Legal Counsel (Digital Products & Data Privacy)

Harvey John Recruitment; Brighton, Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Legal Counsel to support a Sussex-based healthcare client. In this role, you will utilize your expertise in digital law and data privacy to negotiate contracts and manage legal responsibilities within a dynamic team. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication and stakeholder management skills, along with a keen understanding of technology legislation. This is an exciting opportunity to influence meaningful healthcare solutions while advancing your career.

Qualifications

• Curious and intellectual mindset, keeping up with tech legislation.
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder interactions.
• Solid business acumen to identify risks pragmatically.
• Strong legal ability in drafting high-value contracts.
• Legal experience ideally in pharmaceuticals or data privacy.

Responsibilities

• Aid in the digital and data privacy strategy for the company.
• Review, draft, and negotiate complex commercial contracts.
• Liaise with stakeholders and represent the company in litigation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Legal ability for contract negotiation

Understanding of data privacy laws

Job description

Legal Counsel (Digital Products & Data Privacy)

Legal Counsel (Digital Products & Data Privacy)

Legal Counsel: Digital, Data & Privacy | West Sussex | 3+ PQE | 65-85k

Do you have an eye for detail and experience with data and software laws? Are you interested in becoming part of a huge network of professionals contributing toward positive progress in healthcare?

Becoming a Legal Counsel for our Sussex-based client could be the perfect next step for you. You could improve your impact on the world through your work while showcasing your skills in the ever-developing sphere of technology-related laws.

In this innovative and dynamic position, you’ll use your in-depth legal knowledge and digital savvy to aid in the progress of this well-known healthcare company’s mission to digitise their healthcare solutions.

You will be responsible for digital data & data privacy within this team of highly skilled in-house lawyers. Utilising your stakeholder management skills and legal prowess, you’ll play an integral role in this team and become a high-profile individual within this company’s cross-functional matrix management system.

For this Legal Counsel (Digital Products & Data Privacy) role, you will ideally have:

• A curious and intellectual mindset: a willingness to remain abreast of changes in legislation, particularly relating to advances in Artificial Intelligence and technology more generally.
• Excellent communication skills: with the confidence to liaise with stakeholders and represent your company by advocating for your decisions in instances of litigation when necessary.
• Solid business acumen: possessing the savviness to identify potential risks whilst being pragmatic and flexible in your decision-making.
• Strong technical legal ability in terms of reviewing, drafting, amending and negotiating highly complex and high-value commercial contracts relating to digital products and solutions.
• Legal experience within the digital sphere, ideally within the realm of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology or medical devices. A working knowledge of data privacy laws is also desirable.

Whether you’re working in-house or in private practice, if you have a background in tech-related law and would like a diverse role in which you can really excel and demonstrate additional skills – get in touch!

Contact the Legal Team – Hayley Rose or Chloë – at Harvey John for more information about this Legal Counsel job in Sussex.

Harvey John is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The salary bracket advertised is FTE, for guidance only. We are committed to continued improvement in terms of diversity and inclusion practices. Please get in touch with any questions concerning reasonable adjustments, accommodations, or diversity practices.

Harvey John
Unit 2 Ferry Wharf
Hove Enterprise Centre
Basin Road North
Portslade, East Sussex
BN41 1BD