Privacy Counsel (12 month Maternity Cover)

Femtech Insider Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health tech company is seeking a Privacy Counsel to ensure compliance and deliver privacy solutions aligned with business goals. This role involves providing data protection advice, conducting impact assessments, and supporting the development of privacy policies. Ideal candidates will be qualified solicitors with relevant tech experience. The position offers a salary range of £75,000 to £90,000 and includes flexible working options and additional benefits.

Benefits

Paid holiday, sick leave, and female health leave

Enhanced parental leave and pay

Flexible office + home working

5-week fully paid sabbatical at 5-year Floversary

Health, pension and wellbeing perks

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified solicitor with 0-2 years PQE in a privacy focused Counsel position.
• Required experience in a tech company, preferably software focused.
• Understanding of privacy and data protection laws globally, including the USA.

Responsibilities

• Provide privacy and data protection advice to various stakeholders.
• Ensure data protection is integrated into product features.
• Conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs).
• Support technology and information security teams on data privacy.

Skills

Qualified solicitor in the UK

Proven work in a tech company

Knowledge of data protection laws globally

Practical experience in privacy by design

Knowledge of risk management

Knowledge of OneTrust, JIRA, Confluence

Job description

500M+ downloads. 77M+ monthly users. A decade of building – and we’re still accelerating.Flo is the world’s #1 health & fitness app worldwide on a mission to build a better future for female health. Backed by a $200M investment led by General Atlantic, we became the first product of our kind to reach a $1B valuation in 2024 – and we’re not slowing down.

With 6M paid subscribers and the highest-rated experience in the App Store’s health category, we’ve spent 10 years earning trust at scale. Now, we’re building the next generation of digital health – AI-powered, privacy-first, clinically backed – to help our users know their body better.

The job

Flo’s Legal and Compliance team partners across the whole business here at Flo. They watch over everything: Flo’s privacy programme, compliance with regulatory obligations, contract management, IP enforcement… you name it.

The team’s divided into four groups - Privacy & Data Protection, Regulatory, Compliance, and Legal Services, each managing its own area.

As far as our Privacy team is concerned, it doesn’t get more exciting for privacy professionals than advising varied stakeholders in a rapidly growing healthtech business.

This role’s all about delivering Flo’s continued commitment to data privacy by design. It’s a Privacy Counsel position reporting to our VP of Privacy, sitting as part of a team of six and doing some really exciting work.

Having recently our ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 re-certifications (the first business of our kind with them!), and with the successful launch of Anonymous mode (making it open source), we’re exploring the future of privacy in AI, as well as enhancing DSARs, reviewing our privacy policies and systems, and helping to ensure privacy by design and as default across our multi-national business.

Your Experience

Must have:

• Qualified solicitor in the UK (usually 0-2 years’ PQE) in a privacy and data protection focused Counsel position
• Proven track of work in a tech company, software focused product company or reputable law firm
• Knowledge of data protection laws globally (including the USA)
• Practical experience in privacy by design
• Knowledge of risk management
• Knowledge of OneTrust, JIRA, Confluence

Nice to have:

• IAPP certifications (CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, AIGP, CIPP/US or others)
• Knowledge of agile methodologies
• Proven track of work in a health tech, digital health or digital wellness company

What you'll be doing

You’ll be responsible for:

• Providing privacy and data protection advice to the business on a variety of matters
• Providing guidance on existing and new product features
• Advising on advertising and the use of AI technologies.
• Giving guidance to ensure data protection is baked into the design, build, test and deployment stages across activities and departments
• Carrying out Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and providing solutions to mitigate privacy risks, and managing privacy risks Assisting with the delivery of staff training and Privacy Champion Network communications on privacy best practice to all entities and affiliates (with a particular focus on digital data uses)
• Coordinating with Flo’s support team to facilitate user rights requests
• Undertaking legal research on emerging privacy and data protection laws and guidance, and horizon scanning for regulatory updates.
• Supporting our technology and information security teams on cybersecurity implementation and data privacy.
• Working to ensure that data protection and best practices are fully integrated into Flo’s compliance framework
• Adopting a curious approach to privacy-enhancing technologies and helping to set up new tooling from a privacy perspective.

Your targets will be:

• Successfully providing pragmatic business-oriented and compliant privacy solutions to the company on various topics such as: product and feature development, consent management, privacy assessments, digital marketing and user rights.
• Assisting with aligning our practices to the controls of Privacy ISO 27701
• Being a proactive team player that delivers on assigned targets, with a positive and collaborative approach.
• Successfully rolling out and partnering sessions for various product and marketing stakeholders

Annual Salary Range (ranges may vary based on skills and experience)

£75,000 – £90,000 GBP

How we work

We’re a mission-led, product-driven team. We move fast, stay focused and take ownership – from brief to build to impact. Debate is encouraged. Decisions are shared. We care about craft, ship with purpose, and always raise the bar.

You’ll be working with people who take their work seriously, not themselves. It takes commitment, resilience, and the drive to keep going when things get tough. Because better health outcomes are worth it.

What you'll get

We support impact with meaningful reward. Here’s what that looks like:

• Competitive salary and annual reviews
• Opportunity to participate in Flo’s performance incentive scheme
• Paid holiday, sick leave, and female health leave
• Enhanced parental leave and pay for maternity, paternity, same-sex and adoptive parents
• Accelerated professional growth through world-changing work and learning support
• Flexible office + home working, up to 2 months a year working abroad
• 5-week fully paid sabbatical at 5-year Floversary
• Flo Premium for friends & family, plus more health, pension and wellbeing perks

Diversity, equity and inclusion

Our strength is in our differences. At Flo, hiring is based on merit, skill and what you bring to the role – nothing else. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, communities and identities. Read our privacy notice for job applicants.