel to clients and FTI offices.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong time and priority management skills and ability to effectively juggle multiple client projects.
• Desire and ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, deadline-oriented dynamic environment with regular change.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Familiarity with privacy and cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, or GDPR is a plus.
• Experience with data analysis tools or programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, R) is a plus.
• Experience with Privacy Management Platforms (e.g., OneTrust, Ketch, Truyo, Osano) is also a plus.