Legal Counsel - Privacy

The Boston Consulting Group GmbH; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm located in Greater London seeks a Data Privacy Counsel to ensure compliance with global data privacy regulations, including GDPR. The role involves collaborating with legal and procurement teams, conducting training, and synthesizing legal information into actionable recommendations. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in data privacy and excellent communication skills. This position offers an exciting opportunity to impact data protection compliance in a multinational environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in data privacy and compliance.
• Experience working with a reputable law firm preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure privacy compliance with global and regional regulations.
• Support legal and procurement teams with data privacy agreements.
• Conduct global and local training sessions on privacy practices.

Skills

Data privacy compliance

Legal analysis

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Understanding of GDPR

Research skills

Education

Graduate degree (J.D.) in Law

Job description

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation‑inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom‑line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading‑edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You’ll Do

BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world's best talent to have a real impact on business and society. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next. We count on your authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. In return we are committed to supporting you in discovering the most fulfilling career journey possible‑and unlocking your potential to advance the world. Our team called Global Services (GS) provides corporate support to business areas such as Finance, Legal, HR, Marketing and IT. This diverse team of experts, operators and specialists represent all levels from Partner to entry level staff, operating across the globe in multiple countries. Global Services is in short, the backbone of BCG.

What you will do:

As a Data Privacy counsel, you’ll be part of BCG Global Legal team and of Data Protection office team to ensure privacy compliance of BCG offices, with a focus on processing activities in BCG EMESA offices. Working alongside our teams of legal counsels, security experts, IT architects, developers, data scientists and marketers, you will impact company‑wide awareness and understanding, system architecture, and risk posture. Within this role you will be responsible for supporting and implementing all aspects of the global data protection compliance strategy and advising on legal matters surrounding data protection/privacy.

• Provide assurance of privacy compliance with global and regional regulations (including the GDPR, UK GDPR and other applicable privacy laws in the EMESA region)
• Support the Legal and Procurement teams with data privacy agreements with global and local vendors, and vendors we use during our client projects, including contract negotiations
• Support the Legal team with data privacy agreements with clients, including contract negotiations
• Work with colleagues in the Information Security and Compliance team on review, writing, and governance of our global policies
• Work on training materials, and conduct global and local training sessions, in a way that both the message and the reasoning are understood
• Perform research and communicate up‑and‑coming data protection legislation
• Collaborating across teams, you will facilitate and enhance training programs, and you will foster awareness about privacy & security best practices and risks
• Support Data Protection Impact Assessments wherever necessary

What You’ll Bring

What we look for:

• Legal counsel having worked for a medium‑large company in the tech or consultancy sector, with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in data privacy and compliance; experience with a reputable law firm preferred
• Graduate degree (J.D.) in Law from an accredited law school and admitted to practice
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Able to synthesize complex legal data privacy analysis into clear recommendations
• Curious, talented, and diligent, and used to working closely with both technical and non‑technical colleagues in a cross‑functional environment
• Have a good understanding of high quality product development, in a fast‑paced environment
• Understand the technologies BCG use, to be able to review data protection and retention policies and practices
• Bring extensive knowledge and experience from practice in the field of data protection, with an emphasis on the GDPR and other European and Middle East/African data privacy regulations
• Be interested in and follow international data protection legislation updates
• Know local juridical decisions, and be pragmatic and risk‑oriented about solutions
• Be empathetic and work together with people from all cohorts, offices, and backgrounds
• Able to synthesize complex legal data privacy analysis into clear recommendations

Equal Opportunity

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BCG is an E‑Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify.