Senior Legal Specialist - Privacy

EJ Legal; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a renowned global media and entertainment company as a Senior Legal Professional in the Privacy & Data Strategy team. This role focuses on supporting privacy compliance and governance across international operations, offering a collaborative environment with high-impact projects. Suitable candidates will have significant experience in privacy/data protection, a strong grasp of risk assessment, and certifications like IAPP being a plus.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in privacy/data protection (legal, operational, or compliance).
• Strong understanding of data flows and privacy frameworks.
• Ability to work independently and escalate risks.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with legal, tech, and business teams to enhance privacy compliance processes.
• Support privacy-related documentation and manage data governance activities.
• Assist in developing privacy policies and training materials.

Skills

Data protection

Privacy compliance

Data governance

Risk assessment

Education

IAPP certification or equivalent

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Legal Professional to join the Privacy & Data Strategy team of a global media and entertainment business. This senior privacy role offers the chance to work on high-impact, data-driven projects in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, supporting privacy compliance and governance across international operations. The company’s Privacy team is made up of Lawyers from top law firms and other top-calibre in-house legal teams. It is a centralised department with a global reach, meaning its remit is extremely broad and varied. Whilst this is an initial six-month contract, the company intends this role to become permanent.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with legal, tech, and business teams to maintain and enhance privacy compliance processes (GDPR and global frameworks).
• Support privacy-related documentation, including ROPAs, DPIAs, DSARs, and cross-jurisdictional registrations.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to embed privacy by design principles and manage data governance activities.
• Assist in developing privacy policies, training materials, and awareness initiatives.
• Provide operational support to in-house privacy lawyers on data and technology projects.

About You:

• 2+ years of experience in privacy/data protection (legal, operational, or compliance).
• Strong understanding of data flows, privacy frameworks, and risk assessment.
• Confident working independently with the ability to escalate key risks when needed.
• Comfortable operating in a global, matrixed organisation with cross-functional teams.
• IAPP certification or equivalent isdesirable, but not essential.

In return:
This is a fantastic role for a Senior Privacy Professional who thrives in complex, data-rich environments and wants to help shape privacy strategy and implementation at scale. Our client is a household name in media and entertainment with lots of exciting plans, and this role offers an excellent day rate equating to £65,000-£75,000 per annum. Please apply to find out more.


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