Description:
The Legal Counsel - Ethics & Compliance, Data Privacy is a permanent and full-time manager role to be filled by an experienced data privacy professional. The successful candidate will have a strong legal background and be able to demonstrate strong interest and experience in digital and technology. The role sits within An American-Irish Multinational Professional Services Company Ethics & Compliance function in Legal, reports to the Global Data Privacy - Advisory Function Lead, who oversees Data Privacy Advisory for An American-Irish Multinational Professional Services Company globally.Key Responsibilities:
As part of the Data Privacy Advisory functional group within An American-Irish Multinational Professional Services Company global Data Privacy team, the role has the following data privacy responsibility:
- Conduct privacy reviews for new or existing internal projects and/or business and other data privacy compliance strategic projects on regional and global scale.
- Provide subject matter expertise and support to internal corporate and business functions globally in respect of data privacy, legal compliance, privacy risk management, and privacy by design.
- Partner and interact with key business stakeholders and senior individuals, to ensure data privacy issues are considered at the outset of new services, offerings, projects, products and initiatives.
- Conduct legal research, interpret and apply a risk-based assessment of how legal requirements affect new services, offerings, projects, products or initiatives.
- Build and maintain strong and trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, in particular with legal and business teams, and interaction with clients, as needed.
- Effectively work with the regional and local stakeholders to create and maintain suitable privacy review processes and embed privacy by design methodology into relevant business processes.
- Effectively work with the other Data Privacy (DP) team roles on global DP initiatives and projects.
- Stay abreast of legal and regulatory developments related to data privacy and adjacent fields/areas/topics, including technology trends and developments and their impact, develop guidance, training and thought leadership for internal audiences.
Job Requirements:
Must have ability to effectively work with others remotely, manage a schedule with global stakeholders, conduct privacy reviews and engage in contract negotiation.
Basic Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in global data privacy law and practice in a global company
Preferred Qualifications:
- CIPP/CIPM or comparable privacy certification
- Demonstrate data privacy and data security expertise & command of global data privacy and related laws.
- Demonstrate strong project/program management and operational skills to lead cross-functional projects, especially in a multi-cultural environment.
- Experience in the technology or IT sector.
- Experience in monitoring privacy trends and developments and translating those into actionable requirements.
- Proficiency in English (both spoken and written).
- Be able to explain difficult-to-understand ideas, processes, or plans in simple terms, enhance simplification.
- Able to think out of the box, work independently and collaboratively across various levels and to bridge different views and requirements.
- Highly motivated and proactive, with the ability to articulate company vision and policy, and to seek out areas of risk and priority.
- Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills with the ability to interface, and develop relationships, with all levels of management and staff, and work cross-culturally.
- Confidence and credibility in dealing with internal management, senior personnel within the corporate functions, outside counsel, other Legal team members.
- Able to consistently apply good judgment.
- Able to adapt nimbly to changing needs within the business.
